Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:32:03 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: grog@freebsd.org Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing stale files Message-ID: <20030611.093203.26943899.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030611075750.GB57496@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030610124747.A7560@phantom.cris.net> <20030610024524.D23396@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030611075750.GB57496@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> writes:
: On Tuesday, 10 June 2003 at 2:53:09 -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Alexey Zelkin wrote:
: >
: >> [moved to -arch]
: >>
: >> Well. Then I have to rehash $subj issue again. There's important
: >> point with removing old (currently unsupported, or correctly to say
: >> -- partly supported) locales. They should be removed at installworld
: >> stage.
: >
: > I think that's a better way to do it. This same topic of removing stale
: > files at installworld time has been discussed before, and it seems to be
: > the least evil solution.
:
: Agreed.
:
: I think we should work towards a policy where we say "these
: directories belong to the system. Don't install your own things there
: until you know exactly what you are doing.". That would greatly
: simplify the job of keeping things up to date.
In the past, it has been suggested that there be a 'make rmobs' target
or something similar. I'd strongly oppose a non-turn-off-able doing
this as part of installworld. That's too dangerous. I've
experimented with some automatically delete obsolete files schemes in
the past, and there is *MUCH* potential for foot shooting and ***
******* to make it be on by default.
NetBSD's approach in etcupdate is based on a master list of files that
have gone away.
Warner
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