Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 21:36:58 +0100 From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I delete /usr/src ? Message-ID: <3DC97D6A.2020205@cs.umu.se> References: <002601c285d2$81da02d0$0701a8c0@darryl>
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Darryl Hoar wrote: > greetings, > I cvsupped from 4.7-release to 4.7-stable. Followed all the steps to do > that. > I need to reclaim some disk space. Can I delete the files under /usr/src? > Currently it's consuming roughly 340 MB of space ? > > thanks, > Darryl You can delete /usr/src, and also /usr/obj, but next time you want to do an upgrade I guess it will take longer to get all the sources. If you can manage by only delete /usr/obj it would be the best for you, if upgrading in the future. Also, if deleting /usr/src, and hence /usr/src/sys too, you can not compile your kernel if you change any hardware. Best regards, Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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