From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 00:43:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E411616A4BF; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 00:43:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailspool.ops.uunet.co.za (mailspool.ops.uunet.co.za [196.7.0.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC0944008; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 00:43:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ianf@mci.com) Received: from copernicus.so.cpt1.za.uu.net ([196.30.72.32]) by mailspool.ops.uunet.co.za with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19u5pK-000KeW-00; Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:43:46 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mci.com) by copernicus.so.cpt1.za.uu.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19u5oz-000Gga-00; Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:43:25 +0200 To: Doug Barton In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 01 Sep 2003 01:58:52 MST." <20030901015535.Y3776@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030901015535.Y3776@znfgre.qbhto.arg> From: Ian Freislich X-image-url: http://www.digs.iafrica.com/gallery/ian-small.gif X-BOFH: true X-LART: Depleted uranium X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. You have been deleted Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:43:25 +0200 Message-ID: <64143.1062488605@mci.com> Sender: ianf@mci.com cc: kuku@physik.rwth-aachen.de cc: ru@FreeBSD.org cc: current@FreeBSD.org cc: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: /lib symlinks problem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 07:43:50 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > 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. That's because bsd.lib.mk and bsd.own.mk hardcode '-C' for install. Ian