[Fink-beginners] .deb files

[Stefano <ste...@ma...>]

Hi,

I'm trying to free some space on my HD.
Sorry for asking again something that's already in the archives, but I was
a bit confused by some old messages...
I'm keeping a backup of my whole /sw directory on CD and I'd like to know
which files in /sw I won't need in normal circumstances so that I can
remove them from the HD.
In particular I'm not sure about the .deb files of packages I built.
What are these files needed for after a package has been successfully
installed?
Are they kept in /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc etc.
only to avoid the necessity of recompiling in case a package has to be
reinstalled? Or are they used for other purposes, e.g. when removing or
updating packages?

Thanks in advance!
Cheers,

Stefano