On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:37:12PM +0100, Tobias Ulmer wrote: > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 05:19:04PM -0500, stan wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 10:16:24PM +0100, Maxime DERCHE wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:06:07 -0500 > > > stan <st...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the > > > > auto partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr. > > > > Tracking it down, I find a new directory (new to me > > > > anyway) /usr/ports/obj. > > > > > > > > What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a > Actually the correct manpage is bsd.port.mk(5), WRKOBJDIR. The location > changed again with -current. > > > > > OK, got that. > > > > Now, the rest of the question. When/how is it suosed to be cleaned up? I > > would have thought that a "make clean" in a given port directory would have > > done that, but that does not appear to be the case. > > > > Followup question, if it is not autmatically cleaned up, when is it safe to > > do so manualyy? > > Clean will remove all files only of the version matches exactly. You can > delete it whenever you're not building ports. Isn't that obvious?
Not completly. It is possible tht a part (a) that depends on a port (b) might actually use somthing in /usr/ports/obj/a for linking. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
