On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:44:13 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > > While updating today, I ran out of space on /usr. Looking closer at > > what was being used, /usr/portage is taking about 50% of /usr. Can > > this be pruned somehow? > > /usr/portage/distfiles contains the sources of everything that you have > installed. If you delete it, it will be downloaded again the next time > it is needed. > > If you have buildpkg in your FEATURES (if you don't know what that is > you don't), then everything that you have emerged will be stored in > binary form in /usr/portage/packages.
I always point DISTDIR and PKGDIR to somewhere else, (PORTAGE_TMPDIR too). It is safer to have them on a non-system partition, so you can't cripple your computer if they fill up the partition. -- Neil Bothwick A wok is what you throw at a wabbit.
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