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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:00:02 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Harry Newton <harry_newton@telinco.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Size of repository and source trees
Message-ID:  <20000606140001.O17973@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <863dmqy2ml.fsf@chimaera.locus>; from harry_newton@telinco.co.uk on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 09:29:38PM %2B0100
References:  <863dmqy2ml.fsf@chimaera.locus>

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* Harry Newton <harry_newton@telinco.co.uk> [000606 13:32] wrote:
> In `The Complete FreeBSD' there is a table of the approximate source
> tree sizes. In the third edition, it is:
> 
>    Component                 | Size (MB)
>   ---------------------------------------
>    Repository: src/sys       | 53
>    Repository: src           | 330
>    Repository: ports         | 36
>    Source tree: /usr/src/sys | 65
>    Source tree: /usr/src     | 225
>    Source tree: /usr/ports   | 200
>    Object tree: src          | 160
> 
> 
> I don't understand why the source tree figures are larger than the
> repository figures.  Surely the source trees are created from the
> repository ( via RCS/CVS ) and so are _smaller_ that the repository
> trees ? ( Because the repository includes the information for _all_
> versions, and in the source tree you've just checked out one version ).
> 
> Have I got hold of the wrong end of the stick ?

Er, have you removed all compiled object files from the kernel directories
as well as all distfiles from /usr/ports/distfiles and cleaned ports
before running this audit?

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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