[ale] DU help?! DARWIN AWARD

[ChangingLINKS.com]

Doh! I forgot that this install of 7.2 was the one that I was trying to 
update using all of the rpms from the 7.3 CD. I put them there myself - 

The update experiment did not work, instead I settle for a combination of RHN 
and RedCarpet. Thanks for your help.

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On Wednesday 14 August 2002 13:52, you wrote:
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > Thanks Geoffrey - I love you, man.
> > I am thinking my /etc/rpm directory is way too big. I used the RedHat
> > Network AND RedCarpet to update my computer. My guess is that all of that
> > updating caused tons of RPMs to be dumped into /etc/rpm and not deleted.
> > Can I delete the RPMs in the /etc/rpm directory safely?
>
> I've got both Mandrake and Red Hat installed on two different systems.
> Neither one has rpm files in the /etc/rpm directory.  The only thing
> there is a single file (macros on Mandrake and macros.cdb on Red Hat)
> Both are relatively recent installs 8.0 and 7.3 respectively.
>
> I don't know why the rpms are in there.  If you've already installed
> them I don't see why you would need them any longer.
>
> You might post a question to the list inquiring how they ended up there,
> I don't have a clue.
>
> > 1	/etc/sysconfig
> > 1	/etc/X11
> > 1	/etc/profile.d
> > 1	/etc/opt
> > 1	/etc/skel
> > 1	/etc/xinetd.d
> > 1	/etc/rc.d
> > 1	/etc/default
> > 1212	/etc/rpm

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