Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:55:04 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports & portupgrade when only using packages Message-ID: <200709052055.04414.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <46DEF6D0.8010108@crackmonkey.us> References: <46DECE7F.3000909@fid4.com> <46DEF6D0.8010108@crackmonkey.us>
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On Wednesday 05 September 2007 20:34:56 Adam J Richardson wrote: > Well, that's easy... > > # rm -R /usr/ports > > Saves you a load of disk space, too. The only downside is you get > slightly older versions of software with packages. > > Oh, and don't use portsnap, it'll undo that "rm -R" for you. Using > "portupgrade -PP" works perfectly well on those rare occasions when I > want to install a package rather than a port. I'm really interested in seeing the output of portupgrade -PP after rm -R /usr/ports && mkdir /usr/ports. -- Mel People using reply to all on lists, must think I need 2 copies.
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