#10617 NORM Not Tri: Drop /var/cache/yum tmpfs

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#10617: Drop /var/cache/yum tmpfs
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 Reporter:  martin.langhoff  |                 Owner:               
     Type:  defect           |                Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal           |             Milestone:  Not Triaged  
Component:  not assigned     |               Version:  not specified
 Keywords:                   |           Next_action:  never set    
 Verified:  0                |   Deployment_affected:               
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 The /var/cache/yum tmpfs has several problems:

  * Too small, often yum runs out of space on XO-1
  * Puts the OS under severe memory pressure, which remains until reboot.
 This makes XO-1 units completely unusable under Sugar after a yum run.
  * Forces a large download every time.

 Yum invokations are not so frequent, so wearout should not be a concern.
 To address disk space usage it might be better to delete old/stale yum
 cache data on a cronjob.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10617>
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