Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:34:02 -0700 From: James Colannino <james@colannino.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking) Message-ID: <4EB4F4FA.8070801@colannino.org> In-Reply-To: <20111105015332.298b4346@cox.net> References: <4EB4D76A.2050009@colannino.org> <20111105015332.298b4346@cox.net>
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On 11/04/11 23:53, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 > James Colannino<james@colannino.org> 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. Perfect. Thanks! >> 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". :-) :) James
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