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Date:      Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:44:42 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Removing old binaries (was: Do we still need portmap(8)?)
Message-ID:  <20021008004442.GA34414@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021007234610.GT14070@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <20021007063250.GF14070@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021007.112056.119814448.imp@bsdimp.com> <20021007234610.GT14070@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 09:16:10AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Monday,  7 October 2002 at 11:20:56 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message: <20021007063250.GF14070@wantadilla.lemis.com>
> >             "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> >> It's been a while since we've used portmap(8) on -CURRENT systems.  Is
> >> it still needed, or can it be removed completely?  At the very least,
> >> the man page should stop claiming that it's necessary to run NFS.
> >
> > I think that we need a mtree.obsolete that goes through and deletes
> > these sorts of things as part of installworld/upgrade scripts.
> 
> I think we can greatly simplify things with one firm but relatively
> bearable rule:
> 
>   The directories /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, <insert others
>   here> are for the exclusive use of the system installer.  Install
>   other programs here at your peril: they will be overwritten on the
>   next installation.
> 
> There are then dozens of ways of finding the old files and removing
> them.  I'd be inclined just to remove all files in those directories
> which are older than some file in the build tree--*after* a successful
> installation.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

What would you do about "install -C"?

-- 
Steve

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