Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:46:35 -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: <20021008014635.GA34673@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021008010442.GD57557@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20021007063250.GF14070@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021007.112056.119814448.imp@bsdimp.com> <20021007234610.GT14070@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021008004442.GA34414@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20021008010442.GD57557@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:34:42AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 7 October 2002 at 17:44:42 -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > 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: > >> > >> 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"? > > I think it confuses the issue rather than solving it. We're talking > about removing binaries which are no longer needed, not replacing > binaries that are needed. > I understand what the topic is. I don't understand your comment, "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." "install -C" doesn't change the timestamp, so you'll have tons of files that are older than "some file in the build tree". You don't blindly want to remove files and I doubt you want mergemaster to list possibly hundreds of files as removal candidates. So, yes, "install -C" confuses the issue :-) -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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