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Date:      Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:59:08 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Khairuddin Ghani" <abdulgha@usc.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: old files from old freebsd installations
Message-ID:  <14900.2748.669218.70856@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <110321829@toto.iv>

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Khairuddin Ghani <abdulgha@usc.edu> types:
> I've just recently did a make installworld for 4.2. Would it be safe to say
> that any files left over from the previous installation (ie, older creation
> timestamps) can be deleted without affecting the core system? Thanks.

No. Correct setting of the make configuration options will prevent
some binaries from being updated. Also, installworld doesn't install
everything, and some the things it doesn't installs may be needed.

	<mike



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