Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 05:51:08 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing distfiles? Message-ID: <20090528055108.0f8b23b2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20090528032207.25de408a@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20090527224351.1e94029b@bobcat.edu> <20090527205610.GA22384@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090528021346.54c91917@gumby.homeunix.com> <18973.59970.379090.475951@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090528032207.25de408a@gumby.homeunix.com>
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--Sig_/RkOJOUFPFpVvB/+QSQchumU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 28 May 2009 03:22:07 +0100 RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: >On Wed, 27 May 2009 21:34:58 -0400 >Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> 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 distfile gets rerolled >and local copy is the only one that matches the port checksums. Disk >space is cheap, the extra files don't add up to much in practice. The >real advantage of cleaning comes from not have ten copies of kdebase >and the like. That is why I keep a backup of all the 'java' src files in ~/java just so I can replace them in /usr/ports/distfiles if required. Other than for the 'java' files. I completely delete all files in the 'distfiles' directory. They server no useful purpose and can always be downloaded again if required. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art. Charles McCabe --Sig_/RkOJOUFPFpVvB/+QSQchumU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoeXpYACgkQBvaKIJWWCO3YRACgguh4bBDHyU4wbLXIKYByhJvy JbsAnR/YNvnTqrMLKIPVsw2DMliU1KHl =ReEJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/RkOJOUFPFpVvB/+QSQchumU--
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