From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 26 18:05:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED9FE257 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:05:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpaasial@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-f178.google.com (mail-ie0-f178.google.com [209.85.223.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCEE8FC13 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f178.google.com with SMTP id c12so10548756ieb.23 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:05:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Wo7lIfBIdu9Lm9dEU238Wg/oVMb+G2VVCCZUQ9ncJQg=; b=O0AbaVSFTaPHASputYtUjyVyOyC4t3kGPOF23G4GzmFdQNyrDpWZhAV9cy9pcsZ7Ce eYeFTbKESMc58joIRUw0JS6MwVo9HVhLLjYMlUab9FNO+K5JdeESZ/gIOJVSxDvECNWv PA8gtRjY7x0W+9mEw2b69hqCjdNG4/5JQA5aqC+brNUCvMajt/DiypTMFvXEY9F5HFdw 2GOIIugmSGeDzPTrd+4OXlI0ZZlSLz+U+AoB1WJbI7XEY9DfFf5A9oLlwluJWc7QypdK mpV99J8p1/EtiuRNRQNFIMdCR+aW7hJ3her9l5sIJ7KCiJdOalFkvU28bmU4n/h+Hn54 Rp/g== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.101.144 with SMTP id e16mr21871463ico.5.1356545131975; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:05:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.143.138 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:05:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50DB23CE.6080405@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <50DAE43E.9090802@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <50DB23CE.6080405@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:05:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: base system: remnant old files not covered by "make delete-old-files" From: Kimmo Paasiala To: "O. Hartmann" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Sergey Kandaurov , Current FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:05:33 -0000 On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, O. Hartmann wrote: > Am 12/26/12 12:58, schrieb Sergey Kandaurov: >> On 26 December 2012 15:49, O. Hartmann 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