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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] distfiles contains extra files?
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:07:51
Message-Id: loom.20140813T165652-636@post.gmane.org
1 I previously thought that /usr/portage/distfiles
2 only contains tar files. I have not clean up the
3 system, as I'm moving (dupicating some files for my
4 /usr/local/ needs.
5
6 But I do not remember ever seeing any types of files
7 other than compressed tar files in /distfiles/
8
9 Now I have (sampling):
10
11 *.pathch
12
13 I thought all patch files where kept in the subdirs where the
14 ebuilds are located (files dir)? It is still where most *.patch
15 files are located.
16
17 *.exe (like verdan32.exe webdin32.exe )
18
19 and many others (here's a sample from /usr/portage/distfiles):
20
21 scons-2.3.0-user.html
22 scons-2.3.0-user.pdf
23 scrollkeeper-omf.dtd
24 seamonkey-2.26.1-en-GB.xpi
25 rdoc-4.0.1.gem
26 readline62-004
27 rfc2307bis.schema-20140524
28 nmap-logo-64.png
29 gobject-introspection-1.40.0.tar.xz._checksum_failure_.146ofr
30
31 I guess I need "enlightenment" ?
32 Also, in the past I have manually aged/pruned or size/prunded
33 the disfiles dir, but I stopped doing that in the age
34 of 2T+ sized drives....maybe I need to return to cleaning up
35 distfiles/ by hand?
36
37
38 curiously,
39 James

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Re: [gentoo-user] distfiles contains extra files? Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] distfiles contains extra files? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] distfiles contains extra files? Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>