Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:19:51 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "Robert Huff" <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Dir Message-ID: <d7195cff0707041219u37915af1qb3ade2005bc4406c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <18059.55651.790757.504527@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <002601c7be4c$4767b7c0$6501a8c0@GRANT> <cf841d6b0707041003t4308a4ebv9e7f3cd9ee63cd34@mail.gmail.com> <18059.55651.790757.504527@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 04/07/07, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > 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. > Indeed. If you set WRKDIRPREFIX you can merely rm -r $WRKDIRPREFIX/ports. The distfiles can be a bit more difficult to deal with in a sane manner without some sort of add-on tool. -- --
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