From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 07:07:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CCF316A427 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:07:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB6943D7D for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:06:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd4mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.69]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWV008PJNPDZQC0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:05:37 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml7so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.151]) by pd4mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWV0087YNPDGWC0@pd4mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:05:37 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([24.85.136.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWV001UANPDQI22@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:05:37 -0700 (MST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.385 [268.3.2/294]); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:05:48 -0800 Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:05:47 -0800 From: Graham North In-reply-to: To: "illoai@gmail.com" Message-id: <442A31CB.8010408@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-442A31CC1C81=======" X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <442A1692.3040805@shaw.ca> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to clear userland? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:07:21 -0000 --=======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 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=======--