rpm and wget -c

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 13:16 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> I've just remembered something:  There's a yum.conf option for
> >> keeping the cached files.  Perhaps your caching option is off, and
> >> it doesn't handle broken downloads very well.
> 
> Ric Moore:
> > more yum.conf
> > [main]
> > cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> > keepcache=1
> > debuglevel=2
> > logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> > exactarch=1
> > obsoletes=1
> > gpgcheck=1
> > plugins=1
> > metadata_expire=1800
> > 
> > I got it set correct with the "1" ? 
> 
> That's correct.
> 
> The metadata_expire is the number of seconds it'll remember the
> filelists for (what's available, updated, etc.).  If you were issuing
> yum commands one after another, and taking a while between each issue,
> and it had already downloaded the list successfully, this is the amount
> of time that it'll avoid getting the list again.  You could increase it,
> but it'd only have an effect if you've managed to get the list.

Huh, in the old BBS days, when we ran all of the logs, shakedowns and
FIDO NET updates at 3AM, that held us for the next 24 hours via a
satellite dnlink. Are the mirrors file updated daily at a given specific
time? Or, just whenever it happens to happen and propagates around in
like fashion? I'm just asking here to know. If the former, why bother to
expire if the file crc matches and has the same period of time and the
date (24 hours worth)? If not, then expire. 

Just trying to get my head around it. It's how I learn stuff. Ric

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