On 02/15/04 Paul Kimberley wrote: > Hi, > > I have a quick maintenance question regarding the /usr/portage > directory, as my /usr/portage/distfiles directory is now 2.7 Gigs and > I'm concerned about the space. > > What are some safe commands I can run to clean up my portage directory > (bandwidth isn't a factor, I don't mind re-downloading files) > > Can you just delete everything in the /usr/portage/distfiles > directory? Is this safe for a cron job? What are some examples that > you use to keep your /usr/portage directory at a reasonable level.
yes; no, unless you make sure emerge is not running at the same time as the cronjob; wiping it quarterly and running a `emerge -ef world`. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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