Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:41:47 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie:/usr/ports/distfiles Message-ID: <65407.192.168.0.97.1076107307.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <20040206222802.GB72712@users.munk.nu> References: <200402061721.22349.bsd@elkins.org> <20040206222802.GB72712@users.munk.nu>
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>> I'm up to about 700Mb of files in /usr/ports/distfiles. Other than >> insurance in case of a re-install, is there a good reason to keep >> them around? > No, you can safely delete anything in /usr/ports/distfiles or remove > and recreate the directory. It just means that if you decide to > reinstall a port for some reason, the source tarball will be > downloaded again to /usr/ports/distfiles - as you know anyway by the > sounds of it. If you have installed portupgrade(1), you can use the portsclean(1) command to "clean" your ports: # portsclean -C # portsclean -D # portsclean -DD # portsclean -L # portsclean -P Look at the '-D' and '-DD' for /usr/ports/distfiles in particular. -- -jg.
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