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Date:      Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:13:52 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1048094033.222d10@mired.org>
To:        Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>, "" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: portupgrade mess
Message-ID:  <15986.3536.436453.888575@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <1047659623.3e720467d25ab@ra.dweebsoft.com>
References:  <1047659623.3e720467d25ab@ra.dweebsoft.com>

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In <1047659623.3e720467d25ab@ra.dweebsoft.com>, Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> typed:
> Quoting Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>:
> > In <1047613811.3e715173c05c0@ra.dweebsoft.com>, Daxbert
> > <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> typed:
> > > Quoting Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>:
> > > > > BTW, any idea how I could reduce the size of the /usr/ports slice -
> > it's 
> > > > > max is about 2Gb and there is about 1.7 in use. It seems a bit bloated
> > and
> > > > > I certainly don't need all the stuff that is in there...
> > > > Delete everything in "/usr/ports/distfiles".
> > > > And before you go to bed one night do a "make clean" from "/usr/ports".
> > > > It takes .... some time...
> > > Another option is to add the following to your make.conf
> > > ( 5.x: /etc/make.conf  4.x: /etc/defaults/make.conf )
> > No! 4.x is /etc/make.conf as well. It just doesn't have one by
> > default, whereas 5.x does. You should *never* edit anything in
> > /etc/defaults.
> Ok... so why in 5.x does make.conf no longer live in /etc/defaults as well?

The copy in /etc/defaults was never anything more than documentation
on what could go there. It's been moved to
/usr/share/examples/make.conf.

	<mike
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