On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:31:05PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > after noticing how large my ports tree grows while compiling, I > > thought of simply deleting it and do a CVSup to get a new one after > > the compilation is finished. > > > > This should be much faster and also should do some kind o > > defragmentation. I simply cannot believe that the huge ports tree > > will still be very well organised after some months. > > > > What does the list think of this method? > > Even though it will take quite a bit longer you should just do a "make > distclean" in /usr/ports that way anything you hand modified will be > retained (also you might want to consider keeping a local cvs > repository if this is an issue)
That's a good idea too. But, it might not do enough. So, still consider moving /usr/ports. ////jerry > > - -- > Aryeh M. Friedman > FloSoft Systems > http://www.flosoft-systems.com > Developer, not business, friendly > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHaJB5zIOMjAek4JIRAqJxAKCdc0XT4T2YPWOWj2CxzaMY26vdLgCfUvs9 > D42DFTYQ2LV+rIhUKYNOBRc= > =3/I8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
