The rpmdb should be auto-updating itself, guess we will find out

anvil/packaging/helpers/yum_helper.py

@@ -16,19 +16,21 @@
 
 from anvil import shell as sh
 
+import atexit
+
 # See http://yum.baseurl.org/api/yum-3.2.26/yum-module.html
 from yum import YumBase
 from yum.packages import PackageObject
 
-# Cache of yumbase object - 'uncached' as needed
+# Cache of yumbase object
 _yum_base = None
 
 
-def uncache():
+def _ensure_closed():
     global _yum_base
     if _yum_base:
+        # Seems like it needs to close stuff correctly...
         with sh.Rooted(True):
-            # Seems like it needs to close stuff correctly...
             del _yum_base
             _yum_base = None
 
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ def uncache():
 def _make_yum_base():
     global _yum_base
     if _yum_base is None:
-        _yum_base = YumBase()
-        _yum_base.conf.cache = False
+        with sh.Rooted(True):
+            _yum_base = YumBase()
     return _yum_base
 
 
@@ -61,3 +63,6 @@ def is_adequate_installed(name, version):
             if p.verGE(fake_pkg):
                 return True
         return False
+
+
+atexit.register(_ensure_closed)

anvil/packaging/yum.py

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ class YumPackager(pack.Packager):
 
     def _execute_yum(self, cmd, **kargs):
         yum_cmd = YUM_CMD + cmd
-        with utils.callback_on_ok(yum_helper.uncache):
-            return sh.execute(*yum_cmd, run_as_root=True, check_exit_code=True, **kargs)
+        return sh.execute(*yum_cmd, run_as_root=True, check_exit_code=True, **kargs)
 
     def _remove_special(self, name, info):
         return False