homerun wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Now after using whilie OS2008.11 and currently running 2009.06
> Noted that /var/pkg directory is eating over 5G of space.
> and of that /var/pkg/download is over 4.5G
> 
> Is that all needed ? 
> Could pkg(1) have some clean subcommand ?

I suspect /var/pkg/download is the specific directory using so much 
space, and that is because of the download caching we perform.

We already have the following related bugs open for it:

   6353 option to put download cache on alternate filesystem
   2266 want command-line control over content cache

For now, removing the /var/pkg/download directory should help quite a 
bit.  Don't worry; it will be re-created if the pkg system needs it again.

You can also change the flush-content-cache-on-success property so that 
after successful packaging operations, the cache will be purged:

pfexec pkg set-property flush-content-cache-on-success True

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker

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