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   Aragorn to J.O. Aho   
   Re: Just a few Gentoo pre-install questi   
   25 Jan 08 18:56:21   
   
   From: aragorn@chatfactory.invalid   
      
   J.O. Aho wrote:   
      
   > Arthur Hagen wrote:   
   >   
   >> You can probably get away with less than 1 GB if you zealously clean out   
   >> /usr/portage/distfiles between compiles.  If rebuilding world, you can   
   >> create a batch job like:   
   >>   
   >> emerge --color n -pe world | grep ebuild \   
   >> | sed -e 's/.*] /emerge -1 =/' -e 's/$/;rm \/usr\/portage\/distfiles\/*/'   
   >> | \ sh   
   >   
   > or emerge tmpwatch and set it to clean out the directory.   
      
   Ah, good old /tmpwatch.../  I had already forgotten about that one... :-)   
      
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