Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:28:02 +0000 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: Jeff Elkins <bsd@elkins.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie:/usr/ports/distfiles Message-ID: <20040206222802.GB72712@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <200402061721.22349.bsd@elkins.org> References: <200402061721.22349.bsd@elkins.org>
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On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 05:21:22PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > I'm up to about 700Mb of files in /usr/ports/distfiles. Other than insurance > in case of a re-install, is there a good reason to keep them around? No, you can safely delete anything in /usr/ports/distfiles or remove and recreate the directory. It just means that if you decide to reinstall a port for some reason, the source tarball will be downloaded again to /usr/ports/distfiles - as you know anyway by the sounds of it. :P -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging
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