begin quote On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:31:20 +0200 Moshe Kaminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems that this is generated due to the > buildpkg feature in make.conf, which is on by default. My question > is, what do I gain from it? You gain backups. if you fex. was bitten by an update, or found something that didnt work as expected in an application you've updated, You could easily install the binary and compare. If for some reason you suffer file corruption in /usr, you could easily (unless .tbz2's are corrupt too) recover with either use of tar or emerge on the binary. Safety precaution > is it safe to remove it? Yep. and the files it creates too. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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