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[Robert McBroom]

Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so what is 
the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other machines.

[Richard Shaw]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 6:43 AM Robert McBroom via users <
users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:

>  Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so
> what is
>  the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other machines.
>  
I found a few in /var/cache/PackageKit/<fedora release> but not a lot. I
doubt they're kept long.

Thanks,
Richard

[Robert McBroom]

On 3/5/22 08:23, Richard Shaw wrote:
>  On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 6:43 AM Robert McBroom via users 
>  <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>
>      Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so
>      what is
>      the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other
>      machines.
>
>
>  I found a few in /var/cache/PackageKit/<fedora release> but not a lot. 
>  I doubt they're kept long.
>  
Looking at /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf it has #KeepCache=false and 
differs to a more general configuration implying that the default is 
KeepCache=True. Don't find anything in /var/cache/PackageKit/ except the 
files for the repos.

[Samuel Sieb]

On 3/5/22 21:52, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
>  On 3/5/22 08:23, Richard Shaw wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 6:43 AM Robert McBroom via users 
> > <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> >
> >     Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so
> >     what is
> >     the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other
> >     machines.
> >
> >
> > I found a few in /var/cache/PackageKit/<fedora release> but not a lot. 
> > I doubt they're kept long.
> >
>  Looking at /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf it has #KeepCache=false and 
>  differs to a more general configuration implying that the default is 
>  KeepCache=True. Don't find anything in /var/cache/PackageKit/ except the 
>  files for the repos. 
"differs"?  Did you mean "defers"?  There is no more general 
configuration.  What do you think is implying that the default is true? 
  Usually, the commented config options *are* the default ones.

[Robert McBroom]

On 3/6/22 02:02, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>  On 3/5/22 21:52, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
> > On 3/5/22 08:23, Richard Shaw wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 6:43 AM Robert McBroom via users 
> >> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> >>
> >>     Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so
> >>     what is
> >>     the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other
> >>     machines.
> >>
> >>
> >> I found a few in /var/cache/PackageKit/<fedora release> but not a 
> >> lot. I doubt they're kept long.
> >>
> > Looking at /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf it has #KeepCache=false 
> > and differs to a more general configuration implying that the default 
> > is KeepCache=True. Don't find anything in /var/cache/PackageKit/ 
> > except the files for the repos.
>
>  "differs"?  Did you mean "defers"?  There is no more general 
>  configuration.  What do you think is implying that the default is 
>  true?  Usually, the commented config options *are* the default ones.
>  
Really, The text of PackageKit.conf would be interpreted differently.


-----------------

# Only the system administrator should modify this file, ordinary users
# should not have to change anything.

[Daemon]

# Default backends, as chosen in the configure script. This will be used
# where no --backend="foo" option is given to the daemon.
#
# The order they are specified is the order they are tried, so for the
# value "foo,bar" first "foo" will be attempted and then
"bar" if the
# libpk_backend_foo.so module load failed.
#DefaultBackend=auto

# Unlock the backend after this many seconds idle.
#BackendShutdownTimeout=5

# Shut down the daemon after this many seconds idle. 0 means don't shutdown.
#ShutdownTimeout=300

# Keep the packages after they have been downloaded
#KeepCache=false

[Samuel Sieb]

On 3/7/22 21:34, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
>  On 3/6/22 02:02, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > On 3/5/22 21:52, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
> >> On 3/5/22 08:23, Richard Shaw wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 6:43 AM Robert McBroom via users 
> >>> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so
> >>>     what is
> >>>     the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other
> >>>     machines.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I found a few in /var/cache/PackageKit/<fedora release> but not a 
> >>> lot. I doubt they're kept long.
> >>>
> >> Looking at /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf it has #KeepCache=false 
> >> and differs to a more general configuration implying that the default 
> >> is KeepCache=True. Don't find anything in /var/cache/PackageKit/ 
> >> except the files for the repos.
> >
> > "differs"?  Did you mean "defers"?  There is no more general 
> > configuration.  What do you think is implying that the default is 
> > true?  Usually, the commented config options *are* the default ones.
> >
>  Really, The text of PackageKit.conf would be interpreted differently.
>  
>  # Keep the packages after they have been downloaded
>  #KeepCache=false 
You're misunderstanding it.  The option "KeepCache" is to determine 
whether or not to "Keep the packages after they have been downloaded". 
The default value is "false", so it won't do that.

[Samuel Sieb]

On 3/5/22 04:42, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
>  Does Gnome cache the rpm's of a software install,update? If so
> what is 
>  the path? I normally use dnf and create a repo to use on other machines. 
Gnome Software uses Packagekit and that only caches until the update is run.