Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:05:47 -0800 From: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to clear userland? Message-ID: <442A31CB.8010408@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0603282249t793f8529r315cdffecb6324a1@mail.gmail.com> References: <442A1692.3040805@shaw.ca> <d7195cff0603282249t793f8529r315cdffecb6324a1@mail.gmail.com>
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--=======AVGMAIL-442A31CC1C81======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi illoai: Thank you. G/ illoai@gmail.com wrote: >On 3/28/06, Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> wrote: > > >>Is there a nice tidy way to clear my userland - CLEAN without >>jeopardizing or reloading the OS? >> >> > >pkg_delete -a >should get rid of anything not in the base system. >alternately, deleting /usr/local and /usr/X11R6 will >remove it pretty quickly, as well. though one would >have to check for things started in /etc/rc.conf > >Unlike certain operating systems, the bloat doesn't >do much except take up drive space if you're not >actually running the stuff in the bloat. > >Make the locate database build a tiny bit slower, >I suppose. > >rock the bloat/don't rock the bloat > >You can rebuild the base system from scratch by >following the whole cvsup, buildworld, kernel >business. Note what can be not installed in >/etc/make.conf (I think you still have a partial >reference living in /etc/defaults/make.conf on 4.11, >though I may have forgotten.) > >-- >-- > > > > -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --=======AVGMAIL-442A31CC1C81======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/294 - Release Date: 3/27/2006 --=======AVGMAIL-442A31CC1C81=======--
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