Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:50:16 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> Cc: Chris H <bsd-lists@1command.com>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portupgrade(1) | portmaster(8) -- which is more effective for large upgrade? Message-ID: <0E80C8BC-2CE5-4D52-9A42-326481DA343E@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20130626202332.GB80235@icarus.home.lan> References: <5e20544e3580a75759c3858f31894dc9.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <20130626202332.GB80235@icarus.home.lan>
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On 27/06/2013, at 5:53, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote:
> cd /usr/ports/whatever
> make install clean
> {lather rinse repeat until done}
The faster version of this is
find /usr/ports -maxdepth 3 -name work -type d -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
Simpler is to put..
WRKDIRPREFIX=/foo/bar
in /etc/make.conf
Then you can just rm -rf /foo/bar/work to delete all of the port build goop.
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