Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:57:06 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old 4.0-R binaries remaining in 4.1.1-S Message-ID: <200010231857.MAA09601@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Oct 2000 23:28:24 EDT." <200010230328.XAA16342@world.std.com> References: <200010230328.XAA16342@world.std.com>
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In message <200010230328.XAA16342@world.std.com> Kenneth W Cochran writes:
: As examples, these are the files in /usr/bin from the original
: install & which make {build,install}world have not clobbered:
: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6557 Mar 20 2000 systags
: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 46532 Mar 20 2000 htags
: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25552 Mar 20 2000 gctags
: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 30852 Mar 20 2000 gtags
: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 35876 Mar 20 2000 global
: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10936 Mar 20 2000 btreeop
: Can these be deleted safely? Source seems to be gone now.
: How about other old cruft (ie. manpages, other system directories?)
: Is this a bug, a feature, or maybe even a make-option?
Feature, bordering on a bug. We specifically do not delete programs
that move or go away. It is safe to delete these so long as you
aren't using them.
Warner
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