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Pablo Mora writes:

>  > Can one run
>  >
>  > 'make clean'
>  >
>  > in the /usr/ports directory in the hope of reducing disk space?
>  
>  portsclean -CDD

	"portsclean" is part of the "portupgrade" port, not the base
system.  Not everyone has it installed, or wants to.
	To the original poster: yes, you can.  Mind you, I'm not sure
it's the most efficient way - since I have "portupgrade" installed,
I prefer portsclean.


				Robert Huff