What is in /opt/local/var/db/dports

[Dan Stowell]

Could someone please add a paragraph along the lines of

 To save some space, you could execute
 sudo port -f clean --all all
 to clean both the distfiles and the build directory.

to this FAQ item Elias references? I registered for the website on the
naïve assumption that this would let me edit the wiki, but no.
(Ridiculous.)

Dan


2007/4/13, Elias Pipping <pipping at macports.org>:
> You might find this link useful, too.
>
> [1] http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/
> FAQ#Whatarethefoldersinprefix/var/db/dports/
> forandwhydotheytakeupsomuchspace
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Elias Pipping
>
> On Apr 13, 2007, at 1:22 AM, Markus Weimer wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just checked my system for places where I can get a few megabytes of
> > diskspace back and found that /opt/local/var/db/dports contains quite
> > a lot of files. Essentially all software packages I installed are
> > there once again. Is it safe to delete them? Is there a general
> > procedure to free as much space as possible while keeping the ports
> > intact?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any pointers,
> >
> > Markus
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