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From: Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com>
To: Gentoo User Mailing List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] distfiles contains extra files?
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:15:35
Message-Id: CAHgBc-sOFDQ_nDBECP2pFBN+hU9jqUvb+wg4dCG-=5bi1equew@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] distfiles contains extra files? by James
1 On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:37 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > I previously thought that /usr/portage/distfiles
3 > only contains tar files. I have not clean up the
4 > system, as I'm moving (dupicating some files for my
5 > /usr/local/ needs.
6 >
7 > But I do not remember ever seeing any types of files
8 > other than compressed tar files in /distfiles/
9 >
10 > Now I have (sampling):
11 >
12 > *.pathch
13 >
14 > I thought all patch files where kept in the subdirs where the
15 > ebuilds are located (files dir)? It is still where most *.patch
16 > files are located.
17 >
18 > *.exe (like verdan32.exe webdin32.exe )
19 >
20 > and many others (here's a sample from /usr/portage/distfiles):
21 >
22 > scons-2.3.0-user.html
23 > scons-2.3.0-user.pdf
24 > scrollkeeper-omf.dtd
25 > seamonkey-2.26.1-en-GB.xpi
26 > rdoc-4.0.1.gem
27 > readline62-004
28 > rfc2307bis.schema-20140524
29 > nmap-logo-64.png
30 > gobject-introspection-1.40.0.tar.xz._checksum_failure_.146ofr
31 >
32 > I guess I need "enlightenment" ?
33 > Also, in the past I have manually aged/pruned or size/prunded
34 > the disfiles dir, but I stopped doing that in the age
35 > of 2T+ sized drives....maybe I need to return to cleaning up
36 > distfiles/ by hand?
37 >
38 >
39 > curiously,
40 > James
41 >
42 >
43
44
45 What distfiles are present there depend on the ebuilds. I use
46 geek-sources from init6 overlay, it stores VCS repositories there.