Re: /var/lib/system-upgrade

2021-01-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 09/01/2021 04:51, Erik P. Olsen wrote: I've noticed that the subject directory contains a lot of fc22 rpm's. Can somebody explain what purpose it serves? It takes up much apparently unused space (some 1.5 GB) that I would happily use for other purposes. None.  It would seem to be a remnant

/var/lib/system-upgrade

2021-01-08 Thread Erik P. Olsen
I've noticed that the subject directory contains a lot of fc22 rpm's. Can somebody explain what purpose it serves? It takes up much apparently unused space (some 1.5 GB) that I would happily use for other purposes. -- Erik P. Olsen - Copenhagen, Denmark Fedora 33/64 bit xfce Claws-Mail POP3 Gra

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-24 Thread Rick Stevens
I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? The system upgrade process downloads all the RPMs needed to upgrade the system to that directory, then creates a symlink called "/system-upgrade" to point at it. When the system reboots in the upgrade mode, it uses the symlink t

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-24 Thread sean darcy
upgrade is complete and clean, I think you can remove the files in /var/lib/system-upgrade. This should happen automatically on the first boot after a successfull upgrade. Didn't happen on 2 of the 3 machines I updated from F21 to F22, but perhaps there were crumbs left over from the upgrade. They

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-24 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/23/2015 08:24 PM, Stephen Davies wrote: On 19/11/15 11:05, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/18/2015 04:25 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Rick Stevens writes: On 11/18/2015 02:49 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? The system upgrade process

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-23 Thread Stephen Davies
On 19/11/15 11:05, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/18/2015 04:25 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Rick Stevens writes: On 11/18/2015 02:49 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? The system upgrade process downloads all the RPMs needed to upgrade the

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-18 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/18/2015 04:25 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Rick Stevens writes: On 11/18/2015 02:49 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? The system upgrade process downloads all the RPMs needed to upgrade the system to that directory, then creates a

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-18 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Rick Stevens writes: On 11/18/2015 02:49 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? The system upgrade process downloads all the RPMs needed to upgrade the system to that directory, then creates a symlink called "/system-upgrade" to p

Re: packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-18 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/18/2015 02:49 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? The system upgrade process downloads all the RPMs needed to upgrade the system to that directory, then creates a symlink called "/system-upgrade" to point at it. When the system

packages in /var/lib/system-upgrade

2015-11-18 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello I am plenty of file in /var/lib/system-upgrade Why ? Thank. === Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral