On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 09:45:23AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/13/2016 07:40 AM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > >Thank you for all the comments. > > > >What I find interesting, as I indicated in my original post, is that > >it's the files in > > > >/var/cache/yum/x86_64/22 > > > >that are being updated even though I use dnf to do the update. They show > >the current date of my last update. > > No, that's expected. The idea is you have lots of stuff in the > /var/cache/<dnf|yum>/x86_64/<19|20|21> directories left over from the > PREVIOUS versions of the system is what I was trying to infer. A > > du -hs /var/cache/* > > would reveal it. My machine at home had tons of stuff from the F18, > F19, F20, F21 and F22 incarnations of the system (yes, that poor beast > has been upgraded many, MANY times). > > >I'll go ahead and rm -rf the yum and dnf directories and see what happens. > > That's the quick way to do it. I was trying to emphasize using the tool > itself to clean things up, but that's just as effective and probably > easier.
How do you address the remaining F18...F2x packages. Which should be, can safely be, and shouldn't be removed? My system also was upgraded many times. There are lots of older distro packages still installed. One I got rid of was bootchart from F18. It prevented my complete upgrade to F22. Stimulated by this thread I looked at the still installed old packages. Gee, F-spot from F18. Who knew it was dead? That pkg is gone now. But what about things like 4 packages named "Fedora-UserManagement-*"? Are they still needed? Were they ever? Are they no longer updated because they have morphed into something else? And what about "hardinfo". Wonder if the F18 version still runs. Yup, looks like a useful inventory tool. Wonder why its no longer available. Not really looking for answers to these specific questions. Just wondering how other people deal with decision making, "should they stay of should they go"? jl -- Jon H. LaBadie jo...@jgcomp.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
