Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:33:25 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[2]: Deleting Packages Message-ID: <20041201192833.26E4.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <41AE6013.6000900@daleco.biz> References: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412011858050.2072@Treneq> <41AE6013.6000900@daleco.biz>
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On Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:21:39 PM "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: |>Gerard Seibert wrote: |> |>> I have a large number of files in the '/usr/ports/packages/All' |>> directory. Since I could use the disk space that they are taking up, I |>> wonder if it is permissible to just delete them. I clean out the |>> '/usr/ports/distfiles' directory on a regular schedule without incident. |>> |>> Thanks in advance! |>> |>> |> |>Check the manpage for portsclean(1), if it's on your system. |> |>> Gerard Seibert |>> gerard-seibert@rcn.com |>> |>> Murphy's Seventh Law: Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad |>> to worse. |> |> |>Oh, don't they, though? ;-) |> |>Kevin Kinsey ********** Reply Separator ********** Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:28:33 PM Actually, I all ready did that. I ran 'portsclean -CDDLP', and it did remove a few packages. However, most are still there. It is not a big thing, I was just wondering if it would cause a problem if I did remove them. Thanks for your assistance. Gerard Seibert gerard-seibert@rcn.com Murphy's First Law: Nothing is as easy as it looks.
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