-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > after noticing how large my ports tree grows while compiling, I > thought of simply deleting it and do a CVSup to get a new one after > the compilation is finished. > > This should be much faster and also should do some kind o > defragmentation. I simply cannot believe that the huge ports tree > will still be very well organised after some months. > > What does the list think of this method?
Even though it will take quite a bit longer you should just do a "make distclean" in /usr/ports that way anything you hand modified will be retained (also you might want to consider keeping a local cvs repository if this is an issue) - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHaJB5zIOMjAek4JIRAqJxAKCdc0XT4T2YPWOWj2CxzaMY26vdLgCfUvs9 D42DFTYQ2LV+rIhUKYNOBRc= =3/I8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
