Bug 864863 – $basearch and $releasever not working in cachedir

Bug 864863 - $basearch and $releasever not working in cachedir

Summary:	$basearch and $releasever not working in cachedir

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	yum (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.8
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
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Assigned To:	James Antill
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Reported:	2012-10-10 06:12 EDT by Levente Farkas
Modified:	2014-01-21 01:25 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2012-10-11 16:10:29 EDT
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Description Levente Farkas 2012-10-10 06:12:11 EDT

if i like to setup yum case in the same way as in rhel6 ie:
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
then it's not working ie. the directory will be called as 
/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
in stead of 
/var/cache/yum/5/i386

Comment 1 James Antill 2012-10-11 16:10:29 EDT

 Yeh, the RHEL-5 version of yum doesn't interpret the cachedir config. option. It's unlikely to be added as an RFE to RHEL-5 at this point, without a strong reason behind it.

Comment 2 Levente Farkas 2012-10-12 02:13:29 EDT

but it understand it in all other option except this one and also the man page said it should have to be....

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