Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:05:31 +0200 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: base system: remnant old files not covered by "make delete-old-files" Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSd-1uL-1qT_z4ttrz075tKTjZNmwpcU9MFWgRpK_yR87A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50DB23CE.6080405@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <50DAE43E.9090802@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CAE-mSOLR3Dq_hNDqoXN=Sx7zRJO0ARixv_eziyjZ7s2m%2Btou0w@mail.gmail.com> <50DB23CE.6080405@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Am 12/26/12 12:58, schrieb Sergey Kandaurov: >> On 26 December 2012 15:49, O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >>> I figured out that my system is somekind of "polluted" by remnant old files. >>> >>> I do installworld on a regular basis and I do it like suggested in the >>> handbook. I also regularyly do make delete-old-XXX in /usr/src. >>> >>> Well, now I figured out that there are some remnants in several system >>> folders, for instance >>> >>> /usr/bin/ncplogout >>> /usr/bin/ncplist (and some more, but last updated Oct, 17th) >>> >>> or >>> >>> /usr/bin/smbutil >>> >>> or >>> >>> /usr/sbin/mount_nwfs >>> /usr/sbin/mount_portalfs >>> /usr/sbin/mount_smbfs (last update around the 16. Oktober) >>> >>> or >>> >>> >>> /sbin/mount_ntfs >>> >>> Is this by intention or ist this an accident? >>> >>> I guess the binaries will by out of sync with the kernel if they remain >>> unchanged. >>> >> >> This is an intentional leftover from >> http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241629 >> >> On 17.10.12 20:50, Attilio Rao wrote: >> "For the moment we should not move the files yet into >> ObsoleteFiles.inc. This is done because all the FS removed code will >> make it into ObsoleteFiles.inc into a separate pass, in 3-4 months, >> giving people time to possibly fix and re-link a filesystem." >> > > > ah, I see. So removing those files manually will not harm the system if > those filesystems were never used ina any way? > > > Oliver > You can see which binaries in /bin,/sbin,/usr/bin,/usr/sbin,/libexec,/usr/libexec are obsolete by doing 'make installworld DESTDIR=/some/directory' and comparing your installed binaries against the directory tree you just created at /some/directory. -Kimmo
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