From: Stefano <ste...@ma...> - 2002-06-29 04:55:32
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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 |