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From: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov (Clarence Griffin)
Subject: Re[2]: can I delete '/usr/ports'? safely?
To: Eddie Lawhead <eddie@silk.net>
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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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