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On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:07:19 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: |
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> I previously thought that /usr/portage/distfiles |
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> only contains tar files. I have not clean up the |
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> system, as I'm moving (dupicating some files for my |
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> /usr/local/ needs. |
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It contains everything downloaded by ebuilds. |
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> But I do not remember ever seeing any types of files |
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> other than compressed tar files in /distfiles/ |
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> Now I have (sampling): |
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> *.pathch |
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> I thought all patch files where kept in the subdirs where the |
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> ebuilds are located (files dir)? It is still where most *.patch |
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> files are located. |
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ISTR the policy is to only include smaller patch files in the tree, large |
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patches are downloaded to avoid everyone having to sync them. |
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> *.exe (like verdan32.exe webdin32.exe ) |
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These are the installers for the MS corefonts. |
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> I guess I need "enlightenment" ? |
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You can use whichever DE you prefer :) |
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> Also, in the past I have manually aged/pruned or size/prunded |
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> the disfiles dir, but I stopped doing that in the age |
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> of 2T+ sized drives....maybe I need to return to cleaning up |
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> distfiles/ by hand? |
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You can use eclean to remove obsolete distfiles and packages. But don't |
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use eclean on a shared $DISTDIR. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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God is real, unless specifically declared integer. |
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