Can I remove the distfiles?

Dr Gonzo · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 11:00 pm Post subject: Can I remove the distfiles?

Just wondering if it's generally okay to delete the tarballs and stuff in /usr/portage/distfiles. I have only a few hundred meg left on my root partition, so I'd like to clear the ~2.1 GB of crap in there. I know it'll slow down portage, but I need the space.
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Red Sparrow · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject:

It's generally okay if you don't think you'll need to re-emerge a program any time soon. If you think you might need to re-emerge a program many times (to change USE flags, for example), it might be best to leave them. But in general, yeah, it's okay.

(- Steve -)

Dr Gonzo · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 11:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I couldn't really think of any other reason why I'd need them, but I just wanted to make sure.

Guess I'll just save those that I can't get easily. (winex, for instance.)
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Carlo · Developer Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 3356

Have a look at this thread, please.
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amne · Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 12:20 am Post subject:

Thanks, Carlo.
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