On May 26, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Steve Holden <st...@coordinated.org> wrote:
> Is it recommended to omit any of the directories under > ‘/opt/local/var/macports’ from backups (e.g. ‘distfiles’, ‘sources’)? > https://guide.macports.org/#internals.hierarchy > > Whilst I’d like a fully-functioning MacPorts installation if I have to > boot from or restore from a backup drive, I wondered whether any of > its build directories could be safely omitted? Would their contents be > re-downloaded or re-built automatically (or could they be manually)? You can probably omit these. - var/macports/build: A scratch directory for port builds. There shouldn't be anything in there, unless a build was interrupted and you didn't run `port clean` afterwards. - var/macports/distfiles: A cache for ports' source distributions. MacPorts will redownload anything it can't find here. - var/macports/logs: MacPorts' logs. - var/macports/sources: Contains the ports tree and MacPorts base source code. I believe `port selfupdate` repopulates this, so you need not back it up. vq _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
