#9927 LOW Future : filesystem has trouble with large yum installs

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#9927: filesystem has trouble with large yum installs
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           Reporter:  wad           |       Owner:                
               Type:  defect        |      Status:  new           
           Priority:  low           |   Milestone:  Future Release
          Component:  not assigned  |     Version:  1.5-B2        
         Resolution:                |    Keywords:  yum XO-1.5    
        Next_action:  design        |    Verified:  0             
Deployment_affected:                |   Blockedby:                
           Blocking:                |  
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Changes (by wad):

  * keywords:  yum => yum XO-1.5


Comment:

 A less than elegant workaround for this is:

  sudo cp -r /var/cache/yum /varcache
  sudo umount /var/cache/yum
  sudo rmdir /var/cache/yum
  sudo ln -s /varcache /var/cache/yum

 After a reboot, this will be undone, but with the unfortunate side-effect
 of taking 200MB of disk space and hiding it.  To free up the old cache,
 type:

  sudo umount /varcache
  sudo rm /var/cache/yum
  sudo rm -r /varcache
  sudo mkdir /var/cache/yum
  sudo reboot

 One reason for creating this ticket was to record an agreed-upon work
 around.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9927#comment:1>
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