stop mandrake update (rpmdrake) from deleting downloaded files

Tim Edwards

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Sep 21, 2003, 10:30:02 AM9/21/03

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Hi,

I need to be able to stop Mandrake Update (rpmdrake) from deleting the
update rpm files it downloads into /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. This is very
important as I live in Australia and our cable companies are fuckwits
(3gb/month bandwidth allowance, down from ~11gb 5 months ago), so I can't
afford to download anything twice (and a friend needs the updated for his
Mandrake box).

Any help would be appreciated.

Tim Edwards

Dan C

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Sep 21, 2003, 12:26:20 PM9/21/03

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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:30:02 +1000, Tim Edwards wrote:

> I need to be able to stop Mandrake Update (rpmdrake) from deleting the
> update rpm files it downloads into /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. This is very
> important as I live in Australia and our cable companies are fuckwits
> (3gb/month bandwidth allowance, down from ~11gb 5 months ago), so I can't
> afford to download anything twice (and a friend needs the updated for his
> Mandrake box).

Not sure how to make the graphical rpmdrake do this, but the command line
urpmi with the "--noclean" switch prevents the rpm's from being purged...

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Bill Mullen

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Sep 21, 2003, 12:56:59 PM9/21/03

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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:30:02 +1000, Tim Edwards sputtered:

>
> I need to be able to stop Mandrake Update (rpmdrake) from deleting the
> update rpm files it downloads into /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. This is very
> important as I live in Australia and our cable companies are fuckwits
> (3gb/month bandwidth allowance, down from ~11gb 5 months ago), so I
> can't afford to download anything twice (and a friend needs the
> updated for his Mandrake box).

Then don't use rpmdrake for this, as it cannot be told to keep the RPMs,
while urpmi can (with the "--noclean" option). Nothing wrong with using
rpmdrake to view the package info and all that - just use urpmi at the
command line to do the actual RPM fetching and installation. :)

More information on all of the urpm* tools is at:

http://www.urpmi.org

HTH!

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peterpunk

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Sep 21, 2003, 6:13:42 PM9/21/03

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Tim Edwards wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to be able to stop Mandrake Update (rpmdrake) from deleting the

> update rpm files it downloads into /var/cache/urpmi/rpms (...)

Add the following lines in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg:
{
pre-clean: 0
post-clean: 0
}
to make urpmi --noclean by default.

http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4490

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Tim Edwards

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Sep 22, 2003, 5:48:33 AM9/22/03

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Thanks to all who replied, I ended up with the following commands to do it:

urpmi.update update_source
urpmi --noclean --update --auto-select #all updated packages
urpmi --noclean --update drakconf #update individual packages, drakconf in
this case

Garry Knight

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Sep 22, 2003, 5:49:32 PM9/22/03

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peterpunk wrote:

> Tim Edwards wrote:
>
>> I need to be able to stop Mandrake Update (rpmdrake) from deleting the
>> update rpm files it downloads into /var/cache/urpmi/rpms (...)
>
> Add the following lines in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg:
> {
> pre-clean: 0
> post-clean: 0
> }
> to make urpmi --noclean by default.

FYI: Creating a file /root/.grpmi with 'noclearcache' on a line by itself
will have the same effect.

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