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Date:      Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:41:42 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Locating obsolete ports distfiles
Message-ID:  <20050822044142.GA1172@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <20050822043647.GB37107@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
References:  <20050822043647.GB37107@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 02:36:47PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> I currently have just over 8GB is /usr/ports/distfiles.  Some of these
> files are more than 10 years old and long obsolete.  Does anyone have
> any suggestions on how to identify which files are no longer referenced
> by current ports?

Try portsclean and the --distclean option.

portsclean is part of the portupgrade port.

Edwin

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