The answer to the question "Source tarballs are collecting in /usr/portage/distfiles/. Is it safe to delete these files?" mentions a program developed by an user to do this job. An good alternative could be eclean which is contained in app-portage/gentoolkit, which itself belongs to the portage tree. IMHO this would be the definite better suggestion, as it is easier to install and sounds more reliable. I suggest a new text. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Click on the URL above. Actual Results: Deleting these files will have no negative impact on day-to-day performance. However, it might be wise to keep the most recent version of the files; often several ebuilds will be released for the same version of a specific piece of software. If you have deleted the archive and you upgrade the software it will be necessary to download them from the internet again. There are programs which users have developed to clean out all but the most recent version of sourcefiles. Note that while this seems to work, it is not officially maintained. Use at your own risk. Expected Results: Deleting these files will have no negative impact on day-to-day performance. However, it might be wise to keep the most recent version of the files; often several ebuilds will be released for the same version of a specific piece of software. If you have deleted the archive and you upgrade the software it will be necessary to download them from the internet again. You can use "eclean" from app-portage/gentoolkit to prevent that these directories do not infinitely grow.
sfgentoo: please let the bug-wranglers handle correct assignment of bugs.
Thanks for the tip; fixed in CVS.
