From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 19 03:34:35 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 7835C16A41B for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@brianwhalen.net) Received: from entwistle.sonicboom.org (entwistle.sonicboom.org [66.93.34.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66EBD13C448 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@brianwhalen.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (dsl093-034-235.snd1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.34.235]) by entwistle.sonicboom.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBJ3YWB5068405; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:34:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@brianwhalen.net) Message-ID: <47689149.9030007@brianwhalen.net> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:34:33 -0800 From: Brian User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" References: <47688E99.4050802@pacific.net.sg> <47689079.4040700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47689079.4040700@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Erich Dollansky , 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 03:34:35 -0000 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----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----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > portsclean -CD may be a help, if it grows as a result of compilation. Brian