Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 15:39:49 -0500 From: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov (Clarence Griffin) To: Eddie Lawhead <eddie@silk.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: can I delete '/usr/ports'? safely? Message-ID: <00290A70.003144@ed.gov>
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thanks for the answer Eddie,
I did do a 'make clean' but it did not reclaim enough disk space to
allow me to use the /usr directore (du = 103%)
I abandoned the the effort in favor of a complete reinstall, and
redistribution of the disk space .
I had no data on the system, and wanted to move forward rapidly.
Thanks again for you help
dg
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Subject: Re: can I delete '/usr/ports'? safely?
Author: Eddie Lawhead <eddie@silk.net> at Internet
Date: 11/2/98 1:43 PM
Hello,
You can safley delete the directory but you will have to download
the port of the app and dependancies next time you want to
install them. I think if you cd to /usr/ports you should be able
to do a make clean which will clean up things for you but I
/think/ that next time you install a port it will have to
download again.
HTH
Eddie Lawhead
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Clarence Griffin wrote:
#
# I just did an evaluation of used disk space, and found that I've
# installed all the 'ports' when I set up this new system.
#
# this makes my /usr director at 103%.
#
# I'd like to simply delete all the 'ports', but am wondering how that
# will impact the system? I'd then want to re-install only those prots
# I will actually use.
#
# Anyone else faced this problem? If so, how did you resolve it?
#
#
# dg
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