Just give yum clean a try and see what it does with those directories. yum clean is for clients receiving maintenance from a server...
Scott Rohling On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, but it looks like yum clean only applies to the yum server, unless > I mis-understood something. > > I am seeing these issues on my SLES10 SP3 guests where I do not run the > yum server. On these guests, I use YaST and point it to our local YUM > server. > > This growth appears to be from Novell?s zmd, even though I have it > configured off, it continues to fill our /var/ directory with patches that > we already have on the YUM server. I do not know how, or why. We do not > knowingly use rug either. > > Is it safe to clear these directories out? > > Peter > > > > > Pat Carroll <[email protected]> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > 04/23/2010 09:51 AM > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > > To > [email protected] > cc > > Subject > Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves > > > > > > > See: yum clean > > > Patrick Carroll | Technology Architect II > L.L.Bean, Inc.(r) | Double L St. | Freeport ME 04033 > http://www.llbean.com | [email protected] | 207.552.2426 > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain > confidential information that is legally privileged. The information is > solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Any disclosure, > copying, distribution, or other use of this information is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender by return e-mail and delete this message. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves > > We have various Linux SLES10 SP3 guests under z/VM. We use YaST to apply > the patches using our local YUM server. However, I see the following > directory continue to grow. > > /var/lib/zypp/cache/ > > This directory contains many other directories in the form of > Source.<random characters>/repodata. Each of these directories contains > various patches. > > Question 1: Why/how does this directory grow? We checked novell-zmd and > it is set to off so it should not be running. > > Question 2: Space is limited in our shop. Can I delete these > directories? > I have these same patches on our local YUM server and this seems to be a > waste of space. > > Thanks as always. > > Peter > > > This Email message and any attachment may contain information that is > proprietary, legally privileged, confidential and/or subject to > copyright belonging to Pepco Holdings, Inc. or its affiliates ("PHI"). > This Email is intended solely for the use of the person(s) to which it > is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, or the employee or > agent responsible for delivery of this Email to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this Email is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this message in error, please immediately notify the > sender and permanently delete this Email and any copies. 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