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From: Yeri Tiete <tuinslak@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Re: Saving Space on Backups: rm -r /usr/portage/* ?
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:14:36
Message-Id: 5ddf35a050425121420dbc638@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Re: Saving Space on Backups: rm -r /usr/portage/* ? by Rene Zbinden
1 Yes, but it doesn't need to be backupped, and may be erased.
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3 If you remove "/path/to/backup/usr/portage/*" it doesn't make any problems
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6 On 4/25/05, Rene Zbinden <rene.zbinden@××××××.ch> wrote:
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8 > I would not recommend to remove everything in /usr/portage, otherwhise
9 > the rsync takes a lot longer. You can rm -rf /usr/portage/distfiles/*
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11 > On Monday 25 April 2005 20:35, fire-eyes wrote:
12 > > I'm keeping a series of full system backups. However i'd like to remove
13 > > anything portage related *that could be replaced by just an emerge
14 > > sync*. can I just remove /usr/portage/* in these older backups?
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17 > cheers,
18 > reen
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26 Kind regards,
27 Yeri Tiete.
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