-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El Miércoles, 5 de Febrero de 2003 02:35, Collins Richey escribió: > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:29:25 +0000 (WET) > > Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > Jorge Almeida > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > YMMV, but I almost never need to reemerge anything, so I do rm * in > /usr/portage/distfiles and rm -r * in /var/tmp/portage after any round > of updates. It's worked for me for several years now. > And what about doing /var/tmp/portage and /usr/portage/distfiles tmpfs? Could it be a good idea?
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