On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Martyn Welch wrote: > Please could someone comfirm the following for me: > > The files in /usr/protage/distfiles are those that are downloaded to install > the packages on the PC. If I was to delete ALL the files in this directory it > wouldn't break anything (apart from possibly currently running emerges). I > have installed on a relatively small harddrive and would like to free some > space! > > Is there any better way to do this? > > Cheers in advance, > > Martyn > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > Yes. However, when you want to reemerge something the corresponding tarball will be downloaded again. You can keep the contents of /usr/portage/distfiles in a CD and copy back to /usr/portage/distfiles what you need when you need it.
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