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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Virtualization 4
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Ensure yum Removes Previous Package Versions
Ensure yum Removes Previous Package Versions
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Ensure yum Removes Previous Package Versions
Low Severity
yum
should be configured to remove previous software components after new versions have been installed. To configure
yum
to remove the previous software components after updating, set the
clean_requirements_on_remove
to
1
in
/etc/yum.conf
.