Yum rpm cache deletions

[Kam Leo]

On 6/7/07, Ernest <kong_an563 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> RE:
>
> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:14:46 +0200
> From: Nigel Henry <cave.dnb at tiscali.fr>
> Subject: Re: No kernel removal by yum
>
> I have learned how to work around the problem of yum
> deleting the downloaded packages when it has finished
> an update.
>
> I also have dialup, and have learned that one can
> interrupt the dialup session, shutdown the computer,
> and the package files successfully downloaded will
> remain in /var/cache/yum/../packages. You can restart
> the yum upgrade at a later time, and those packages
> already in place, locally will not be downloaded a
> second time. As the days go by, the list of packages
> to download will shrink, and eventually you'll have
> them all.
>
> Then...
> when yum begins to digest all of those packages, open
> a second console, and copy all of the package files
> from where ever yum has cached them, to some other
> directory. I send them to a NFS server on my LAN,
> before yum has finished the upgrade, and before yum
> deletes the cache.
>
> Then...
> on any other machine you wish to upgrade, you can use
> "yum localinstall /path/to/NFS/or other/*.rpm".
> Yum will then digest the saved copies of the
> downloaded packages, resolve dependencies, download
> any other packages needed, and preform the upgrade.
>
> This, of course, presumes that the other machines you
> are upgrading have a path to your saved packages, and
> an internet connection.
>
> I'm looking at 1.1GB download, to upgrade one desktop
> from FC6 to FC7.
>

Why are you jumping through hoops to keep packages in the cache from
being deleted? Use a text editor, edit /etc/yum.conf, and change
"keepcache=0" to "keepcache=1".