From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Feb 16 21:44:02 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300C7CE2E9B for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 038C114C0 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id ED13DCE2E9A; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC8A0CE2E99 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x231.google.com (mail-wm0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 801E314AC for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x231.google.com with SMTP id r141so25030456wmg.1 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 13:44:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xFtoLUhiI3eAUofKfAvvYiQQbSyUd9ayoZD+e7n7E1Q=; b=GA95xh9kjwf1aXVWyn1uvChR35Vs6dQ/bhjbNWyf/kzaWz+htCIqFq+kkOKbZXYl9D kgDuNDE/fs+EvWul0DsISKcu2oBwveMQWK+F75G7Og+JE7BIHaOgDh4klVCWhbyRs6Q8 xYni5PZ/VxSGdwja+ZffGOKJdiqWMt/BA+/+Ksuazr86uTa/9TSidQAlEPAjtF9wmiJl vvrGNPjomHbtwSQ9RHcXe4xI2R6IS1GatMAi8bGlm4qpt7P06p6O/TnAw+rO/vN9lXnO OIy7SoRL4kyHbK++//jPURo6arkw06qm+THxPDHSj6Lbp8COAZYzrnJQuf9Od5sR02rQ 65Tg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xFtoLUhiI3eAUofKfAvvYiQQbSyUd9ayoZD+e7n7E1Q=; b=NtErBUg10vnKvGfsqlU9d1D/XlVQ+ZuwigEEIilQtMp/ts/EbDFg/DdjnJdrdV3Qwv TuEpBsZlST77MGXPIX0Q8vRtGTnUE8VotcMB356Dcu88+IJB94jX2UF3FMhfc0pf9d32 oDYPqDZN/UV6VsxtzYqP2/AY5kXVo49IbVW6NsTB9iCK2Y0Nu0kj8g6X6ua9EYqzwPdL pPrlSeHP762mj8RS5EhB1tf6Qlctyg8B9bLK81+TwMm5QnohcSviMgLiC6qZeJiPbthY hwG4UQhw9CGCpoOtuiLojzDBKRrdFlyT7eufx+FzZV1VzZw3qOjBf+h05N0GNcTJyrCB WbEw== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39ll5eAx8yFt6eqJHbS8ESyQT+AklgARi30FAgYMv5yfns+1pLbP5chyKM60aJvimw== X-Received: by 10.28.232.90 with SMTP id f87mr13808765wmh.35.1487281439366; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 13:43:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([94.5.114.10]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v96sm6134474wrc.45.2017.02.16.13.43.58 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 16 Feb 2017 13:43:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:43:56 +0000 From: RW To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do I need /var/db/portsnap/distfiles and /usr/port/distfiles? Message-ID: <20170216214356.7c975639@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:44:02 -0000 On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:32:17 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall wrote: > There is only the one FreeBSD box in my stable, hence I don't need to > build packages for others. It's to to do with whether you use ports, rather than if you build package for other boxes. > It's a somewhat minimalist box (all I can > afford), and I'd like to recover some space. Can I just delete their > contents? > > aneurin# du -sk /usr/ports/distfiles /var/db/portsnap/files > 965198 /usr/ports/distfiles This is a cache, so you can delete it, or trim it with distclean (installed with portupgrade), or portmaster. > 106594 /var/db/portsnap/files If you don't use portsnap then you can delete everything under /var/db/portsnap. Don't delete these files if you do.