Re: /usr/ports/packages cleanup
On Thursday 12 July 2007 14:31:10 RW wrote: > It's only supposed to clean out-of-date packages. well tomorrow morning after full backup, i can certainly give that a try and see how it goes. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: /usr/ports/packages cleanup
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:42:10 -0500 Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 12 July 2007 09:53:43 Randy Pratt wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:46:26 -0500 > > > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > my packages dir is starting to have more than a few packages of > > > incrementing versions. example: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All] $ ls kde-3* > > > kde-3.5.6_1.tbz kde-3.5.7.tbz > > > > > > is there a simple way to clean the packages directory, and only > > > keep the latest version of each package? > > > > I use "portsclean -P" to clean out /usr/ports/packages. Perhaps it > > is what you're looking for. > > > > Randy > > well this is my build server as well as my workstation, so i have > many packages that ive built that i require for my servers, that > might not be installed on my workstation. portsclean -P would > probably purge off a lot of things that i still need. It's only supposed to clean out-of-date packages. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: /usr/ports/packages cleanup
On Thursday 12 July 2007 09:53:43 Randy Pratt wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:46:26 -0500 > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > my packages dir is starting to have more than a few packages of > > incrementing versions. example: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All] $ ls kde-3* > > kde-3.5.6_1.tbz kde-3.5.7.tbz > > > > is there a simple way to clean the packages directory, and only keep the > > latest version of each package? > > I use "portsclean -P" to clean out /usr/ports/packages. Perhaps it > is what you're looking for. > > Randy well this is my build server as well as my workstation, so i have many packages that ive built that i require for my servers, that might not be installed on my workstation. portsclean -P would probably purge off a lot of things that i still need. if anything turns up at all, it will probably have to be some sort of shell script (of which i have almost 0 talen for). -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: /usr/ports/packages cleanup
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:46:26 -0500 Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my packages dir is starting to have more than a few packages of incrementing > versions. example: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All] $ ls kde-3* > kde-3.5.6_1.tbz kde-3.5.7.tbz > > is there a simple way to clean the packages directory, and only keep the > latest version of each package? I use "portsclean -P" to clean out /usr/ports/packages. Perhaps it is what you're looking for. Randy -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: /usr/ports/packages cleanup
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:46:26AM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > my packages dir is starting to have more than a few packages of incrementing > versions. example: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All] $ ls kde-3* > kde-3.5.6_1.tbz kde-3.5.7.tbz > > is there a simple way to clean the packages directory, and only keep the > latest version of each package? Install the portupgrade port and use "portsclean -CD" to sweep /usr/ports/ of spare working files and to clear /usr/ports/distfiles/ of all non-current source files. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
/usr/ports/packages cleanup
my packages dir is starting to have more than a few packages of incrementing versions. example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All] $ ls kde-3* kde-3.5.6_1.tbz kde-3.5.7.tbz is there a simple way to clean the packages directory, and only keep the latest version of each package? thanks, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
