Re: Do I need /var/db/portsnap/distfiles and /usr/port/distfiles?
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017, RW via freebsd-ports wrote: > > aneurin# du -sk /usr/ports/distfiles /var/db/portsnap/files > > 965198 /usr/ports/distfiles > > This is a cache, so you can delete it, or trim it with distclean > (installed with portupgrade), or portmaster. Thanks; nearly 1GB here I come... > > 106594 /var/db/portsnap/files > > If you don't use portsnap then you can delete everything under > /var/db/portsnap. Don't delete these files if you do. Yes, I do use portsnap, so thanks for the advice. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Do I need /var/db/portsnap/distfiles and /usr/port/distfiles?
On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:32:17 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall wrote: > There is only the one FreeBSD box in my stable, hence I don't need to > build packages for others. It's to to do with whether you use ports, rather than if you build package for other boxes. > It's a somewhat minimalist box (all I can > afford), and I'd like to recover some space. Can I just delete their > contents? > > aneurin# du -sk /usr/ports/distfiles /var/db/portsnap/files > 965198/usr/ports/distfiles This is a cache, so you can delete it, or trim it with distclean (installed with portupgrade), or portmaster. > 106594/var/db/portsnap/files If you don't use portsnap then you can delete everything under /var/db/portsnap. Don't delete these files if you do. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Do I need /var/db/portsnap/distfiles and /usr/port/distfiles?
There is only the one FreeBSD box in my stable, hence I don't need to build packages for others. It's a somewhat minimalist box (all I can afford), and I'd like to recover some space. Can I just delete their contents? aneurin# du -sk /usr/ports/distfiles /var/db/portsnap/files 965198 /usr/ports/distfiles 106594 /var/db/portsnap/files It will claw me back about 1GB, which for me is a big deal... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
