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Date:      Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:10:48 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, rpaulo@felyko.com, peter@wemm.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r270510 - head
Message-ID:  <20140825141048.GQ7693@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201408242301.s7ON1N51056169@gw.catspoiler.org>
References:  <61DA1EC8-C938-4AB8-B518-7249307B4379@felyko.com> <201408242301.s7ON1N51056169@gw.catspoiler.org>

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On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 04:01:23PM -0700, Don Lewis wrote:
D> >>> +# 20040728: GCC 3.4.2
D> >>> +OLD_DIRS+=usr/include/c++/3.3
D> >>> +OLD_FILES+=usr/include/c++/3.3/FlexLexer.h
D> >>> +OLD_FILES+=usr/include/c++/3.3/algorithm
D> >>> +OLD_FILES+=usr/include/c++/3.3/backward/algo.h
D> >> 
D> >> I suspect that there's a story here that needs to be told..
D> > 
D> > Yes, if it hasn't been a problem in 10 years, why do it now?
D> 
D> I found those leftovers on one of my machines.  They are probably
D> harmless cruft, but I thought a few other folks might be in the same
D> situation.
D> 
D> One could argue that older entries should eventually get pruned.  We've
D> got stuff in there dating back to 1996 ...

IMHO, all stuff from the very beginning should be there. There should
be a way to cleanup a source upgraded machine, that had run for years.

And carrying this stuff costs us almost nothing.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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