sizeable ancient rpmdb backups remain on disk (v2)
Previous post had typo (was: ls -gG /var/lib/backup/rpmdb) This is from a TW installation initialized at least a decade ago: # ls -gG /var/adm/backup/rpmdb total 269M -rw-r--r-- 1 25M Nov 28 2019 Packages-20191128.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 25M Dec 6 2019 Packages-20191206.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 25M Jan 12 2020 Packages-20200112.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 27M Jun 14 2020 Packages-20200614.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 98 Aug 6 2020 Packages-20200806.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 37M Nov 12 2023 Packages.db-20231112.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 33M Jul 7 22:26 Packages.db-20240707.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 33M Jul 8 00:48 Packages.db-20240708.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 33M Aug 7 20:35 Packages.db-20240807.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 33M Oct 7 11:43 Packages.db-20241007.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 36 Oct 7 11:43 rpmdb_recent_md5 # Is this normal? Shouldn't something be removing antiques automatically? If not, which are safe to remove manually? - Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
On 2024-11-15 17:38, Felix Miata wrote:
ls -gG /var/adm/backup/rpmdb
Here's what's on my system: hadron:~ # ls -gG /var/adm/backup/rpmdb total 371724 -rw-r--r-- 1 76094690 Oct 19 01:47 Packages-20241019.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76096415 Oct 25 00:45 Packages-20241025.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76097565 Oct 29 01:59 Packages-20241029.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76184218 Nov 8 01:09 Packages-20241108.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76157185 Nov 11 00:09 Packages-20241111.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 36 Nov 11 00:09 rpmdb_recent_md5 So it should probably be safe to delete everything that isn't dated this year.
On 2024-11-15 17:38, Felix Miata wrote:
ls -gG /var/adm/backup/rpmdb
Here's what's on my system: hadron:~ # ls -gG /var/adm/backup/rpmdb total 371724 -rw-r--r-- 1 76094690 Oct 19 01:47 Packages-20241019.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76096415 Oct 25 00:45 Packages-20241025.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76097565 Oct 29 01:59 Packages-20241029.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76184218 Nov 8 01:09 Packages-20241108.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 76157185 Nov 11 00:09 Packages-20241111.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 36 Nov 11 00:09 rpmdb_recent_md5 So it should probably be safe to delete everything that isn't dated this year.
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Andrei Borzenkov -
Darryl Gregorash -
Felix Miata -
Manfred Hollstein