Alexander Skwar wrote: > �Borsenkow Andrej� sagte am 2002-02-08 um 17:57:49 +0300 : > >>I remember, many peoples complained that urpmi never cleaned up >>downloaded RPMs. Just as reminder. I cannot see easy solution that would >>please both. >> > > That's right, and I also complained about this. But the issue back in > the day was that urpmi would fail if a file was already in the cache. > Granted, now it doesn't fail anymore, because it purges the cache. But > what's the use of a cache if it doesn't cache anything? > > IMO, urpmi should *NOT* delete the files from the cache by itself. Never > ever. And there should be a command that does some cleanup. > > Alexander Skwar >
I agree, and you want to know why? It's because urpmi is so buggy. Lots of times installation fails, but you can go into the cache directory and install them manually without a hitch. Problem is, you need to catch it before MandrakeUpdate deletes them. BTW, how do I get rid of the stupid wizard in MandrakeUpdate? Also, it should probably reload the lists automatically, or at least preselect the lists you want to load. I don't like having to manually update, and then in addition select that I want Cooker and Contrib lists every time. There should definately be a "Preferences" option. This could also cover whether or not you wish to clean the cache. But I do think it should default to cleaning the cache if sucessful. Certainly not on an error. "Never" is probably too strong. Usually you don't want (or have the space" to keep the RPMS if they are successfully installed. On an error, though, of course you want to keep them around, so that you can install them again without having to redownload the whole lot of them. -- Sincerely, David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
