You may also want to check these directories for the size issue:

    /usr/portage/distfiles
    #(this is where all the source is downloaded to... you have to clean 
this manually)
    /var/tmp/portage  
    #(this is where gentoo compiles the sources... it does clean all the 
files out, but leaves the base dirs... doesn't really     #affect size 
at all but I like to keep it clean...

Cleaning out at least the /usr/portage/distfiles will significatly clear 
up space on your system...

Vidok Tibor wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have two question about gentoo:
>
>1)
>I read this in an install howto: The bootstrap takes about 1 hour even 
>on a fast machine... My bootsrap takes about 3 houn on Athlon 
>XP1800+ Is that good? I think it too long. It compiles mc about half a 
>day...
>
>2)
>I choose gentoo becouse I think I can choose, what i want to install. 
>If I install mc (emerge app-misc/mc ), why does it install Xserver, 
>Xfree86 etc. And for icewm why does it emerge gnome stuffs?
>How can I owerride it?
>I have a "new, just installed" system, with mc and icewm. it is about 
>1Gb. Why? 
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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