Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:41:56 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Reducing the size of / Message-ID: <4464BAD4.2060101@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <6BFF1577-071E-4297-82CD-40382ADA8B0F@todoo.biz> References: <4491F65C-CAB7-4B07-95B9-527677A29E6E@todoo.biz> <20060512122054.77cb6732.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <6BFF1577-071E-4297-82CD-40382ADA8B0F@todoo.biz>
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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 ? > If you need/want to rebuild the ports for the distfiles, they will have to be downloaded again. Many of them may be for outdated ports, so they could be deleted. Of course, once in a while somebody comes looking for old distfiles. What about moving the distfiles to someplace in /home and symlinking? Kevin Kinsey
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