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Date:      Sat, 31 May 1997 13:59:12 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        bsdcur@shadows.aeon.net (mika ruohotie)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: old libs in /usr/lib
Message-ID:  <199705310429.NAA04356@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199705300905.MAA24629@shadows.aeon.net> from mika ruohotie at "May 30, 97 12:05:45 pm"

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mika ruohotie stands accused of saying:
> > > there's quite a few old libs in /usr/lib, some are different versions,
> > There's a Tcl script under tools/ to check your executables.
> 
> so i'm safe if i nuke whatever it reports 'stale'?

The current version (the one you're using) is reasonably smart about 
libraries that are the target of symbolic links.  Ultimately, use your
judgement - if there's a library marked as 'stale' and there are newer
versions of the same library, then go ahead and nuke the old one.

If you're not sure, put the library somewhere else and see if things
still work OK after a reboot - if they do, nuke it.

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