/usr/ports/obj ?

[Stan-18]

I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the auto
partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr. Tracking
it down, I find a new directory (new to me anyway) /usr/ports/obj.

What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a port
directory (/usr/ports/print/cups for instance) not delete the appropriate
files in this directory? When is it safe to clean up this directory?

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[Maxime DERCHE-3]

Hello,

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:06:07 -0500
stan <stanb@...> wrote:

> I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the
> auto partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr.
> Tracking it down, I find a new directory (new to me
> anyway) /usr/ports/obj.
>
> What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a
> port directory (/usr/ports/print/cups for instance) not delete the
> appropriate files in this directory? When is it safe to clean up this
> directory?

man 7 hier

/usr/obj is the "architecture specific target tree produced by
build-ing the /usr/src tree."


Regards,
Maxime

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[Stan-18]

On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 10:16:24PM +0100, Maxime DERCHE wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:06:07 -0500
> stan <stanb@...> wrote:
>
> > I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the
> > auto partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr.
> > Tracking it down, I find a new directory (new to me
> > anyway) /usr/ports/obj.
> >
> > What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a
> > port directory (/usr/ports/print/cups for instance) not delete the
> > appropriate files in this directory? When is it safe to clean up this
> > directory?
>
> man 7 hier
>
> /usr/obj is the "architecture specific target tree produced by
> build-ing the /usr/src tree."
>
>

OK, got that.

Now, the rest of the question. When/how is it suosed to be cleaned up? I
would have thought that a "make clean" in a given port directory would have
done that, but that does not appear to be the case.

Followup question, if it is not autmatically cleaned up, when is it safe to
do so manualyy?


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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

[Tomáš Bodžár]

Hi,

I'm using these settings
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PortsConfig and make clean ;
make clean=dist ; make clean=depends  will clean it for me

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:19 PM, stan <stanb@...> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 10:16:24PM +0100, Maxime DERCHE wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:06:07 -0500
>> stan <stanb@...> wrote:
>>
>> > I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the
>> > auto partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr.
>> > Tracking it down, I find a new directory (new to me
>> > anyway) /usr/ports/obj.
>> >
>> > What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a
>> > port directory (/usr/ports/print/cups for instance) not delete the
>> > appropriate files in this directory? When is it safe to clean up this
>> > directory?
>>
>> man 7 hier
>>
>> /usr/obj is the "architecture specific target tree produced by
>> build-ing the /usr/src tree."
>>
>>
>
> OK, got that.
>
> Now, the rest of the question. When/how is it suosed to be cleaned up? I
> would have thought that a "make clean" in a given port directory would have
> done that, but that does not appear to be the case.
>
> Followup question, if it is not autmatically cleaned up, when is it safe to
> do so manualyy?
>
>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

[Tobias Ulmer]

On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 05:19:04PM -0500, stan wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 10:16:24PM +0100, Maxime DERCHE wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:06:07 -0500
> > stan <stanb@...> wrote:
> >
> > > I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the
> > > auto partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr.
> > > Tracking it down, I find a new directory (new to me
> > > anyway) /usr/ports/obj.
> > >
> > > What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a
> > > port directory (/usr/ports/print/cups for instance) not delete the
> > > appropriate files in this directory? When is it safe to clean up this
> > > directory?
> >
> > man 7 hier
> >
> > /usr/obj is the "architecture specific target tree produced by
> > build-ing the /usr/src tree."
> >
> >

Actually the correct manpage is bsd.port.mk(5), WRKOBJDIR. The location
changed again with -current.

>
> OK, got that.
>
> Now, the rest of the question. When/how is it suosed to be cleaned up? I
> would have thought that a "make clean" in a given port directory would have
> done that, but that does not appear to be the case.
>
> Followup question, if it is not autmatically cleaned up, when is it safe to
> do so manualyy?

Clean will remove all files only of the version matches exactly. You can
delete it whenever you're not building ports. Isn't that obvious?

>
>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

[Stan-18]

On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:37:12PM +0100, Tobias Ulmer wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 05:19:04PM -0500, stan wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 10:16:24PM +0100, Maxime DERCHE wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:06:07 -0500
> > > stan <stanb@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am building my first OpenBDS machine in a good while. I used the
> > > > auto partioner (a nice enhancement), but, I ran out of space in /usr.
> > > > Tracking it down, I find a new directory (new to me
> > > > anyway) /usr/ports/obj.
> > > >
> > > > What is the purpose of this directory? Why does a ?make clean" in a
> Actually the correct manpage is bsd.port.mk(5), WRKOBJDIR. The location
> changed again with -current.
>
> >
> > OK, got that.
> >
> > Now, the rest of the question. When/how is it suosed to be cleaned up? I
> > would have thought that a "make clean" in a given port directory would have
> > done that, but that does not appear to be the case.
> >
> > Followup question, if it is not autmatically cleaned up, when is it safe to
> > do so manualyy?
>
> Clean will remove all files only of the version matches exactly. You can
> delete it whenever you're not building ports. Isn't that obvious?

Not completly. It is possible tht a part (a) that depends on a port (b)
might actually use somthing in /usr/ports/obj/a for linking.

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

[Tobias Ulmer]

On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 11:57:13AM -0500, stan wrote:
>
> Not completly. It is possible tht a part (a) that depends on a port (b)
> might actually use somthing in /usr/ports/obj/a for linking.

No.

>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?