old package question
This is a discussion on old package question within the Slackware Linux Support forums, part of the Unix Operating Systems category; --> hi, I use wget and slackware's package utilities for version upgrades and changelog stuff. Is there any reason to ...
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02-19-2008, 02:38 PM
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 Re: old package question Robert wrote: > I use wget and slackware's package utilities for version upgrades and > changelog stuff. Is there any reason to keep the files in > removed_packages and removed_scripts folders? is there a reason why you want to remove those? they serve as a record of what has been done to your box, they may be useful later on, if something breaks and you have to investigate. they're small, so leave them there.      |
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02-19-2008, 02:39 PM
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| Re: old package question Dominik L.. Borkowski wrote: > Robert wrote: > >> I use wget and slackware's package utilities for version upgrades and >> changelog stuff. Is there any reason to keep the files in >> removed_packages and removed_scripts folders? > > is there a reason why you want to remove those? they serve as a record > of what has been done to your box, they may be useful later on, if > something breaks and you have to investigate. they're small, so leave > them there. Well, one reason is that I've upgrade a time or two to version 10.0 and don't see a reason to keep the stuff for version 9.0/9.1. I agree, I wouldn't delete files after a upgradepkg, probably after 6-months or so. Basicly just doing some cleanup. thanks; -- Robert - slackware |
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02-19-2008, 02:39 PM
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| Re: old package question Robert <redneck@lowtech.net> wrote: > hi, > I use wget and slackware's package utilities for version upgrades and > changelog stuff. Is there any reason to keep the files in > removed_packages and removed_scripts folders? They are only for personal information. If you don't need it, feel free to rm *. |
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