nightmorph 08/10/25 23:44:32 Modified: faq.xml Log: add eclean info, bug 244376
Revision Changes Path 1.115 xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?rev=1.115&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?rev=1.115&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?r1=1.114&r2=1.115 Index: faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.114 retrieving revision 1.115 diff -u -r1.114 -r1.115 --- faq.xml 28 Sep 2008 20:29:25 -0000 1.114 +++ faq.xml 25 Oct 2008 23:44:32 -0000 1.115 @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>3.12</version> -<date>2008-09-28</date> +<version>3.13</version> +<date>2008-10-25</date> <faqindex> <title>Questions</title> @@ -577,11 +577,13 @@ However, it might be wise to keep the most recent version of the files; often several ebuilds will be released for the same version of a specific piece of software. If you have deleted the archive and you upgrade the software it will -be necessary to download them from the internet again. There are programs which -<uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-337074.html";>users have -developed</uri> to clean out all but the most recent version of sourcefiles. -Note that while this seems to work, it is <e>not</e> officially maintained. Use -at your own risk. +be necessary to download them from the internet again. +</p> + +<p> +You can use the <c>eclean</c> script from <c>app-portage/gentoolkit</c> to +manage the contents of <path>/usr/portage/distfiles/</path> and a few other +locations. Please read <c>man eclean</c> to learn more about its usage. </p> </body>
