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authorJordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-10 11:37:54 +0000
committerJordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-10 11:37:54 +0000
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Note that the ports collection can eat disk space during its lifetime.
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The section "The Ports Collection" will tell you how to use the
ports and packages and the "Porting Applications" section
describes how one can contribute to the ports collection.
+
+NOTE: This tree can GROW significantly in size during normal usage!
+The distribution tar files can and do accumulate in /usr/ports/distfiles,
+and the individual ports will also use up lots of space in their work
+subdirectories unless you remember to "make clean" after you're done
+building a given port. /usr/ports/distfiles can also be periodically
+cleaned without ill-effect, though if you don't have the original
+distribution tarball(s) for something on CDROM then you will need to pull
+it all over your network connection again if you ever try to build the
+associated port.