Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-28 Thread RW
On Thu, 28 May 2009 12:24:30 +0100 RW wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 07:49:12 +0200 > Mel Flynn wrote: > > > On Thursday 28 May 2009 03:13:46 RW wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200 > > > > > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > > Using e.g. 'portmaster --clean-distfiles-all' only removes thos

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-28 Thread Mel Flynn
On Thursday 28 May 2009 13:24:30 RW wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 07:49:12 +0200 > > Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Thursday 28 May 2009 03:13:46 RW wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200 > > > > > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > > Using e.g. 'portmaster --clean-distfiles-all' only removes those > >

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-28 Thread RW
On Thu, 28 May 2009 07:49:12 +0200 Mel Flynn wrote: > On Thursday 28 May 2009 03:13:46 RW wrote: > > On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200 > > > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > Using e.g. 'portmaster --clean-distfiles-all' only removes those > > > distfiles that do not belong to installed ports. > > >

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-28 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 28 May 2009 03:22:07 +0100 RW wrote: >On Wed, 27 May 2009 21:34:58 -0400 >Robert Huff wrote: [snip] >That's what I used to think until I deleted some java distfiles, and >had to go though the rigmarole of getting all the various files >manually. There's also the possibility that a di

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-28 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:43:51 +0200, herbert langhans wrote: > Hi Daemons, > a short question: > > I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct? These are used for compiling purposes by the ports system. They are fetched if needed. If you delete them, and want to c

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread Mel Flynn
On Thursday 28 May 2009 03:13:46 RW wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200 > > Roland Smith wrote: > > Using e.g. 'portmaster --clean-distfiles-all' only removes those > > distfiles that do not belong to installed ports. > > I've not used it myself, but there is also a shell script called > d

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread RW
On Wed, 27 May 2009 21:34:58 -0400 Robert Huff wrote: > > RW writes: > > > Personally I much prefer the less aggressive mode (distclean -D) > > which deletes files unreferenced by the ports tree, rather than > > unreferenced by installed ports. > > I use "-DD". With nearly 1000 ports

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread Robert Huff
RW writes: > Personally I much prefer the less aggressive mode (distclean -D) > which deletes files unreferenced by the ports tree, rather than > unreferenced by installed ports. I use "-DD". With nearly 1000 ports on one machine, it's important to realize many ports go months (and s

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread RW
On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > Using e.g. 'portmaster --clean-distfiles-all' only removes those > distfiles that do not belong to installed ports. I've not used it myself, but there is also a shell script called distviper in bsdadminscripts which supports both of distc

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread John D. Gage III
Robert Huff wrote: herbert langhans writes: I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct? Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such).. If you want to be selective, try "portsclean" which is part of portupgrade(-*).

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/5/27 Roland Smith : > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:43:51PM +0200, herbert langhans wrote: >> Hi Daemons, >> a short question: >> >> I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct? > > Sure. > >> Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such).. >

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread herbert langhans
Thanks, quite some GB I could clean out on my workstation running on a good(?) old(!) 20GB harddisk.. herb langhans On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:43:51PM +0200, herbert langhans wrote: > > Hi Daemons, > > a short question: > > > > I can

Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:43:51PM +0200, herbert langhans wrote: > Hi Daemons, > a short question: > > I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct? Sure. > Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such).. They won't. But they'll have to re

removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread Robert Huff
herbert langhans writes: > I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct? > > Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such).. If you want to be selective, try "portsclean" which is part of portupgrade(-*).

removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons, a short question: I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct? Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such).. Thanks herb langhans ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http