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Date:      Fri, 12 May 2006 12:36:52 -0400
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reducing the size of /
Message-ID:  <200605121236.52992.lists@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <6BFF1577-071E-4297-82CD-40382ADA8B0F@todoo.biz>
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On Friday 12 May 2006 12:28, bsd wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Most of the files that are "large" seems to be located in /usr/ports/
> distfiles/
>
> What will be the effect of deleting some of these files ?

You will have to download them again if you rebuild / reinstall the packages 
that use them.  Of course, that happens automatically and there's a good 
chance that you'll need a new version next time you update your installed 
ports, so go ahead and delete them, especially if you have a good Internet 
connection.

JN



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