Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 10:04:06 +0930 (CST) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: simon@lindgren.no (Simon Lindgren) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Short upgrade question Message-ID: <199708060034.KAA00556@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970806010843.00696198@istudio.no> from Simon Lindgren at "Aug 6, 97 01:08:43 am"
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Simon Lindgren writes: > When I upgrade from 2.1.6 to 2.2.2 - will there be an issue of a lot of > old files from 2.1.6 filling the drives, that are not used by 2.2.2 ? Well, the danger exists that some might get left over, but I don't think they'll fill up the disks unless you are *very* tight on space. Most of the new files have the same names as the old ones. > If yes, what files can I delete to save room? This is a non-trivial task. The best thing you can do is use 'ls -l' to list information on all the files before installation, then do the same after installation, identify the files which haven't changed, and decide whether they're needed or not. Definitely not an easy thing to do. Most people, myself included, live with the ballast of old files hanging around. Greg
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