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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:04:02 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   How to safely clean out /lib, /usr/lib?
Message-ID:  <200410111004.05203.kirk@strauser.com>

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I have a metric buttload of ancient libraries in /lib and /usr/lib, some=20
probably going back to the original FreeBSD 3.3 installation on the=20
machine.  I've run libchk to get a list of unreferenced libraries, but I=20
wanted to ask before I throw myself to the mercy of my backup tape: is=20
there any reason not to delete all of those old libraries?

On the same subject, I've periodically gone through {usr,}/{s,}bin after an=
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installworld and deleted all commands more than a month old or so, the=20
logic being that any commands not updated by world are remnants that can be=
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purged.  Is that a reasonable assumption?
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Kirk Strauser

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