Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:01:07 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Do I need /var/db/portsnap/distfiles and /usr/port/distfiles? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1702170956190.730@aneurin.horsfall.org> In-Reply-To: <20170216214356.7c975639@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1702170820570.730@aneurin.horsfall.org> <20170216214356.7c975639@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2017, RW via freebsd-ports wrote: > > 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. Thanks; nearly 1GB here I come... > > 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. Yes, I do use portsnap, so thanks for the advice. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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