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[illoai at gmail.com]

On 04/07/07, Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> wrote:
> Pablo Mora writes:
>
> >  > Can one run
> >  >
> >  > 'make clean'
> >  >
> >  > in the /usr/ports directory in the hope of reducing disk space?
> >
> >  portsclean -CDD
>
>         "portsclean" is part of the "portupgrade" port, not the base
> system.  Not everyone has it installed, or wants to.
>         To the original poster: yes, you can.  Mind you, I'm not sure
> it's the most efficient way - since I have "portupgrade" installed,
> I prefer portsclean.
>

Indeed.  If you set WRKDIRPREFIX you can merely
rm -r $WRKDIRPREFIX/ports.  The distfiles can be
a bit more difficult to deal with in a sane manner
without some sort of add-on tool.

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