wine users - May 2011 - After compiling Wine which files can I delete safely?

Hi,

I've been trying to track down the version of Wine that a bug first
appeared.

I've downloaded each Wine source, compiled them, and am running the
application from their build directory. It's no surprise that I'm slowly
running out of disk space.

I'd like to keep the build directories for further testing. What files can I
remove safely? Has anyone written a script for this purpose?

Thanks!

On 5/28/11 7:42 PM, dk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to track down the version of Wine that a bug first
appeared.
Why?  Use Git and run a regression test.  Much faster and easier than 
building Wine.
> I've downloaded each Wine source, compiled them, and am running the
application from their build directory. It's no surprise that I'm slowly
running out of disk space.
>
I only keep the last three development builds and the last stable.
> I'd like to keep the build directories for further testing. What files
can I remove safely? Has anyone written a script for this purpose?
>
You can safely delete all of the source and object code, that is files 
ending with .c and .o.  DO NOT delete files ending in .dll, .exe, dll.so 
and .exe.so  Those are the files built by your compiler.  If you are 
running on a Mac, add files ending in .dylib (dynamic library.)

James McKenzie

With respect to tracking down a regression, you are better off doing this:

http://wiki.winehq.org/RegressionTesting

However, it will waste a lot of disk space as well. Is it a laptop? If not,
I'd just get an extra HDD if you're running out of space so easily.

Thanks for the quick replies. 

Yes,  I'm using a notebook that has limited space and no, the problem is I
don't remember what version worked - hence the compilation marathon. I do
intend to run a regression test once I find it.

I though (since each compilation takes forever) I'd just archive the build
directories (sans code) to a flash drive or something so that if (for whatever
reason) I needed it again I'd save some time.

Thanks again!