Delete rpm repackage files

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:18:09 -0500, Craig Goodyear wrote:

> Craig Goodyear wrote:
> > I have a large number of files in the /var/spool/repackage directory.  I 
> > would like to thin out some of the files.  Will I cause future problems 
> > by using rm?  What is the proper way to remove some of the rollback files?
> 
> I have been looking on Google and the list archive for several days for 
> the answer to this questions.  I have also checked all of the 
> documentation I could think of.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions of where to look to find more 
> information about maintaining rpm's rollback function.  I currently have 
> several versions of the same packages in /var/spool/repackage.
> 
> Will using rm to delete select version cause any problems in the rpm 
> database?

No. Just forget about that repackage feature and downgrade manually
if necessary (rpm --oldpackage -Uvh).