On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:07:19 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > 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.
It contains everything downloaded by ebuilds. > 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. ISTR the policy is to only include smaller patch files in the tree, large patches are downloaded to avoid everyone having to sync them. > > *.exe (like verdan32.exe webdin32.exe ) These are the installers for the MS corefonts. > I guess I need "enlightenment" ? You can use whichever DE you prefer :) > 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? You can use eclean to remove obsolete distfiles and packages. But don't use eclean on a shared $DISTDIR. -- Neil Bothwick God is real, unless specifically declared integer.
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