can i delete /var/tmp/portage

aqua26 · Guru Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 313 Location: India

My /var/tmp/portage has 599.5 MB can i delete those files.
what is the purpose of those files.
please guid me.
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nonotme · Guru Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 356 Location: on.ca

the contents of /var/tmp/portage/ can be removed. portage stores things there while it builds packages. if a emerge is interrupted for whatever reason, the files are left in there. short answer: yes you can

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eldzis · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:

i had the same question,thanks for answer!!!
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

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