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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:44:13 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: |
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> > While updating today, I ran out of space on /usr. Looking closer at |
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> > what was being used, /usr/portage is taking about 50% of /usr. Can |
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> > this be pruned somehow? |
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> /usr/portage/distfiles contains the sources of everything that you have |
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> installed. If you delete it, it will be downloaded again the next time |
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> it is needed. |
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> If you have buildpkg in your FEATURES (if you don't know what that is |
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> you don't), then everything that you have emerged will be stored in |
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> binary form in /usr/portage/packages. |
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I always point DISTDIR and PKGDIR to somewhere else, (PORTAGE_TMPDIR |
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too). It is safer to have them on a non-system partition, so you can't |
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cripple your computer if they fill up the partition. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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A wok is what you throw at a wabbit. |
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