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On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 09:27, George Shapovalov wrote: |
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> Please post what questions you think should be included (preferably with |
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> answers :)) to this thread. I'll put them in faq.xml and commit it. You can |
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Q: .tar.gz sources for installed software is piling up in |
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/usr/portage/distfiles/ using valuable harddisk-space. Is it safe to |
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delete these files? |
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A: Yes, you can safely delete these files. But if you are on a slow |
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connection, such as a modem, you might want to keep the archives if |
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possible; often several ebuilds will be released for the same version of |
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a specific piece of software - if you have deleted the archive and you |
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upgrade the software it will have to be downloaded from the internet |
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again. |
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Corrections/suggestions regarding grammar and language (and pretty much |
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everything else too) is always welcome. |
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Erik Grinaker |
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Freelance UNIX/Linux systems consultant |
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"Perfection is acheived not when there is nothing more to add, but |
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rather when there is nothing more to take away" |
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- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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