Description of problem: Yum 2.1.x always creates the unneeded directory "headers" in /var/cache/yum/*repo*/. I think, the "headers" directory was needed in < 2.1.x where *.hdr was used... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-2.1.6-1 How reproducible: Everytime, see below. Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd /var/cache/yum/base 2. rm -rf headers 3. file headers -> headers: cannot open (headers) 4. yum list -> [lots of stuff] 5. file headers -> headers: directory Actual results: The "headers" directory is always created. Expected results: No "headers" directory should be created.
The headers dir is needed b/c it downloads the rpm header of packages it is depsolving for. So the headers dir does need to be created. I have a plan to get rid of that but it will take some more work. But for right now it's not a bug.