Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:40:48 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/137762: [handbook] [patch] proposed: mention "make delete-old" in sec 24.7 Rebuilding World Message-ID: <20101105134048.GA35655@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <201010142000.o9EK0O2a079577@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201010142000.o9EK0O2a079577@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 08:00:24PM +0000, Benedict Reuschling wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/137762; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: "Benedict Reuschling" <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, mexas@bristol.ac.uk
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: docs/137762: [handbook] [patch] proposed: mention "make
> delete-old" in sec 24.7 Rebuilding World
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:41:13 +0200 (CEST)
>
> I seem to have lost some of the discussions in between.
>
> Is the last patch you followed up with the complete patch or only a
> correction to the larger patch above?
> Can you post the last version (whole patch) again?
sorry for the delay. The last patch was a complete patch.
But I just re-checked again, and attach a complete patch again.
many thanks
anton
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+ <sect1 id="make-delete-old">
+ <sect1info>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Anton</firstname>
+ <surname>Shterenlikht</surname>
+ <contrib>Based on notes provided by </contrib>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </sect1info>
+ <title>Deleting obsolete files, directories and libraries</title>
+ <indexterm><primary>Deleting obsolete files, directories and libraries</primary></indexterm>
+ <para>Remove obsolete files to prevent problems.</para>
+ <para>Check for obsolete files:</para>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src</userinput>
+ &prompt.root; <userinput>make check-old</userinput>
+ &prompt.root; <userinput>make check-old-libs</userinput></screen>
+ <para>If any obsolete files are found, they can be deleted with</para>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make delete-old</userinput>
+ &prompt.root; <userinput>make delete-old-libs</userinput></screen>
+ <tip>
+ <para>See <filename>/usr/src/Makefile</filename>
+ for more targets of interest.</para>
+ </tip>
+ <para>A prompt is displayed before deleting each obsolete file.</para>
+ <warning>
+ <title>Warning</title>
+ <para>Deleting obsolete files will break applications that still
+ depend on those obsolete files.</para>
+ </warning>
+ <para>Utilities for checking shared library dependencies are available
+ in <filename role="package">sysutils/libchk</filename>
+ or <filename role="package">sysutils/bsdadminscripts</filename>.</para>
+ <para>Obsolete shared libraries can conflict with newer libraries,
+ causing messages like these:</para>
+ <screen>/usr/bin/ld: warning: libz.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libtiff.so, may conflict with libz.so.5
+ /usr/bin/ld: warning: librpcsvc.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libXext.so, may conflict with librpcsvc.so.5</screen>
+ <para>To solve these problems, determine which port installed the library:</para>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/libtiff.so</userinput>
+ /usr/local/lib/libtiff.so was installed by package tiff-3.9.4
+ &prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/libXext.so</userinput>
+ /usr/local/lib/libXext.so was installed by package libXext-1.1.1,1</screen>
+ <para>Then deinstall, rebuild and reinstall the port. The
+ <filename role="package">ports-mgmt/portmaster</filename>
+ utility can be used to automate this process.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
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