Cleanup of /var/db/pkg/

[Victor Sudakov]

Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 
> > Is it safe to remove all directories and files therein in /var/db/pkg/
> > after running pkg2ng? 
> > 
> > Is there anything of value there other than /var/db/pkg/*.sqlite
> > databases?
> 
> Generally, yes.  Other than local.sqlite or repo*.sqlite pkg(8) also
> uses some other bits and pieces like vuln.xml -- but apart from
> local.sqlite all of those can be downloaded from the net.
> 
> Note that if you use portmaster(8) it creates per-pkg directories under
> /var/db/pkg to stash some information about distfiles.  Deleting these
> will cause nothing worse than portmaster being unable to remove outdated
> versions of distfiles.

Yes, I use portmaster.  Would it be wiser then to delete only the 
'+*' files, like

find /var/db/pkg/ -type f -name '+*' -delete

My ultimate goal is to disable the pkg_* tools.

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov at sibptus.tomsk.ru