>> I'm up to about 700Mb of files in /usr/ports/distfiles. Other than >> insurance in case of a re-install, is there a good reason to keep >> them around?
> No, you can safely delete anything in /usr/ports/distfiles or remove > and recreate the directory. It just means that if you decide to > reinstall a port for some reason, the source tarball will be > downloaded again to /usr/ports/distfiles - as you know anyway by the > sounds of it. If you have installed portupgrade(1), you can use the portsclean(1) command to "clean" your ports: # portsclean -C # portsclean -D # portsclean -DD # portsclean -L # portsclean -P Look at the '-D' and '-DD' for /usr/ports/distfiles in particular. -- -jg. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
