Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 01:32:24 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old 4.0-R binaries remaining in 4.1.1-S Message-ID: <4.3.2.20001023012528.00b8bc40@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <200010230328.XAA16342@world.std.com>
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At 11:28 PM 10/22/00 -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>Hello -stable,
>
>I've been tracking 4-stable ever since 4.0-RELEASE & I've
>noticed (after becoming current with RELENG_4 as of
>2000/10/22) that there are some old things in /usr/bin (&
>manpages too, I think) that date back to the original
>installation of 4.0-R.
>
>As examples, these are the files in /usr/bin from the original
>install & which make {build,install}world have not clobbered:
>
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6557 Mar 20 2000 systags
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 46532 Mar 20 2000 htags
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25552 Mar 20 2000 gctags
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 30852 Mar 20 2000 gtags
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 35876 Mar 20 2000 global
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10936 Mar 20 2000 btreeop
>
>Can these be deleted safely? Source seems to be gone now.
>How about other old cruft (ie. manpages, other system directories?)
>Is this a bug, a feature, or maybe even a make-option?
>
>Or is this a side-effect of not having originally run a
>cvsup with a tag of RELENG_4_0_0_RELEASE?
>
>What would be a Good Way(tm :) to find & delete this old stuff?
>
>Naturally, FAQ & -doc pointers are quite welcome. :)
You should read the cvs-all mail, then you would know that contrib/global
moved to ports (10/16 by obrien) and the files can be removed. UTSL to
find out what else or just remove files that are not clobbered.
Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net
Systems/Network Administrator
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