Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:17:02 -0400, Jerry wrote: > You say po-tah-toes, he says po-tay-toes, who cares? I say Kartoffel, you say name server, who cares? :-) > Were you > completely baffled by what he was trying to convey? At the very least, > you could have attempted to answer his question befo

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:01:24 +0200, "O. Hartmann" wrote: > On several FreeBSD boxes "performing portsnap fetch" updating the ports > on a regular basis, folder /var/db/portsnap/files/ gets filled over > time. Sorry for not answering your question, but allow me a little sidenote regarding the

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:59:50 +0100 RW articulated: > There shouldn't be any need to do that, they are supposed to be > deleted automatically. I have 22371, if you have much more than that > you probably should remove the contents of /var/db/portsnap/ and do > another fetch. I have 22339 files on

Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread O. Hartmann
On several FreeBSD boxes "performing portsnap fetch" updating the ports on a regular basis, folder /var/db/portsnap/files/ gets filled over time. I was wondering if there is not an elegant, sophisticated way cleaning up those files not needed anymore. Please shed light onto my darkness ... Re

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:24:18 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:01:24 +0200, "O. Hartmann" > wrote: > > On several FreeBSD boxes "performing portsnap fetch" updating the > > ports on a regular basis, folder /var/db/portsnap/files/ gets > > filled over time. > > Sorry for not

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread RW
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:01:24 +0200 "O. Hartmann" wrote: > On several FreeBSD boxes "performing portsnap fetch" updating the > ports on a regular basis, folder /var/db/portsnap/files/ gets filled > over time. I was wondering if there is not an elegant, sophisticated > way cleaning up those files n

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread RW
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:22:58 -0400 Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:59:50 +0100 > RW articulated: > > > There shouldn't be any need to do that, they are supposed to be > > deleted automatically. I have 22371, if you have much more than that > > you probably should remove the contents of /var