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[Clemens Lang]

----- On 19 Jan, 2015, at 15:40, Vincent Habchi vince at macports.org wrote:

> But I admit it is not very useful nowadays. It should be optional, at least when
> the version installed is the default one, i.e. the binary can be re-downloaded
> verbatim from the server (not a bespoken version with various variants set).

I disagree. I often use deactivation and activation, and I'd have to re-download
the archive every time I did that, it would be a major hassle for me.


> Similarly, is there a way to disable the storing of the source files in
> …/distfiles?

No, but there is going to be `port reclaim` in 2.4, that deletes files you no
longer need. Give it a try if you're running trunk, it could easily free up a
gigabyte or two.

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Clemens Lang