On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:32:17 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall wrote: > There is only the one FreeBSD box in my stable, hence I don't need to > build packages for others.
It's to to do with whether you use ports, rather than if you build package for other boxes. > It's a somewhat minimalist box (all I can > afford), and I'd like to recover some space. Can I just delete their > contents? > > aneurin# du -sk /usr/ports/distfiles /var/db/portsnap/files > 965198 /usr/ports/distfiles This is a cache, so you can delete it, or trim it with distclean (installed with portupgrade), or portmaster. > 106594 /var/db/portsnap/files If you don't use portsnap then you can delete everything under /var/db/portsnap. Don't delete these files if you do. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
