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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:48:13 -0800
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD/ppc troubles and old files - safe to remove?
Message-ID:  <45B12E8D.6030703@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070119194431.c24d1bde.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>

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Hi Torfinn,

> However, I have problems compiling other ports.
> When I check a few directories on my machine, Inotice that I have other
> old files layiing around. Here is /lib as an example:
> root@kg-g4# ls -l /lib
  ...
> Notice that several files have an older cousin dated "Nov 5 2005"?
> Now the question: is it safe to remove those files?

  Should be: I would imagine they are left there by the binary upgrade 
for backwards-compatibility.

  On the Ruby issue, I'm wondering why it picked up the older libpthread 
? Was this library moved from /usr/lib to /lib ?

later,

Peter.



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