Date: 29 Feb 2000 21:18:50 +0100 From: Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeing up space on 3.4 Message-ID: <86hfersqxh.fsf@unicorn.ea4els.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: parrothd@midwest.net's message of "29 Feb 2000 20:54:00 %2B0100" References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002291955260.8253-100000@phoenix.ea4els.am pr.org> <3.0.5.32.20000229134450.009f6260@midwest.net>
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Hi Jonathan:
parrothd@midwest.net ("Jonathan E. Lyons") writes:
> Try /usr/ports/make clean, this will remove all temporary port build files,
> also you may wanna look in /usr/ports/distfiles/ and delete any old
> files(these were used by the ports), as for /usr/src/ you can
> /tar/delete/backup/ but you will need these files if you need to recompile.
I'll delete the /usr/ports and /usr/src/ stuff. I guess that will help until
I need to do another make world.
> Also read man du, this can help you track down some wasted space.....
I think you missed my point. Finding the files is one thing, finding
"what they belong to" is another. I'm feeling a bit lost without a
package manager such as rpm. (pkg_info doesn't tell you everything on
the system.)
Thanks for the pointers anyway.
Simon
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