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I have it set in urpmi.cfg to save rpms when I update, and was able to do so up until I saved rpms and copied them to my /home on Nov.11 this year. I can no longer even find the folder that they would go in if they were being saved (/var/lib/urpmi/rpms). Either I am doing something wrong or changes have been made. Is it because I specified the downloader in urpmi.cfg first before the post-clean command, or has something changed? Am I looking in the wrong folder for them?
A locate on the computer as root shows only the rpms that I saved on Nov. 11 this year in my /home:

My urpmi.cfg file:

(and yes, I realise there are a lot of inactive ones I need to delete there again. I just haven't been able to get 'round to it.)

Thanks!

It is indeed the wrong folder that I stated above. It's /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. However, if you look at the "locate" command, you'll see there's nothing there either, and I also checked in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms in file manager.

Thanks.

This is ground control.
I am using Mageia too little to say anything smart about it...maybe jkerr...

I really need to save the rpms from updates.

I think in the meantime I'll try switching the two lines in the header of urpmi.cfg, see if that does anything.

It will be a couple days before I can get online again probably. There's time.