Why is /var so big?

[Jephthah]

Les Mikesell  Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:06 PM
> On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 13:32, Craig White wrote:
> > > Execute as root: mkdir /var/cache/yum
> > > Btw. you broke it yourself by deleting all the content below 
> > > /var/cache/ (previous thread).
> > > 
> > ----
> > he had help - it wasn't his idea - it was a poor suggestion
> 
> Isn't there another thread here about protecting your system? 
> Not blindly following instructions from some random person on 
> the internet is a good place to start.

To Rob Rosenthal.  Im really sorry for the bad info I gave you.  I tried
to retract it but I was too late.

I'm sure youll get it fixed, with these guys help, and I sure learned my
lesson