Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:54:49 +0100 From: freebsd@ohreally.nl To: freebsd-pkg@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Questions about /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg Message-ID: <eae30832-75a5-39b0-c63d-74b99af56aaf@ohreally.nl> In-Reply-To: <15967907-03dc-a2ab-df86-6097d8d808f6@ohreally.nl> References: <15967907-03dc-a2ab-df86-6097d8d808f6@ohreally.nl>
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I have shot all the info into the portupgrade issue tracker. https://github.com/freebsd/portupgrade/issues/73#issuecomment-963344629 Sorry to have wasted your time. On 07/11/2021 20:36, freebsd@ohreally.nl wrote: > Hello list, > > I have some questions about /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg. I can find very > little documentation about that directory. > > My current problem is that devel/boost-libs won't upgrade, with the > following message: > > No such file or directory @ rb_check_realpath_internal - > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/libboost_atomic.so.1 > > Actually, the mentioned file does exist. But it is a symlink to > libboost_atomic.so.1.72.0 which does not exist. > > So my first question is if I can just delete this dead symlink, in the > hopes that the upgrade will then succeed? > > But I have some more questions. > > What exactly is this directory for? > The pkg.conf(5) man page states that libraries are backed up to this > directory (BACKUP_LIBRARY_PATH), but it doesn't say what these backups > are used for. Or when the backups should be restored. And when they can > be deleted. > > Also, just above that line in the pkg.conf man page, it says that > BACKUP_LIBRARIES should be set to true to have libraries backed up. > However, it also says that this variable defaults to NO, and I never > edited pkg.conf (and I just checked: this var is not set in the default > file). > So why does pkg back up these libraries anyway? > In my case, this directory contains about 30 libraries, and over twice > that amount in symlinks. > > Thanks to anyone who can shine a light on this for me. > > Best, > Rob > -- :wqhelp
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