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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:14:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: andrew brian clegg <a DOT clegg AT mail DOT cryst DOT bbk DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Removing old source packages
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, andrew brian clegg wrote:

> 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.

One subdir, /usr/src/RPMS, IIRC.  More details in the cygwin-apps list
archives.
	Igor
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