Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:31:58 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: safe to delete /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg libs Message-ID: <20051105213157.GA63808@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200511051626.26355.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <200511051626.26355.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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--HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 04:26:20PM -0500, Nicolas Blais wrote: > Hi, >=20 > When I update using portupgrade, sometimes replaced libs are sent=20 > to /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg, for backward compatibility I presume.=20 >=20 > My question is, how do I know if librairies in that folder are safe to de= lete?=20 > I checked today, and there are libs that are 8 months old which I assume= =20 > aren't used since a newer version exists in /usr/local/lib and I always k= eep=20 > my system up to date, compiling from source. Install the libchk port, which will tell you. Of course, you should always make a backup first, just in case. Kris --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDbSTNWry0BWjoQKURAm7DAKDV99/G2l/STWqISJ9p02GiEIxp2QCgrwCr j7K4DOQOpig92RDONVY0Bmo= =Po41 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--
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