Security Updates -- Are they necessary in Linux for user?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Scott van Looy wrote:
> Today Mikkel L. Ellertson did spake thusly:
> 
>> Doesn't YUM keep the the downloads that it has not installed because
>> of dependencies, or other problems? In the past, when packages could
>> not be installed because of conflicting files, the packages were
>> still in the cache.
> 
> Default is not to cache files. Change:
> keepcache=0
> in /etc/yum.conf
> 
This controls keeping of installed files. but doesn't YUM keep the
files it was not able to install even with keepcache=0?

Mikkel
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