From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 8 08:32:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA08076 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 May 1998 08:32:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from castor.loco.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA07947 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 08:31:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by castor.loco.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA00217; Fri, 8 May 1998 11:30:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805081530.LAA00217@castor.loco.net> Subject: Re: unnecessary files In-Reply-To: <8463.980508@polbox.com> from "Zdzislaw A. Kaleta" at "May 8, 98 11:08:03 am" To: sbns@polbox.com Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 11:30:04 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Zdzislaw A. Kaleta wrote: > Hello Freebsd-questions, > > Using FreeBSD from some time I have a problem. I suspect that when I > install new version of the program the files form old one stay on the > machine. I has such situation with perl 4 and perl 5 which create > problem with installing new KDE version so I have two question: > -How asure that old files are removed especially if I don't > use pkg_add > -how check which files are not necessary on the system. > > I think that if Free ant to compete with Ms than this questions are > very important to no computer guru. > Best regards, > Zdzislaw mailto:sbns@polbox.com > > If you won't use the tools, you won't get their benefits. It's worth the effort to put non-packaged 'ware into package or port form before installing it, and of course share the result. If you come across a package or port that misses dependencies, does not uninstall cleanly, do tell the maintainer. He is (or should be) interested in problems like this. Even locally-grown "one of a kind" software should be handled through some systematic tool, if you are concerned about stray files and clean uninstallation or upgrading. Dave -- <----. mail-to: djv@bedford.net <----|=================================== <----' Zber Qnrzbaf, Srjre Qrivyf! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message