[MacPorts] #24801: delete var/macports/distfiles ?

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#24801: delete var/macports/distfiles ?
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 Reporter:  Andreas.Krueger2@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  request                     |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Low                         |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                       |     Version:  1.8.2                                
 Keywords:  hd space                    |        Port:  all                                  
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 /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles takes up almost one GB,
 and contains archives (.bz2 & .gz) only?

 Is that a folder containing only the "installers"?
 Especially Qt & TeX are really big.

 Can I delete the contents of that folder,
 or will that cause problems?

 thx!

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/24801>
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