On Monday 25 August 2003 11:34, Collins Richey wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:32:39 +0900 > > Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 25 August 2003 01:38, Collins Richey wrote: > > > I also remove the > > > contents of /usr/portage/distfiles/ from time to time. Updates are > > > infrequent to most packages, and I don't see the need to retain the > > > packages on my system - that's what the portage mirrors are for! > > > > It is better that you back up what you may need again in the future, > > just in case. The portage mirrors are currently handing out terabytes > > each day so the less each of us uses them the better. Of course, if > > you will never ever need to reinstall your system or never ever need > > to install a new system then by all means delete away! > > 1. Almost guaranteed never need to reinstall my system, unless major > glibc changes (not very often). > > 2. Since I only sync every two weeks and seldom need more than a half > dozen updates, I'm not putting an unreasonable load on the mirrors. > None of that sync every few hours nonsense for me.
Good man! Nahh, I just didn't want the original inquirer to think "yeah! distfiles, you're outta here!" Regards, Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
