From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 04:49:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2D816A421 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 04:49:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13C1713C448 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 04:49:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 6221 invoked from network); 30 May 2007 14:49:52 +1000 Received: from 203-217-67-90.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.217.67.90) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 30 May 2007 14:49:52 +1000 Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:49:46 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20070530144946.38bd891a@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070529200847.GB11969@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <465C73EB.501@volunteerwireless.net> <20070529200847.GB11969@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jack Schneider , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Blown Up /Usr files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 04:49:55 -0000 On Tue, 29 May 2007 22:08:47 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > You could clear out the files in /usr/ports/distfiles, because you can always > download those again. There is actually a utility, included with the portupgrade port, that removes unneeded src tarballs from distfiles and packages from packages/All, as well as cleaning your tree. by 'uneeded' i mean, either old or not currently installed. The util is portsclean, and I run it as follows: sudo portsclean -C -DD -L -P For more details, man portsclean _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'" Arthur C. Clarke, from "3001, The Final Odyssey", Sources. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.