From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 18 20:11:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 409C416A4D9 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:11:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from anduin.net (anduin.net [212.12.46.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD2443D31 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:11:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from mailnull by anduin.net with dspam-scanned (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1CJdnR-000PL3-DG for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:07:57 +0200 Received: from mailnull by anduin.net with spamassassin-scanned (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1CJdnF-000PKq-Mr for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:07:57 +0200 Received: from c5100a234.sdsl.catch.no ([81.0.162.52] helo=[192.168.1.113]) by anduin.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1CJdnF-000PKn-Ga; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:07:45 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <200410181646.44654.howells@kde.org> <4173EAE2.9050001@pragmeta.com> <57979.192.168.0.1.1098116798.squirrel@192.168.0.1> <20041018172419.GC5179@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:10:27 +0200 To: Gert Cuykens X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on anduin.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=7.5 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:11:02 -0000 On 18. Oct 2004, at 21:42, Gert Cuykens wrote: > What are /usr/ports/distfiles/ ? It's where the ports system downloads the source/binary distribution files for the ports you try to compile/install. It can safely be emptied, but then any rebuild of an existing application will start a new download. I generally clean out this directory pretty often, just to save diskspace. > I thought it where backup copy's of all the make files you installed > on your system but when i do for example tar -xjf > cvsup-without-gui.amd64.tarbz2 the cvsup-without-gui.amd64 looks like > a binary file ? Can somebody explain to me please how distfiles work ? Do a 'man ports', or read the FreeBSD handbook. The handbook should be translated to a lot of languages as well, if you prefer looking it up in your native language. Good luck! /Eirik > > Thx > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > - Love over Gold -