Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:43:56 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do I need /var/db/portsnap/distfiles and /usr/port/distfiles? Message-ID: <20170216214356.7c975639@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1702170820570.730@aneurin.horsfall.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1702170820570.730@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:32:17 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall wrote: > There is only the one FreeBSD box in my stable, hence I don't need to > build packages for others. It's to to do with whether you use ports, rather than if you build package for other boxes. > It's a somewhat minimalist box (all I can > afford), and I'd like to recover some space. Can I just delete their > contents? > > aneurin# du -sk /usr/ports/distfiles /var/db/portsnap/files > 965198 /usr/ports/distfiles This is a cache, so you can delete it, or trim it with distclean (installed with portupgrade), or portmaster. > 106594 /var/db/portsnap/files If you don't use portsnap then you can delete everything under /var/db/portsnap. Don't delete these files if you do.
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