From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 4 17:28:19 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A33A619BB for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2016 17:28:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markus@edemalm.se) Received: from server.edemalm.se (server.edemalm.se [IPv6:2001:470:28:47::]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "server.edemalm.se", Issuer "Markus Edemalm TLS CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4B011DA1 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2016 17:28:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markus@edemalm.se) Received: from host-10.edemalm.se (host-10.edemalm.se [IPv6:2001:470:28:47::10]) by server.edemalm.se with ESMTPSA id u04HSE8b020265 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:28:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from markus@edemalm.se) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=edemalm.se; s=edemalm; t=1451928495; bh=5d/dnIg6+jqjG6d8acP6U4/97nzIOpoGCdsxi8Vzdrw=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=qO21D6jCXrlaFyUkAsaltQtXnpwLKdg0v3O/8UXApUK9lgnwBGOCpmmeUnp7sypqv B9WOEZtfajzOgUSNJyUngDL1FGadTWhfJNmIHiv6Qquar71B91FEDtXl1lw4LwTDaj sMifaWoAgNUhof7u4oM6WJ7a3/i6g+bHFSEndODo= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.1 \(3096.5\)) Subject: Re: Safe to delete old files in /usr/lib? From: Markus Edemalm In-Reply-To: <20160104181211.76907a30.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:28:14 +0100 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20160104181211.76907a30.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3096.5) Received-SPF: Pass (sender authenticated); receiver=server.edemalm.se; client-ip=IPv6:2001:470:28:47::10; envelope-from= Received-SPF: Pass (sender authenticated); receiver=server.edemalm.se; client-ip=IPv6:2001:470:28:47::10; helo=host-10.edemalm.se X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:28:19 -0000 > 4 jan. 2016 kl. 18:12 skrev Polytropon : >=20 > On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:06:00 +0100, Markus Edemalm wrote: >> Hello, >>=20 >> My system was first installed as 10.0-RELEASE. I have since upgraded = to 10.1, 10.1-STABLE, 10.2-RELEASE and is now at 10.2-RELEASE-p8. >> I=E2=80=99ve rebuild from source and followed the steps in the = handbook. Everything is fine=E2=80=A6 but: >>=20 >> I see many files in /usr/lib with old dates, apparently they are no = longer installed during upgrades. >>=20 >> My /etc/make.conf looks like this: >>=20 >> NO_PROFILE=3Dtrue >> WITHOUT_X11=3Dyes >>=20 >> Today, January the 4th, I upgraded to -p8. The newly installed files = has todays date, i.e =E2=80=9DJan 4=E2=80=9D. >> If I do: >>=20 >> ls -lF /usr/lib | grep -v 'Jan 4' | awk {'print $9'} >>=20 >> =E2=80=A6I get the following list of (obsolete?) files and folders = with older dates. >>=20 >> aout/ >> compat/ >> libBlocksRuntime.a >> libalias.a >> libalias_cuseeme.a [long list cut] >> liby.a >> libypclnt.a >> libz.a >> libzfs.a >> libzfs_core.a >> libzpool.a >>=20 >> Would it be safe to delete them? >=20 > If you install from source, use the following targets: >=20 > # check-old - List obsolete directories/files/libraries. > # check-old-dirs - List obsolete directories. > # check-old-files - List obsolete files. > # check-old-libs - List obsolete libraries. Sorry, no files in /usr/lib comes up. Just a few others I know about. > And then: >=20 > # delete-old - Delete obsolete directories/files/libraries. > # delete-old-dirs - Delete obsolete directories. > # delete-old-files - Delete obsolete files. > # delete-old-libs - Delete obsolete libraries. >=20 > See the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile for more information > (and how those targets fit the recommended updating procedure, > listed a few lines later). >=20 > Generally speaking: As long as no program is linked against those > files, and no program requires them, they can be deleted. This > statement highly depends on which programs you have installed > and what they are linked against. :-) Thank you. Still wonder why they are so many and where the came from in = the first place. And, they are all .a files, except for libc++.so and libc.so. I added NO_PROFILE=3Dtrue to /etc/make.conf a while back. Is that = relevant? >=20 > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, =E2=80=A6 Thanks again, ME