Re: /var/cache

2017-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2017-07-06 at 11:36 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Yes, there is good reasons, > > Moving from one version to another one requires a lot of work > after all. For example, I have to recompile my own codes. I think you misunderstood what I said. I'm suggesting you *not* change versions

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-06 Thread Patrick Dupre
=== > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2017 at 11:10 AM > From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallag...@gmail.com> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: /var/cache > > On Thu, 2017-07-06 at 01:57 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2017-07-06 at 01:57 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Sorry, I am using fedora 24. I will move to fedora 26 ASAP. F26 has not been released yet. There is no reason not to keep using F24 until that happens. poc ___ users mailing list --

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 05.07.2017, Patrick Dupre wrote: > I have directory > /var/log/journal which seems large: [] Just delete all under /var/cache and reboot. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to us

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Samuel Sieb
mbers. 1.6GB for the journal doesn't seem that bad. You can change the journald settings if you want it to keep less info. 105988 /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora/gen Anything in /var/cache/yum should be deleted, at least if it's for versions less than you are currently running. It's possibl

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 01:53:29AM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Why do you say that it is not a a multiple of 4k? > dumpe2fs provides: > Block size: 4096 > > At least 1646960 / 4 = 411740 Duh, 4 is not 4096. 1646960 / 4096 is 402.0898 (approximately). > > du seems providing the

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Rick Stevens
al term), that usually comes out to 4K. You can change it as you see fit but generally the default is "good enough". >> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 at 10:44 PM >> From: "Jon LaBadie" <jo...@jgcomp.com> >> To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Subjec

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Patrick Dupre
ct.org> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: /var/cache > > I assume > - that you don't use Fedora elder than 25 any more' > - you don't need aged log messages any more > - PackageKit re-creates it's directory under /var/cache during each run as > dnf does

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Patrick Dupre
; From: "Jon LaBadie" <jo...@jgcomp.com> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: /var/cache > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 10:16:34AM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have directory > > /var/log/journal which seems large: &g

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread sixpack13
If I understand this command correct: it deletes /var/cache/{cups,ibus,libvirt,man}/* too ... ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Jon LaBadie
tems under the portable medium. Often /a is a directory provided for this. Jon > but it is even worst for /var/cache: 14338744 > I gives the largest sub directories: > > 100602 /var/cache/PackageKit/hawkey > 104278 /var/cache/PackageKit/25/hawkey > 105988 /var/cache/yum/x8

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread sixpack13
I assume - that you don't use Fedora elder than 25 any more' - you don't need aged log messages any more - PackageKit re-creates it's directory under /var/cache during each run as dnf does then: sudo rm -rf /var/log/journal/*/*; sudo systemctl kill --signal=SIGUSR2 systemd-journald; sudo

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 07/05/2017 01:16 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: How can I clean this? rpm -qf /var/cache/*/* | grep 'is not owned' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs rm -rf ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

Re: /var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 07/05/2017 10:16 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: but it is even worst for /var/cache: 14338744 I gives the largest sub directories: How can I clean this? Files under /var/cache are supposed to be automatically regenerated by the programs which create them (Hence the name "cache&quo

/var/cache

2017-07-05 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I have directory /var/log/journal which seems large: 1646960 but it is even worst for /var/cache: 14338744 I gives the largest sub directories: 100602 /var/cache/PackageKit/hawkey 104278 /var/cache/PackageKit/25/hawkey 105988 /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora/gen 112622 /var/cache/yum

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-29 Thread Chris Murphy
; > After install a new Fedora 24, now 25, I do this step. > > sudo systemctl mask dnf-makecache dnf-makecache.timer packagekit > packagekit-offline-update > sudo systemctl stop dnf-makecache dnf-makecache.timer packagekit > packagekit-offline-update > > rm -rf /var/cac

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-28 Thread Tim
Dario Lesca: >> Why not use the same cache of dnf? Matthew Miller: > That is work in progress. Both systems use the cache a little > differently and grew up independently, so there is some work to align > them. Separate caching for the metadata, but pooled caching (and automated purging

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-28 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 03:21:06PM +0100, Dario Lesca wrote: > > That cache _is_ the packagekit database. You can remove it safely. > Why not use the same cache of dnf? That is work in progress. Both systems use the cache a little differently and grew up independently, so there is some work to

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-28 Thread Dario Lesca
Il giorno mar, 27/12/2016 alle 11.42 -0500, Matthew Miller ha scritto: > That cache _is_ the packagekit database. You can remove it safely. Why not use the same cache of dnf? In this way when someone use dnf install something the cache will be removed. IMHO Two cache of same (BIG!) things is

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-27 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 08:58:46PM +, Schlaegel wrote: > What would be a good course of action? > I'm reluctant to use root to just delete the files, assuming that they are > in some PackageKit database somewhere. That cache _is_ the packagekit database. You can remove it safely. > Is there

