[Novalug] F16; eml, delta files, keep pkgs

[greg pryzby]

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Walt Smith <waltechmail at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In some linux with app Firefox running,
> and using FF to get yahoo email,
> what is the method to view eml content ?
> ( some wrapper to get to next layer ??,
> some addon/plugin ???)

meaning links or media? Helper but can't recall the exact name.

> When  doing:
>  yum install  ( or update/upgrade etc)
> how can I keep the D/L rpm pkg files ?

any reason you want to?

depends on the version
yumdownloader --distdir DIR

> I tried awhile back using yumdownload
> but the files ended up somewhere unbeknownest.
> (I suppose)..need to select directory.

> When originally doing F12, there were virtually
> no files in the deltarpm directories.
> It looks like in F16 yum often checks for delta
> rpms ( from status messages that fly by ).
> Are deltarpms now the accepted norm?
> so.....if I always want full packages,

that is something new. It is about bandwidth and server efficiency.

why do you want the rpm's around???

> is there some option or different repository
> that needs to be found/selected in repos.d?
>
> thx,
>
> Walt....
>
>
>
>
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