From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 16 18:05:28 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D136A893 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from st11p05mm-asmtp001.mac.com (st11p05mm-asmtpout004.mac.com [17.172.108.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD9F890B for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:05:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (unknown [17.209.8.53]) by st11p05mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-24.01(7.0.4.24.0) 64bit (built Jan 3 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MQ100H8IGSW2K50@st11p05mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:05:21 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-07-16_07:2013-07-16,2013-07-16,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1305010000 definitions=main-1307160133 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: Purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg? From: Charles Swiger In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:05:19 -0700 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <186E6FB9-693F-40EA-BC93-5FE7457097FB@mac.com> References: To: Walter Hurry X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:05:28 -0000 Hi-- On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Walter Hurry wrote: > What is the purpose of /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg? It holds old versions of shared libraries which were once used by = installed ports. > As far as I can see, in a properly organised system, all the shared = libraries > in there should be redundant. True, assuming you've recompiled all of your ports to use the latest = versions. However, if you ever have to roll something back, it will continue to = work if these old shared libs are available. > If this is correct, is there an easy way to clear them out, or should = I just rm? If you're low on space, sure, you can just rm them. Don't bother = otherwise... Regards, --=20 -Chuck