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-27 Thread Dario Lesca
e dnf-makecache.timer packagekit > packagekit-offline-update  > sudo systemctl stop dnf-makecache dnf-makecache.timer packagekit > packagekit-offline-update  > > > rm -rf /var/cache/PackageKit/* > > > > And all still work. Another way to avoid that PackageKi

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-27 Thread Dario Lesca
dnf-makecache.timer packagekit packagekit-offline-update  rm -rf /var/cache/PackageKit/* And all still work. --  Dario Lesca (inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 24 Workstation)___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an em

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/26/2016 04:21 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2016-12-26 at 20:58 +, Schlaegel wrote: After a month of updates, I started seeing warnings about the size of the var partition. Somehow /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata is still there and very large. I tried `sudo pkcon refresh

Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-26 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
d. > > I then worked through an issue with the stock repositories and packages > causing my Nvidia graphics to lock up, and I eventually had a working > system. > > After a month of updates, I started seeing warnings about the size of the > var partition. Somehow /var/cache/P

3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

2016-12-26 Thread Schlaegel
causing my Nvidia graphics to lock up, and I eventually had a working system. After a month of updates, I started seeing warnings about the size of the var partition. Somehow /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata is still there and very large. I tried `sudo pkcon refresh force -c -1` but I still have 3.3

/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 t

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

2016-03-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: stan <stanl-fedorau...@vfemail.net> 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" <h...@mimosa.com> wrote: | | > On my Fedora 23 | > systems, /var/cache

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" <h...@mimosa.com> 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/metada

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

2016-03-18 Thread stan
ere thinking of doing, updating a single box, and then re-using all those RPMs for othep systems. Especially worthwhile on slow connections, or where people get charged for usage. > Here's how I did it. Not quite a script yet. > > cd /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/updates/packages >

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

2016-03-18 Thread John Pilkington
do what you were thinking of doing, updating a single box, and then re-using all those RPMs for othep systems. Especially worthwhile on slow connections, or where people get charged for usage. Here's how I did it. Not quite a script yet. cd /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/updates/packages

Re: NFS Server share /var/cache/yum?

2013-03-16 Thread Bill Davidsen
Frank Murphy wrote: Trying to replace an NAS with a PC. Figured I'd check before creating Having looked at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Administration_Guide_Draft/NFS?rd=Docs/Drafts/AGBeta/NFS How can I share on the NFS server /var/cache/yum. so it will be available as a local(nfs) cache

NFS Server share /var/cache/yum?

2013-03-15 Thread Frank Murphy
Trying to replace an NAS with a PC. Figured I'd check before creating Having looked at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Administration_Guide_Draft/NFS?rd=Docs/Drafts/AGBeta/NFS How can I share on the NFS server /var/cache/yum. so it will be available as a local(nfs) cache to all fedora boxes

Re: NFS Server share /var/cache/yum?

2013-03-15 Thread agraham
On 03/15/2013 10:36 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: Trying to replace an NAS with a PC. Figured I'd check before creating Having looked at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Administration_Guide_Draft/NFS?rd=Docs/Drafts/AGBeta/NFS How can I share on the NFS server /var/cache/yum. so it will be available

Re: /var/cache/abrt-di

2011-10-07 Thread Christoph A.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/02/2011 11:23 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: Hi, Looking at my files and diskspace, I note the following: $ sudo du -sm /var/cache/* 1961 /var/cache/abrt-di 1 /var/cache/cups 1 /var/cache/fontconfig 1 /var/cache/foomatic 1

/var/cache/abrt-di

2011-06-02 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, Looking at my files and diskspace, I note the following: $ sudo du -sm /var/cache/* 1961/var/cache/abrt-di 1 /var/cache/cups 1 /var/cache/fontconfig 1 /var/cache/foomatic 1 /var/cache/hald 1 /var/cache/jwhois 1 /var/cache/ldconfig 3 /var/cache

/var/cache/yum format

2010-11-25 Thread Bill Davidsen
I'm somewhat confused by the many things found in vcy. On some machines there are directories for fedora, and updates, and no architecture notation. On some the same data is found in i386/14 or similar, while on other in i686/i386/14 has the same stuff. Is there rhyme or reason to this? And

preupgrade 12-13 and not enough disk space for /var/cache

2010-06-01 Thread Anne Possoz
Hello, My / partition, that contains /var, has only 800 MB available and I will certainly need more. I have plenty of space in another partition and would like to use that one for downloading rpm's tu upgrade from fedora 12 to 13. As preupgrade.cli accept -c yum-xxx.conf, I tried that option

Re: preupgrade 12-13 and not enough disk space for /var/cache

2010-06-01 Thread Vignesh M
Hey, You can mount another partition to /var/cache until the update is complete ? maybe add it to /etc/fstab as well so it will still be present when fedora reboots to the installer. Hope it helps Vignesh On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Anne Possoz anne.pos...@epfl.ch wrote: Hello, My