Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:35:41 -0500 From: pauls@utdallas.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reducing the size of / Message-ID: <EE6177DAD989443A7C8F44AC@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <200605121236.52992.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <4491F65C-CAB7-4B07-95B9-527677A29E6E@todoo.biz> <20060512122054.77cb6732.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <6BFF1577-071E-4297-82CD-40382ADA8B0F@todoo.biz> <200605121236.52992.lists@jnielsen.net>
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--==========1973E434798AE35C8E21========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On May 12, 2006 12:36:52 PM -0400 John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> = wrote: > On Friday 12 May 2006 12:28, bsd wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> Most of the files that are "large" seems to be located in /usr/ports/ >> distfiles/ >> >> What will be the effect of deleting some of these files ? > > You will have to download them again if you rebuild / reinstall the > packages that use them. Of course, that happens automatically and > there's a good chance that you'll need a new version next time you > update your installed ports, so go ahead and delete them, especially if > you have a good Internet connection. > And when you install a port, use "make install distclean". That will=20 remove the work directories *and* the distfiles after the port was=20 installed. But, if I were you, I'd backup the box and rebuild with a more sensible=20 partition arrangement. For example, you have 65G of disk space. You could do something likes = this: / 500MB swap 2G /tmp 2G /usr 20G /var 20G /home (the rest) Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========1973E434798AE35C8E21==========--
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