Re: Deletion of just installed port-packages (excluding base): success
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:41:11 UTC
On Aug 7, 2025, at 13:54, Yves Guérin <yvesguerin@yahoo.ca> wrote: > 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 Yves Guerin It might be that what was listed was only ones "that have been superseded by newer versions, and any packages that are no longer provided". (From "man pkg-clean" in my environment.) > 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. >> >> … > > 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 === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com