/var/cache/PackageKit/metadata gets very big

2016-03-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
On my Fedora 23 systems, /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/updates/packages is full of .rpm files. For example, 2.7G on my desktop. /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/fedora/packages has some too. "sudo dnf clean packages" doesn't seem to change this. What does it change? What is the purpose of thi

Re: /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata gets very big

2016-03-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: stan Thanks for your useful response. But there are still things that puzzle/annoy me. | On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:22:36 -0400 (EDT) | "D. Hugh Redelmeier" wrote: | | > On my Fedora 23 | > systems, /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/updates/packages is full | > of .rpm files. For example, 2

Re: /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata gets very big

2016-03-19 Thread stan
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:22:36 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier" wrote: > On my Fedora 23 > systems, /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/updates/packages is full > of .rpm files. For example, 2.7G on my desktop. > > /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/fedora/packages has some too. > > "sudo dnf clean packa

Re: /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata gets very big

2016-03-18 Thread stan
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:14:29 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier" wrote: > Isn't dnf the user interface to PackageKit? I always disable PackageKit, so I'm probably not the best person to answer this. But, my understanding is that PackageKit operates independently of dnf. That when PackageKit upda

Re: /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata gets very big

2016-03-18 Thread John Pilkington
On 18/03/16 22:15, stan wrote: On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:14:29 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier" wrote: Isn't dnf the user interface to PackageKit? I always disable PackageKit, so I'm probably not the best person to answer this. But, my understanding is that PackageKit operates independently o