From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 24 17:58:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA05670 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 17:58:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from milehigh.denver.net (milehigh.denver.net [204.144.180.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA05665 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 17:58:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jdc@localhost) by milehigh.denver.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA18310 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 19:04:05 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 19:04:05 -0600 (MDT) From: John-David Childs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: extraneous library files in make world upgrade? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've got a hopefully simple question about library files (/usr/lib) when one completes a "make world" upgrade... Basically, I want to know if there are "old" library files in /usr/lib which I can get rid of after a make world. (for instance, can I get rid of /usr/lib/libc.so.2.2 after upgrading from 2.1.7.1 -> 2.2.2)? I believe that the standard utils (/usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /sbin, gnu) are linked with newly created libraries (e.g. libc.so.3.0). Do previously installed ports which aren't recompiled use old libraries, or are they smart enough to use the libraries in /usr/lib/compat? If they use the old libraries, can I recompile them and then get rid of the old libraries? I'm just trying to keep the disk as clean/uncluttered as possible. Thanks -- John-David Childs (JC612) @denver.net/Internet-Coach System Administrator Enterprise Internet Solutions & Network Engineer 901 E 17th Ave, Denver 80218 It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. -- Bertrand Russell