Source tarballs are collecting in /usr/portage/distfiles/. Is it safe to delete these files?

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 the eclean script from app-portage/gentoolkit to manage the contents of /usr/portage/distfiles/ and a few other locations. Please read man eclean to learn more about its usage. More.

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