[Fedora-livecd-list] Re-using cache between i386 and x86_64 composes

[Jeremy Katz]

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 17:59 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 20:49 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > The default is that we use a fresh cache directory for each individual
> > run.  If you're reusing cachedirs, you should either be keeping them
> > arch-specific or just nuke metadata yourself in between runs.  I'd
> > really prefer keeping any information about how repos are built,
> > verified, etc out of livecd-creator as it's just another thing that can
> > get out of sync over time
> > 
> I wouldn't think that unconditionally cleaning out repodata (at least
> the repomd.xml file) each run would be 'information about how repos are
> built, verified, etc' but maybe that depends on the 'etc'.

The fact that it's repomd.xml is an implementation-detail that there's
no real business for livecd-creator to need to know.  And while
repomd.xml hasn't changed, we definitely have changed similar things in
the past (rest of the metadata being xml -> sqlite)

Jeremy