Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:23:57 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: knu@freebsd.org, kris@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: distfiles auto cleanup on port upgrade? Message-ID: <20021006042357.GX95327@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20021006042027.GA9904@leviathan.inethouston.net> References: <20021006035758.GW95327@elvis.mu.org> <20021006042027.GA9904@leviathan.inethouston.net>
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* David W. Chapman Jr. <dwcjr@inethouston.net> [021005 21:20] wrote: > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 08:57:58PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > I think installed ports should record the distfiles used to install > > them, that way when a port is upgraded the old now useless distfiles > > can be automagically deleted. > > > > I'd love to supply patches for this but the learning curve to actually > > facilitate this looks too steep for someone not very familiar with > > ports/packages/portupgrade. > > > I don't know if that's the job for ports, what if people want to keep > around old distfiles, but portsclean does what you want, have you > tried it? No, but it looks like it's what I was looking for, thanks! -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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