From: user@example.net   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > Darin McBride wrote:   
   >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
   >>> I used `eclean --destructive distfiles` to clean, but it's not really   
   >>> deleting anything.  Is it safe to simply `rm -rf   
   >>> /usr/portage/distfiles/*` as well as `rm -rf /var/tmp/portage/*`?  Those   
   >>> two directory trees eat about 1GB right now.   
   >> While it's safe, I wouldn't clear out distfiles.  /var/tmp/portage,   
   >> however, is safe as long as you don't have a current emerge running ;-)   
   > If you (and/or the OP) have a sufficient amount of RAM in your system, you   
   > could then make */var/tmp/portage* a /tmpfs./  It's what I do, but then   
   > again, that system has 32 GB of RAM in it, so your mileage may vary. ;-)   
      
   There are some packages that requires a lot of free RAM memory to compile,   
   like OpenOffice (think that one may be one of the worst).   
      
      
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