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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:34:10 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To:        Matthieu Volat <mazhe@alkumuna.eu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [RFC/HEADSUP] portmaster default -w (preserve shared libraries)
Message-ID:  <20121212083410.GZ12114@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <20121212075144.ca3881329b4aa461c38c942e@alkumuna.eu>
References:  <50C7576C.5040100@FreeBSD.org> <20121212075144.ca3881329b4aa461c38c942e@alkumuna.eu>

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Hi!

> > (As maintainer) I'm proposing to make -w the default for portmaster.
> > This will preserve old shared libraries when upgrading. This helps 2 things:
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> I have a few question about what happens if you always use this flag: 
> * Do you keep every version of the shlibs you ever built on your system?

No, only those that still needed.

> * Are there any method to clean the unused ones?

sysutils/libchk or pkg_libchk from sysutils/bsdadminscripts.

> * What do we do about libraries versions that have security issues
> and that we need to get out asap?

Currently: The admin decides how he wants to handle this.

If there is a efficient way to handle this, most admins will use it.

I do not see an time- and cpu-efficient way, right now 8-(

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