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Re: Storage of RPMs in /var/lib/rpm?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (paul almquist)
Wed Oct 21 19:58:10 1998
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 14:01:26 -0500
From: paul almquist <rhlist@almquipf.chippewa.tec.wi.us>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <v04011706b25409cc3081@[128.120.118.25]>; from Adam Getchell on Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 03:01:17PM -0700
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On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 03:01:17PM -0700, 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?
/dev/null is a good place.
Once they are installed/upgraded the the rpm file is no longer needed.
If you remove the package (rpm -e) you would, of course, need the rpm
file to reinstall.
paul
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