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Re: Storage of RPMs in /var/lib/rpm?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Wed Oct 21 18:21:16 1998
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:16:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Adam Getchell wrote:
> I'm about to go through the errata on Red Hat's site installing all the
> upgraded packages and bug fixes.
>
> Is there a preferred location to keep *.rpm files? Is /var/lib/rpm
> appropriate?
Adam,
"Appropriate?" Perhaps. But, I keep them in /home/rshepard/RMPS. That
way they're available in one place, but protected from other users. FWIW,
I have another directory, /home/rshepard/new_files, in which I keep the
.tar and .gz files installed on my network.
Rich
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