Could someone please add a paragraph along the lines of
To save some space, you could execute sudo port -f clean --all all to clean both the distfiles and the build directory. to this FAQ item Elias references? I registered for the website on the naïve assumption that this would let me edit the wiki, but no. (Ridiculous.) Dan 2007/4/13, Elias Pipping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
You might find this link useful, too. [1] http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/ FAQ#Whatarethefoldersinprefix/var/db/dports/ forandwhydotheytakeupsomuchspace Regards, Elias Pipping On Apr 13, 2007, at 1:22 AM, Markus Weimer wrote: > Hi, > > I just checked my system for places where I can get a few megabytes of > diskspace back and found that /opt/local/var/db/dports contains quite > a lot of files. Essentially all software packages I installed are > there once again. Is it safe to delete them? Is there a general > procedure to free as much space as possible while keeping the ports > intact? > > Thanks in advance for any pointers, > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
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