Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:54:08 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Lars Stokholm <lars.stokholm@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Cleaning /var/db/ports Message-ID: <44myomo9zz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4B48E94D-058A-4F79-93B2-B6E498C0B9CE@gmail.com> (Garrett Cooper's message of "Tue\, 25 Mar 2008 11\:52\:57 -0700") References: <47E949A3.5030103@gmail.com> <4B48E94D-058A-4F79-93B2-B6E498C0B9CE@gmail.com>
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Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> writes: > On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Lars Stokholm wrote: > >> Apart from doing 'rm -r /var/db/ports/*' is there a way of cleaning >> the folder of stale folders and files? >> >> I know it takes up no space and that I might aswell leave it alone, >> but it'd be interesting to know. :) >> >> Thanks, >> Lars > > pkg_cutleaves -- an excellent Perl port that will help you out with > that. I think the question is about port configs, not the ports themselves. I don't know of anything that finds unused port configs. It would not be very difficult to write, but I have to admit I don't think it would be worth the effort...
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