From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 19 03:31:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E2116A417 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:31:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4637113C458 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:31:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so4830201pyb.3 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:31:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xYDMXInSztUqrKgJq77fD2jbQZ1qMAsZT8izjAxo9WE=; b=r+lWVD3E9ajVET3iygX9bgA7n+BbKT20a19Og3K/vrj8ftFMvliiUOS3dwpAWxVMDk+eLJMxOt6LLesGGj1haY2d4Ak9ZH1xYaLtxcbv878LGGxLO4bFo+sUuvtqwOje99UjTFGm6BH380nAxFB3fhjBQpAtmHbPxQLudDNYqq8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tVQRF5kpD2xZJA9P6CGM/Bgg7x2nVeHZlpUZapdEjPsEKkc4xATGXxhVsDiZKS5kcpbyDyqlcDwkaoAiYiSab0m5SCg9ePEqTg+mfJMOzXyLSesKjLLLDnfAGPCdHGIcGjpyCgTlkoS5Y5vCIEBpSvn2h8HtAd7TOx/XYuJd3Mg= Received: by 10.65.153.10 with SMTP id f10mr19576104qbo.33.1198035066514; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:31:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e15sm5685222qba.2007.12.18.19.31.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:31:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47689079.4040700@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:31:05 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071217) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erich Dollansky References: <47688E99.4050802@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <47688E99.4050802@pacific.net.sg> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rough method of cleaning the ports tree X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:31:34 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > after noticing how large my ports tree grows while compiling, I > thought of simply deleting it and do a CVSup to get a new one after > the compilation is finished. > > This should be much faster and also should do some kind o > defragmentation. I simply cannot believe that the huge ports tree > will still be very well organised after some months. > > What does the list think of this method? Even though it will take quite a bit longer you should just do a "make distclean" in /usr/ports that way anything you hand modified will be retained (also you might want to consider keeping a local cvs repository if this is an issue) - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHaJB5zIOMjAek4JIRAqJxAKCdc0XT4T2YPWOWj2CxzaMY26vdLgCfUvs9 D42DFTYQ2LV+rIhUKYNOBRc= =3/I8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----