On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:23:15 -0400 "brett holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can remove anything from the distfiles directory. It > will just download them again. You could check the world > file or use qpkg -I to list the installed files or epm (I > think that's the utility) as in epm -qa. > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:16:54 +0300 > raptor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >hi, > > > >how can I get the list of the packages and their sources > >(/usr/portage/distfiles) that are safe for removing. This comes up every few weeks. What am I missing here? I've never found anything except the kernel sources an the xfree sources that are ever referenced again. 99% of the packages are discrete installs rather than a base packages with patches. I regularly wipe/usr/portage/distfiles and /var/tmp/portage without any dire consequences. I almost never see anything reloaded that I wiped out. Since I have cable that's not a problem, but how often does one update the kernel or xfree sources anyway? It would seem that the developers should put a proper rationale for what to do in the gentoo documentation, and then we could close this out permanently. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo stable - ext3 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
