Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:34:10 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I remove lib-elf.so.1? Message-ID: <20030626163410.GC22666@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030626200206.I80636@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <200306260552.h5Q5quhJ040169@h68-144-29-132.cg.shawcable.net> <20030626200206.I80636@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:03:33PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Geoffrey T. Falk wrote:
>=20
> GTF> I am cleaning up my 4-STABLE system. After a fresh installworld, I am
> GTF> looking at files that did not get touched by the install. Is it safe=
to
> GTF> remove all such files?
> GTF>
> GTF> In particular, I am looking at /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1, which has =
the
> GTF> schg flag set. I am afraid to remove this for fear of making my syst=
em
> GTF> unbootable. Could somebody please reassure me that it is ok to noschg
> GTF> and remove this old file?
>=20
> My 4.8-R and 4.8-S systems do not have this file:
>=20
> marck@woozle:~> l -o /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1
> ls: /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1: No such file or directory
> marck@woozle:~> uname -a
> FreeBSD woozle.rinet.ru 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #4: Wed Apr 16 17:2=
8:12
> MSD 2003 marck@woozle.rinet.ru:/usr/obj/lh/src/sys/woozle i386
>=20
> root@kucha:/var# l -o /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1
> ls: /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1: No such file or directory
> root@kucha:/var# uname -a
> FreeBSD kucha.rinet.ru 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #2: Tue Apr 1 21:=
02:29
> MSD 2003 marck@kucha.rinet.ru:/usr/obj/FreeBSD/src.stable-48/sys/kucha
> i386
>=20
> So, I suppose this file can be safely removed.
But removing the similarly named 'ld-elf.so.1' would be a serious case
of foot shooting. That's the run-time link editor, and without it an
program that uses shared libraries will not work.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
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Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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