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тАО10-28-2010 10:51 AM
тАО10-28-2010 10:51 AM
I have been searching around various sites to find out if rpm's listed in /var/spool/repackage can be zipped up or compressed or removed all together? I have not been able to find a definitive answer. Currently on some of our Linux systems this directory is close to 4 GB in size. Any suggestions will be appreciated and points awarded accordingly. Thanks and have a great week !
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тАО10-28-2010 11:28 AM
тАО10-28-2010 11:28 AM
Re: Linux RHEL ES 4 and ES 5 /var/spool/repackage
On RHEL5,
Try yum clean all
That should clear the junk very nicely.
Can you give an example of what is sitting there. partial ll listing?
TIA
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тАО10-28-2010 12:07 PM
тАО10-28-2010 12:07 PM
Re: Linux RHEL ES 4 and ES 5 /var/spool/repackage
Thanks and here is a small list of rpm's currently occupying /var/spool/repackage
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1171974 Nov 28 2007 a2ps-4.13b-41.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60548 Jun 9 2009 acl-2.2.23-5.3.el4.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59547 Nov 28 2007 acl-2.2.23-5.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127898 Nov 28 2007 alsa-utils-1.0.6-5.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128021 Jun 9 2009 alsa-utils-1.0.6-6.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28392252 Dec 1 2008 APPQcime-5.1.4-45.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39258155 May 7 08:26 APPQcime-6.0.3-58.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89806 Jun 9 2009 apr-0.9.4-24.5.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52573 Jun 9 2009 apr-util-0.9.4-21.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89016 Jun 9 2009 arptables_jf-0.0.8-2.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321733 Nov 28 2007 aspell-0.50.5-3.fc3.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54378 Jun 9 2009 at-3.1.8-80_EL4.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46222 Nov 28 2007 attr-2.4.16-3.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197207 Nov 28 2007 audit-1.0.14-1.EL4.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 205304 Jun 9 2009 audit-1.0.15-3.EL4.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37386 Nov 28 2007 audit-libs-1.0.14-1.EL4.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39157 Jun 9 2009 audit-libs-1.0.15-3.EL4.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 292502 Jun 9 2009 authconfig-4.6.10-rhel4.3.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40386 Jun 9 2009 authconfig-gtk-4.6.10-rhel4.3.i386.rpm
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тАО10-28-2010 12:40 PM
тАО10-28-2010 12:40 PM
SolutionCheck with rpm -qa grep the install states of these packages.
rpm -qa | grep
/var/spool is a temporary storage location and in general, except during update operations can be emptied with impunity.
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тАО10-29-2010 05:12 AM
тАО10-29-2010 05:12 AM
Re: Linux RHEL ES 4 and ES 5 /var/spool/repackage
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тАО10-29-2010 05:53 AM
тАО10-29-2010 05:53 AM
Re: Linux RHEL ES 4 and ES 5 /var/spool/repackage
Thanks. all of the rpms listed are in a installed state. I new that the /var/spool contents were used as tmp storeage. I just wasn't 100% sure that Linux kept them there for future references. I will begin removing these rpms. Thanks for your quick response to my question. Have a great weekend guys !
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тАО10-29-2010 05:56 AM
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