On 4.11.2009 11:00, Timo Schoeler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > thus Jussi Hirvi spake: > | Are there any adverse effects to "yum clean all"? Does the system > | lose its memory of what is installed/updated? > | > | Regards, Jussi H. > > Hi Jussi, > > from the manpage: > > clean > Is used to clean up various things which accumulate in the yum > ~ cache directory over time. More complete details can be found > ~ in the Clean Options section below. > > In this section: > > yum clean all > Runs yum clean packages and yum clean headers, yum clean meta- > ~ data and yum clean dbcache as above. > > It's all about *caching*. No information about installed packages will > be lost. > > Really important information is stored in /var/lib/rpm/. > > HTH, > > Timo Ok, thanks. Once, a while ago, my system got amnesiac after "yum clean all", and I thought the the dbs in /var/lib/rpm had been "cleaned". But I guess the problem was caused by something other than "yum clean". - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. +358 9 493 981 * Mobile +358 40 771 2098 (only sms) jussi.hirvi at greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi