Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 19:07:31 -0500 From: I am Insane <admin@iaminsane.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Cleaning up /] Message-ID: <3DC85D43.7000104@iaminsane.net> References: <3DC8558D.2030304@iaminsane.net> <3DC859E7.8040802@iaminsane.net> <20021105235922.GA1208@dan.emsphone.com>
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So, in short (the .cpan file is approx 50 MB) is removable? or is it necessary? it appears that most of the files are source files... could removing them effect my system adversly? Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 05), I am Insane said: > >>That's been my normal experience, / doesn't change in size except for a >>small amount when I install important / major programs and even then it >>usually isn't affected. However, I recently installed a few CPAN modules >>in order to allow pop/imap-before-smtp (as I've found very little >>information on it I've went with the one at >>http://popbsmtp.sourceforge.net/ and the readme file states to install >>the following: >> % perl -MCPAN -e 'install Time::HiRes' >> % perl -MCPAN -e 'install File::Tail ' >> % perl -MCPAN -e 'install Date::Parse' >> % perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::Netmask' >>which is when my root file system grew from 45MB or so to over 80MB >>(normally stays around 45 on my systems) >>So I'm trying to figure out why the CPAN modules made root jump to >>almost double normal size and how/if there is any way to find out which >>files are maybe source files and can be either moved and/or removed. >> > > Using CPAN ends up creating a huge ~/.cpan cache directory in root's > home. You can install those modules from ports/packages instead. > > pkg_add -r p5-Net-Netmask p5-File-Tail p5-Time-HiRes > > Although I don't see one for Date::PArse. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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