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Date:      Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:42:36 +1300
From:      "Brent Jones" <brent.jones@otago.ac.nz>
To:        "Erich Dollansky" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: rough method of cleaning the ports tree
Message-ID:  <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F063AC8DE@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz>
In-Reply-To: <47688E99.4050802@pacific.net.sg>
References:  <47688E99.4050802@pacific.net.sg>

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> after noticing how large my ports tree grows while compiling,=20
> I thought=20
> of simply deleting it and do a CVSup to get a new one after the=20
> compilation is finished.

I, like many, just use the "portsclean" utility to periodically tidy
things up, or after manual ports builds if you forget to do a "make
clean".  Doing this should keep things in check and keep your ports tree
from growing.

Cheers,
Brent



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