Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:13:52 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1048094033.222d10@mired.org> To: Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>, "" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: portupgrade mess Message-ID: <15986.3536.436453.888575@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <1047659623.3e720467d25ab@ra.dweebsoft.com> References: <1047659623.3e720467d25ab@ra.dweebsoft.com>
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In <1047659623.3e720467d25ab@ra.dweebsoft.com>, Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> typed: > Quoting Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>: > > In <1047613811.3e715173c05c0@ra.dweebsoft.com>, Daxbert > > <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> typed: > > > Quoting Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>: > > > > > BTW, any idea how I could reduce the size of the /usr/ports slice - > > it's > > > > > max is about 2Gb and there is about 1.7 in use. It seems a bit bloated > > and > > > > > I certainly don't need all the stuff that is in there... > > > > Delete everything in "/usr/ports/distfiles". > > > > And before you go to bed one night do a "make clean" from "/usr/ports". > > > > It takes .... some time... > > > Another option is to add the following to your make.conf > > > ( 5.x: /etc/make.conf 4.x: /etc/defaults/make.conf ) > > No! 4.x is /etc/make.conf as well. It just doesn't have one by > > default, whereas 5.x does. You should *never* edit anything in > > /etc/defaults. > Ok... so why in 5.x does make.conf no longer live in /etc/defaults as well? The copy in /etc/defaults was never anything more than documentation on what could go there. It's been moved to /usr/share/examples/make.conf. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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