Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 04:18:23 -0500 From: Brian Bobowski <bbobowski@cogeco.ca> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deleting Packages Message-ID: <41AEDDDF.8010201@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412011858050.2072@Treneq> References: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412011858050.2072@Treneq>
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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! > > > Gerard Seibert > gerard-seibert@rcn.com > > Murphy's Seventh Law: Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad > to worse. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > My first instinct would be that the packages directory is for binary, precompiled packages what the distfiles directory is for source tarballs, and can be regularly cleaned. However, I didn't see a reference to it un /usr/ports/README, whereas it did advise me that distfiles can be periodically cleaned without ill effect. The FreeBSD 5.1 machine I presently have running doesn't even have a /usr/ports/packages directory. Since I install pretty much everything from the port when I can, and nothing huge was made(except PHP, which I know was compiled anyway), this would still fit with my theory. Is there a README file in your /usr/ports/packages directory? Also, glance at some of the files and see if they look like distribution packages. Sorry I can't be more specific. -BB
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