I previously thought that /usr/portage/distfiles only contains tar files. I have not clean up the system, as I'm moving (dupicating some files for my /usr/local/ needs.
But I do not remember ever seeing any types of files other than compressed tar files in /distfiles/ Now I have (sampling): *.pathch I thought all patch files where kept in the subdirs where the ebuilds are located (files dir)? It is still where most *.patch files are located. *.exe (like verdan32.exe webdin32.exe ) and many others (here's a sample from /usr/portage/distfiles): scons-2.3.0-user.html scons-2.3.0-user.pdf scrollkeeper-omf.dtd seamonkey-2.26.1-en-GB.xpi rdoc-4.0.1.gem readline62-004 rfc2307bis.schema-20140524 nmap-logo-64.png gobject-introspection-1.40.0.tar.xz._checksum_failure_.146ofr I guess I need "enlightenment" ? Also, in the past I have manually aged/pruned or size/prunded the disfiles dir, but I stopped doing that in the age of 2T+ sized drives....maybe I need to return to cleaning up distfiles/ by hand? curiously, James
