yum upgrade

[Karl Larsen]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
>>> Note that the downloaded update packages remain under /var/cache/yum
>>> even after they are installed.  If you have other systems you
>>> can copy them in place so you don't have to download again or
>>> if you don't have other systems you can 'yum clean all' to remove
>>> them and save space.
>>>     
>>
>> I think, just for the record, thats only true for FC4. For FC5 the 
>> default behavior was switched to delete them after installation.
>>   
> Another feature I don't want!
>
> What do I change to prevent yum from deleting them?
>
> I prefer to control what my computer does and such things really 
> bother me. I updated the kernel and it left me only one earlier one, 
> deleted the rest!
>
> I searched through the yum and yumex files and it's not obvious to me 
> where
> this is set.
> /etc/yumex.conf
>
> Has a line "autocleanup = no"  set to "no" in response to a menu item 
> I found but
> I still don't find any saved rpm's.  With FC4 those rpm's were a 
> resource I used
> in other computers ...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Goodwin   Zuni, Virginia   w2bod
>
    Hi Bob, I checked and yes all the rpm files from the upgrade (291) 
are being saved at the place under /var/cache/yum/. There are other 
things saved here as well.

Karl