Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:28:54 +0100 From: Matt Mills <matt_mills@btopenworld.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: /usr/ports/distfiles maintenance Message-ID: <42970476.6050105@btopenworld.com>
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Hi all, Something which has recently struck me as an unanswered question. How do you all maintain your /usr/ports/distfiles directory? This isn't a topic I've *ever* seen discussed or even mentioned in all the years I've been using FreeBSD. Obviously over time, you get many different versions of the same software. These all take up space on your hard disk and eventually require some kind of cleanup and/or maintenance. Basically, my question is: is there some piece of software or automated way of keeping the directory clean of stale sources? I can imagine obvious problems with automating the process due to different versions of the same software in separate ports (eg. autoconf, automake, libtool, etc.) So, what do you all think? -- Matt
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