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Re: Disappearing diskspace
On Sun, 11 May 1997, Alexander L. Belikoff wrote:
> > I have a very strange problem. Whenever I play with RPMs -
> > install/uninstall them, diskspace disappears mysteriously. I install an
> > RPM, then uninstall it - but I have less free space then I had before I
> > installed. I use "rpm -ih" for installing and "rpm -e" for uninstalling.
> > It doesn't happen with all the RPMs but only with some of them. What is
> > it? A bug in RPM? I have version 2.3.2. What can I do?
> >
>
> Well, just my two cents. Whenever you *build* and RPM package, all the
> components get installed. This is because, probably, make install
> command is done, but nothing gets erased afterwards. I used to do the
> following:
>
> build a package
> <rpm -i> a package
> <rpm -e> a package
>
> ....to make sure all stuff gets erased.
Sure. But I wasn't building, I was just installing/uninstalling.
> Another point - upgrade your rpm to the latest one in the updates
> directory on the redhat site
Yes, this might be a good idea.
> Also, the figures would help. Does disk space mean 5 bytes or 5
> megabytes?
Something between half a megabyte to two megabytes.
> Also, some RPMS create the configuration files and not always erase
> them...
Yes.. Maybe it is the problem, but I don't think so.
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