Mick wrote: > On Monday 29 Jul 2013 13:07:44 Dale wrote: >> >> >> If you set buildpkg in make.conf, you should already have a binary >> stored. Example. You do a install with buildpkg in make.conf. From >> that point on, when you do a update or new package install it stores a >> binary package for everything. Then later on if you do a update and it >> goes goofy, you can just use the -K option and it will restore the >> binary it stored without compiling the package again. >> >> I have that set here and it should do what you want in the long run. It >> just does it differently. >> >> Dale > > It's been so long since I've used this feature I forgot how binary packages > are purged. Do they stay in $PKGDIR for ever, until something like eclean > deals with them, or can you specify (where?) to only keep the last n versions? >
As far as I know, eclean is the only way to clean them. It's a manual thing but I guess one could script it and do a cron job. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
