Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:08:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any reason not to remove /usr/obj/* ? (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825230501.21041A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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The definitive answer from Wes Peters--he forgot to include
freebsd-questions on the cc: line, so here it is. I put his
name in the "From" line.
Annelise
Doug White commented from on high:
% If you're not doing any 'make world's, then /usr/obj is destroyable.
Annelise Anderson writes:
> I would like some clarification on this. There seem to be about 150
> megabytes in my /usr/obj. I thought this was created as an intermediate
> step in the make world process. Would leaving it there shorten the time
> on a subsequent make world, or does everything in any case get remade?
> If so, the only purpose of keeping these around is as a "spaceholder"
> for a future made world.
As the name implies, /usr/obj is a place where the intermediate object
files that make up the commands, utilities, etc. are placed. If you
change 10% of the system source between 'make world' commands, you only
need to regenerate 10% of the object files, the rest remain untouched.
If you remove /usr/obj, you will have to remake 100% of the object
files, at a cost of extra computing cycles, disk I/Os, etc.
In short: if you've got the disk space and are going to be rebuilding
the world, leave 'em. If you need the disk space, grab it. If you're
undecided, buy a Jaz drive and a cartrige for /usr/obj. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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