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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2001 20:48:36 +0200
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: make world?
Message-ID:  <20010513204835.A21570@student.uu.se>
In-Reply-To: <3AFED138.78428180@mediaone.net>; from ericmlogan@mediaone.net on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 11:23:53AM -0700
References:  <3AFECAA5.B1CF3AA1@mediaone.net> <20010513201042.A21114@student.uu.se> <3AFED138.78428180@mediaone.net>

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On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 11:23:53AM -0700, Eric M Logan wrote:
> Thanks for responding but no.  I did a "du" on each of /usr/src, /usr/ports, and
> /usr/obj.  There's nothing unexpected with src and ports and obj is always
> deleted after the make world (mfs).  The system just ballons up.  I know that
> when one "makes world", everything gets installed.  So my question is, is there
> anyway to make world and *only* update/install stuff that was part of the
> original installation.  Again, I've already played with the options in
> /etc/make.conf but with no luck.  Any ideas or help would be appreciated,
> thanks.

That sounds weird. 
To answer your question: No, there is no such way. The system does not keep
track of what was originally installed.

I would suggest using "du" to find out where in the file system the bloat
occurs.

> 
> Erik Trulsson wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 10:55:49AM -0700, Eric M Logan wrote:
> > > I recently installed a bare bones installation of FreeBSD that came out
> > > to under 200MB.  After a "make world" the system went over 500MB?!  How
> > > can I cvsup my sources and "make world" w/o adding/updating additional
> > > stuff other than the original barebones installation?  I've already
> > > tried uncommenting the options in /etc/make.conf such as no_cvs, etc but
> > > with no success.  Any ideas or help would be appreciated, thanks.
> > >
> >
> > Those 500 MB would not by any chance include the contents of /usr/src or
> > /usr/obj, each of which is about 300 MB ?
> > If that is the case 'rm -fr /usr/src/* /usr/obj/*' should free a lot of
> > diskspace.
> > Otherwise I have no idea. My barebones installation is still at about 150 MB
> > after several upgrades but then neither /usr/src nor /usr/obj reside on that
> > machine.
> >

-- 
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se


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