From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 30 21:29:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA04843 for current-outgoing; Fri, 30 May 1997 21:29:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA04838 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 21:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA04356; Sat, 31 May 1997 13:59:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705310429.NAA04356@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: old libs in /usr/lib In-Reply-To: <199705300905.MAA24629@shadows.aeon.net> from mika ruohotie at "May 30, 97 12:05:45 pm" To: bsdcur@shadows.aeon.net (mika ruohotie) Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 13:59:12 +0930 (CST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk mika ruohotie stands accused of saying: > > > there's quite a few old libs in /usr/lib, some are different versions, > > There's a Tcl script under tools/ to check your executables. > > so i'm safe if i nuke whatever it reports 'stale'? The current version (the one you're using) is reasonably smart about libraries that are the target of symbolic links. Ultimately, use your judgement - if there's a library marked as 'stale' and there are newer versions of the same library, then go ahead and nuke the old one. If you're not sure, put the library somewhere else and see if things still work OK after a reboot - if they do, nuke it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[