From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 5 06:53:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047C0106564A for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:53:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo103.cox.net (eastrmfepo103.cox.net [68.230.241.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE1B8FC08 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo110.cox.net ([68.230.241.223]) by eastrmfepo103.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111105065338.JZOG3804.eastrmfepo103.cox.net@eastrmimpo110.cox.net>; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 02:53:38 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.86.236]) by eastrmimpo110.cox.net with bizsmtp id tJte1h00255wwzE02JtenH; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:53:38 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A02020B.4EB4DD72.0050,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=uJ/qTlwYUPBYhdejbfpiXZ084Nq1odojvP+g2rDuwMA= c=1 sm=1 a=opmBOJO4yRsA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:17 a=xQwi0fTxAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=o9HwpTq8uuMlAzmD7ggA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=tRGJRhlIArgA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pA56rb86063259; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:53:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:53:32 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: James Colannino Message-ID: <20111105015332.298b4346@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4EB4D76A.2050009@colannino.org> References: <4EB4D76A.2050009@colannino.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:53:45 -0000 On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 James Colannino wrote: > > What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports > I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against > libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at some point, > while I'm building and installing updates, I'm going to break > something. The port sysutils/bsdadminscripts includes a tool called pkg_libchk, which does exactly what you're looking for. > I've been using FreeBSD for a little while now, but I'm still > learning... :) Thanks in advance! Hey, we're all (even us so-called "old-timers") "still learning". :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net