On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:43:51 +0200, herbert langhans <herbert.raim...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi Daemons, > a short question: > > I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct?
These are used for compiling purposes by the ports system. They are fetched if needed. If you delete them, and want to compile a port later, the needed version will be fetched again. So: Yes, you can delete them. > Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such).. As it has been mentioned, it depends on the tool you use for this. the "make update" method employing cvsup / csup doesn't seem to be interested in distfiles/, maybe portupgrade or portmaster is. (I'm using portupgrade tools, and I've not found myself in a difficult situation.) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
