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Date:      Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:53:21 +0200
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
Cc:        walter@pelissero.org, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make clean
Message-ID:  <20011102215321.B1063@straylight.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <3BE2E9FE.F791695C@DougBarton.net>; from DougB@DougBarton.net on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:46:22AM -0800
References:  <200110291311.f9TDBA033787@pelissero.org> <20011030093535.E592@jonc.itouch> <15325.64572.190371.554449@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> <3BE2E9FE.F791695C@DougBarton.net>

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On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:46:22AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> >  > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:11:10PM +0000, Walter C. Pelissero wrote:
> >  > > Wouldn't make sense if Makefile in /usr/ports directory had
> >  > > NOCLEANDEPENDS=yes set by default?
> 
> We just covered this a couple weeks ago. The fastest way to clean your
> ports directory is:
> 
> find /usr/ports -type d -name work | xargs rm -r 

You might even add -maxdepth 3 to the find options, so it does not
even try to descend within the work directories themselves, and waste
a lot of time on biiig source trees.

> There is no point in "optimizing" make clean in /usr/ports because no
> matter how much more efficient you make it, you still have to deal with
> a lot of make overhead that can be avoided using the above method.

True, true.. :)

G'luck,
Peter

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