On 15 September 2011 15:31, James Antill <james-yum@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Fleetwood <mike.fleetwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> [root@rockover ~]# du -s /var/lib/yum/yumdb >> 129596 /var/lib/yum/yumdb > > What version of yum is this? > Can you try: > > cp -a /var/lib/yum/yumdb /tmp > hardlink /tmp/yumdb > du -sh /tmp/yumdb Yum 3.2.28 Hard linking saves about 60% space, 127M down to 52M. I'm now going to use some of Ljubomir's details and identify entries for no longer installed RPMs and delete them. Thanks, Mike -- [root@rockover ~]# cp -a /var/lib/yum/yumdb /tmp [root@rockover ~]# du -sh /tmp/yumdb 127M /tmp/yumdb [root@rockover ~]# hardlink /tmp/yumdb [root@rockover ~]# du -sh /tmp/yumdb 52M /tmp/yumdb _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
