From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 26 10:16:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A787916A41F for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:16:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B948443D58 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:16:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAQAGHHT024139; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:16:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6A99BB84B; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:16:17 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:16:17 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: "Guillaume R." Message-ID: <20051126101617.GA80047@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: "Guillaume R." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <7ab0fd580511260129g6e87de90i@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7ab0fd580511260129g6e87de90i@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions about ports system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:16:22 -0000 --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 10:29:07AM +0100, Guillaume R. wrote: > Hi > At the end of a portsclean -LPPDDC I got this: > ** Clean out /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg manually on occasions. > ** Try using libchk(1) (sysutils/libchk) to find out unreferenced librari= es. > I'm asking thus some questions, the one is how could I clean manually > the /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg directory=20 The directory /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg is where portsclean puts old and orphaned libraries. If the libraries are no longer used, you can remove the= m. > and the second is about the > nature of libchk. I got no man page on this soft and it doesn't seem > to be installed on my box.=20 It's in the ports system. /usr/ports/sysutils/libchk > Before running it I wish to know what is it? Could someone explain me > what this software is and figure out is utility for a system? Read /usr/ports/sysutils/libchk/pkg-descr > Finally I got a question about pkgdb, when I run it with the F options > I often have questions to which I have to answer thx to yes or no. I > never know what I must choose. I read the man page of pkgdb but it's > not clear in my mind could someone explain me how this soft works? Basically, what it does when it finds a missing or outdated dependancy, is search for packages that have a name that looks like the dependancy it's looking for. It then asks you if you think it's guess is correct. Try 'pkgdb -aF' that will fix anything that can be fixed securely, and leaves the rest. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDiDXxEnfvsMMhpyURAmmNAJ9rb2BlKXQjeKqxqjYezGfT1ham6QCeIg+o afsOgaHZmaVoqdbDTUUPlw8= =CCFt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--