/usr/portage/distfiles/
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This is where portage caches the files it downloads to build each package.
If it is not cleaned regularly, this directory can become really large.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DISTDIR
The default value can be overriden in /etc/portage/make.conf:
DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfileshttp://linux.overshoot.tv/wiki/portage
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Knowledge_Base:Remove_obsoleted_distfiles
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eclean
Cron
For ease of mind, create a weekly cron job:
/etc/cron.weekly/eclean-dist
#!/bin/sh
# http://linux.overshoot.tv/usr/portage/distfiles
eclean-dist --deep --time-limit=2w