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Re: Removing old source packages
- From: andrew brian clegg <a dot clegg at mail dot cryst dot bbk dot ac dot uk>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:52:18 +0100 (BST)
- Subject: Re: Removing old source packages
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> As long as the programs are properly installed (either by setup or by
> using "make install" or some such), there should be no dependence on
> anything in /usr/src whatsoever. This basically means that you may blow
> away any and all things in /usr/src at will. Fire away! :-)
Great, thanks. rm with extreme prejudice then.
> N.B.: the above will not apply as soon as the RPM package is used, since
> that package apparently uses a subdirectory in /usr/src as the RPM
> repository, so beware.
One subdir for rpm as a whole, or one subdir for each package it manages?
I should go and RTFD though really!
Andrew.
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