On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, sarah smith wrote: > after fink has installed/updated files, does it delete/remove the old > files to free up hard drive space?
Yes, partly. If you build from source, Fink will by default set up a build directory under /sw/src, e.g. /sw/src/openldap-2.0.19-1. When the build process completes, the result is a *.deb file (Debian package archive); once it is ready, the build directory is removed, leaving you with the .deb archive and the .tar.gz (or whatever) bundle that contained the source code. That way you can either reapply the built package or, if it gets corrupted, you can rebuild it all from source from the .tgz file. The .deb files seem worth keeping around, but I don't see any harm in manually getting rid of the source code tarballs if they're filling up your hard drive -- if you ever need them again in the future, there could be a newer version by then anyhow. If you're comfortable with Perl, /sw/bin/fink is just a Perl script, and it calls on other Perl modules in /sw/lib/perl5/Fink. You can walk through these scripts to get a feel for what it's doing, but then it also throws out a ton of info while it's building & installing packages, and you can get a clear idea of what's going on if you pay attention to the messages. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache / mod_perl / http://homepage.mac.com/chdevers/resume/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners