From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 08:07:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4FCC2A3 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:07:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.tp2.us.calorieking.net (mx.tp2.us.calorieking.net [74.53.216.228]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9C85C15 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:07:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net (mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net [173.193.161.29]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.tp2.us.calorieking.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 303293F4137 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netserv.sl1.us.calorieking.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FBAB13106A for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:07:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at calorieking.com Received: from mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net ([127.0.0.1]) by netserv.sl1.us.calorieking.net (mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bP2zk-qsMfXV for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:07:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from egeria.internal (114.179.70.115.static.exetel.com.au [115.70.179.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 86410131069 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:07:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54169E42.5020108@calorieking.com> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:07:30 +0800 From: Gregory Orange User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Remove distribution sets Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-FamilyHealth-MailScanner-ID: 303293F4137.CAC5B X-FamilyHealth-MailScanner-VirusCheck: Found to be clean X-FamilyHealth-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-15, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -15.00) X-FamilyHealth-MailScanner-From: gregory.orange@calorieking.com X-FamilyHealth-MailScanner-Watermark: 1411373257.55253@xFe7lhb9iFVvabFTb7nUOw X-Spam-Status: No X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:07:54 -0000 Hi all, Can one remove distribution sets from FreeBSD 8.x? I've got a 8.3 machine with too much on it[1], but don't have control over the installation of the OS. I'd like to remove everything except kernel and base, but the only method I've found[2] is not complete. TIA, Greg. [1] Per freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade: src/base src/bin src/cddl src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release src/rescue src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/tools src/ubin src/usbin world/base world/dict world/doc world/games world/info world/manpages world/proflibs [2] https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?&t=1136