Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 10:22:16 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: DougB@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /lib symlinks problem? Message-ID: <20030901.102216.108348004.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030901015535.Y3776@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030901072017.GH30277@sunbay.com> <20030901.012249.118997606.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030901015535.Y3776@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org> writes:
: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
:
: > My tool is initially just a 'delete these files' tool, but now that I
: > think about it, it wouldn't be hard to say also 'create these
: > symlinks'. The hard part here is generating the 'obsolete' lists.
:
: I posted one approach to this today... touch a file right before you
: start installworld, then consider anything not newer than that file a
: candidate for disposal. There is currently something weird going on in
: /usr/lib though... a lot of the files don't have newer dates, I haven't
: tracked down why yet.
No. That's not what I'm talking about. That approach is crap,
because installworld doesn't touch all files.
: Also, I highly recommend NOT deleting the files, but moving them
: somewhere. This makes it much easier to recover if you delete something
: you shouldn't have.
I don't care the method of removal. I care more about the list. If
you want to mv them them instead of rm, it isn't a big deal to change
that detail.
Warner
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