On 11/24/2015 05:33 PM, sean darcy wrote:
On 11/24/2015 12:33 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 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 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 to actually upgrade the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> If your 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 all booted
>>> and run just fine and I don't think I saw any weirdness, but perhaps
>>> there was something the first boot didn't like. My machines do tend to
>>> become sorta "muddy" over time (I beat the kapok out of them) and
>>> anything's possible.
>>>
>>> No, I haven't upgraded to F23 yet. Still waiting for the dust to settle
>>> a bit more.
>> The question remains>
>> Is it safe to delete this directory (given that rebooting does not)?
>
> I checked at home and my F21->F22 left that present. I deleted it:
>
> rm -rf /var/lib/system-upgrade
> rm -f /system-upgrade
>
> and rebooted with no ill effects so my guess is, yes, it's OK to delete
> it once you've confirmed you're running OK in the upgraded environment.
And what about /var/cache/system-upgrade/default-installrepo/packages ?
I purged them via "rm -rf /var/cache/system-upgrade" as well.
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