From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 16: 9:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 365C637B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:09:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from boris.st.hmc.edu (boris.ST.HMC.Edu [134.173.63.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B1D43E42 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:09:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@unixconsults.com) Received: from boris.st.hmc.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by boris.st.hmc.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gA609Gv7056064; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:09:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by boris.st.hmc.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id gA609G0I056061; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:09:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@unixconsults.com) X-Authentication-Warning: boris.st.hmc.edu: jeff owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:09:16 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Jirsa X-X-Sender: jeff@boris.st.hmc.edu To: I am Insane Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: [Fwd: Cleaning up /] In-Reply-To: <3DC85D43.7000104@iaminsane.net> Message-ID: <20021105160838.J56060-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter on boris.st.hmc.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, I am Insane wrote: > 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? Feel free to delete it. It's used for building the modules you just installed, so it should be source and test scripts. If your modules are installed, there's no more use for them. - Jeff Jirsa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message