[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: faq.xml

[Joshua Saddler]

nightmorph    08/10/25 23:44:32

  Modified:             faq.xml
  Log:
  add eclean info, bug 244376

Revision  Changes    Path
1.115                xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?rev=1.115&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?rev=1.115&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml?r1=1.114&r2=1.115

Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.114
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -u -r1.114 -r1.115
--- faq.xml	28 Sep 2008 20:29:25 -0000	1.114
+++ faq.xml	25 Oct 2008 23:44:32 -0000	1.115
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>3.12</version>
-<date>2008-09-28</date>
+<version>3.13</version>
+<date>2008-10-25</date>
 
 <faqindex>
 <title>Questions</title>
@@ -577,11 +577,13 @@
 However, it might be wise to keep the most recent version of the files; often
 several ebuilds will be released for the same version of a specific piece of
 software. If you have deleted the archive and you upgrade the software it will
-be necessary to download them from the internet again. There are programs which
-<uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-337074.html">users have
-developed</uri> to clean out all but the most recent version of sourcefiles.
-Note that while this seems to work, it is <e>not</e> officially maintained. Use
-at your own risk.
+be necessary to download them from the internet again.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You can use the <c>eclean</c> script from <c>app-portage/gentoolkit</c> to
+manage the contents of <path>/usr/portage/distfiles/</path> and a few other
+locations. Please read <c>man eclean</c> to learn more about its usage.
 </p>
 
 </body>