Re: Removing old source packages

[andrew brian clegg <a dot clegg at mail dot cryst dot bbk dot ac dot uk>]

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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