Thanks for the suggestions, Chris. I am still finding out where everything goes. And i am still building the system so not sure what to keep and what to lose. In /usr/portage/distfiles are a handful of non compressed files --
bash205b-002 bash205b-003 bash205b-004 cvs-src (an empty directory) readline43-001 readline43-002 rsync-2.5.6-proxy-auth-1.patch Can i lose these as well? -- Keith On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:52:36AM -0600, Chris Lobkowicz wrote: > Just remember to delete /usr/portage/distfiles if you have disk constraints. > When your system is built, you can safely delete all those source tarballs > and live rather happy. Also there is an emerge flag to clean up after > install, cant remember it offhand though. > A fresh install will use quite nearly a gig or more of source files in > /usr/portage/distfiles , all depending on your use flags. All that can be > deleted, as you likely wont need the source to gcc or glibc for compiling a > itty bitty app. Also, /var/db/pkg/* could be deleted, but you may wanna dive > the forums of gentoo to make sure, as that is all the ebuild config files, > though small, it's a lot of stuff when you have kde, X, apps, base system. > > I have a (somewhat) functional server on a dual p90 with 1gig and a 3gig > disk. /boot & / are on the 1giger, and /usr and swap are on the 3. And I > have lots of room to spare for general stuff, not a whole lot of /home space > avail, but since its just a dhcp, dns, smp/openmosix cluster. Not much is > needed. > > Gentoo = happy > Gentoo = lots of install time, it isn't just a couple of cd's worth of > packages. Its your personal time to type stuff in, then let the processor do > the rest of the work. And for the total of 7.65 minutes of typing, there is > anywhere from 3-40+ hours of compile time, so really it could be considered > an "un-attended install". Sorta... > > Gentoo rocks, and the only distro to come close from a "it just works the > first time". Other than Mandrake 8.1 or RedHat 8.x > > Have fun with Gentoo, and perhaps it could be a presentation topic for a > future meeting? (If I can ever get to one, or borrow a decently fast laptop > to showcase an install) > > Cheers > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 22:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (clug-talk) Gentoo 1.4 -- taking the plunge > > > > I've been running Mandrake since 7.1 as my primary home workstation. As i've > written here before I've become increasingly frustrated by the RPM system. > It locks me into apps and configs I don't want. So, increasingly I install a > bad mix of precompiled RPMs, source RPMs and source files. Obviously I am > looking for trouble on a system that must be trouble free. > > So, recently I fried my glibc and everything I tried with rpm caused seg > faults. So in a fit of stoopidity then deleted the contents of /var/lib/rpm. > For those of you who use any RPM based distro, don't delete the contents of > /var/lib/rpm. > > Look: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm]# rpm -qa > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm]# > > Yeehaw. Can not install or upgrade any rpm package cause the system thinks > none are installed so all dependencies are unmet. > > so, when I saw the note on this group that gentoo 1.4 was ready for my > taking I thought I'd give it a try on a different machine -- an HP > Netserver LC3, dual PIII450 with 4 4.3 Gb SCSI drives. This is also my > first experience in working with a dual CPU machine or with SCSI. > > It is now my 4th day with Gentoo. I have never had so much fun. Everything > about it makes sense, respects the user and gives the user the tools and the > info what we need. > > I suspect in due time i will switching my main machine to Gentoo. > > One thing though -- Gentoo is a huge disk hog. I've spent a lot of time > sizing partitions and sym linking directories to allow for how much > storage it requires. > > As in most things Linux i consider myself a complete newbie. if I can get > this stuff to work most anyone can. It just requires a lot of work and time. > > > -- > > -- > Keith Robinson
