Re: Deletion of just installed port-packages (excluding base): success

Dear
> Personally, I would rarely clean the cache
I did everytime I need space in /var so not desirable for my point of view.
Regards,
Yves Guerin
 

    Le jeudi 7 août 2025 à 16:23:03 UTC−4, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> a écrit :  
 
   On 07/08/2025 16:57, Mark Millard wrote:
  
… Actually the file indicates that /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-*.pkg
files would be deleted by the "pkg clean" (if -n had not been
provided):

QUOTE
The following package files will be deleted:
        /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-libexecinfo-dev-lib32-15.snap20250715051601~2b1b4b0e75.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-telnet-man-15.snap20241026125659.pkg
. . .
        /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-bsdinstall-dbg-15.snap20250720000631.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-libexecinfo-dbg-15.snap20250720000631.pkg
The cleanup will free 1 GiB
END QUOTE

I do not know if this would be desired vs. not.

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Personally, I would rarely clean the cache. 
 
I think, we're partly experimenting with what's possible; not necessarily what's recommended (or desirable). 
 
I might demonstrate the effect of -fqy but that's certainly not a recommendation; and so on. 
 
HTH