Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:24 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Noah <noah-list@enabled.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to build from ports without downloading ports Message-ID: <19166.9448.743318.287500@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <C170000D-6F0D-4761-A58D-8F1C23058173@mac.com> References: <4ADE1F2A.6020601@enabled.com> <C170000D-6F0D-4761-A58D-8F1C23058173@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger writes: > > I have a server with minimal disk space. is there a way to build > > from ports without downloading ports or only downloading what is > > needed for the build and then it is removed? > > You're describing the default behavior of ports-- it only > downloads sources which are needed for the current build. To > clean up sources and so forth, look to portsclean (from > portupgrade). There is also the "distclean" target of make, which will get rid of the source tarball. Robert Huff
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