From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S40wl-0000Kf-2Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:13:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9315E0603; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 02:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED48E0603 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 02:11:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so1440811wgb.10 for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:11:49 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.216.137.147 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.216.137.147; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of markknecht@gmail.com designates 10.216.137.147 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=markknecht@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=markknecht@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.216.137.147]) by 10.216.137.147 with SMTP id y19mr4518472wei.5.1330827109804 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:11:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OwLPC9oTsoblXDFrKUAO3LA1HoLza3pkZC0fbDoPNJ4=; b=IKdrsLTdecWzjupbYgs34v79MkSz36JIt/9QMLWINf+ZdZG08GvCTGdqFiovmr6xJg oS7SkZxVHyRoK7AdkKjYwcE96b7z1gH9rzSHUPSu/m0YAIL1LOXvyknzK/XjpAwsSLeX IWqw17wH5vzi7tsVPBbWzrgqFFdnXQFTmIz+41pRPiBrhMIYXUDDabmPIfZ/vHQRlh5G lh+yqP77aOELsOWkA8ydFMagDmZdsV7Uz7IXs3jzXVvMvcmLpUseLscuV8dYuPOszp8P FsrLCesR+Hb1NZwaiIjhFENEckmWQeU0hz0Nm9zDfiPY3uye6FEAeu0pP4652kjXJK6G WJZg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.137.147 with SMTP id y19mr3670821wei.5.1330827109512; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:11:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.2.194 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:11:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:11:49 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tools to clean up /usr/portage/packages? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 8ba33ae1-4878-442b-9ca9-8551371d9885 X-Archives-Hash: a7c8efd7e3818d9f52dca2570a075335 On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrot= e: >> On 28/02/12 00:41, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>> Are there any tools that will: >>> >>> 1) Ensure that for every installed packages there is a corresponding >>> tbz2 file in /usr/portage/packages? >>> >>> 2) Remove any older versions in /usr/portage/packages prior to me >>> running a backup? >> >> >> I think app-portage/gentoolkit can help with its "eclean" tool >> (specifically, "eclean-pkg"). >> >> "man eclean" should get you started. > > And as an example of savings... I run eclean once in a while, but not > automated. I just ran it and got these results: > > [ =C2=A0 14.8 G ] Total space from 1673 files were freed in the distfiles= directory > > I guess I should use it more frequently. ;) > Hey Paul, I have absolutely no recollection of turning on buildpkg on my wife's machine, but doing updates tonight I noticed it was there and did a quick cleanup. While I didn't beat you, I came closer than I would have guessed just an hour ago! ;-) Cheers, Mark k2 ~ # eclean-pkg -d =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D [ 12.1 G ] Total space from 3793 files were freed in the packages direct= ory k2 ~ #