Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:23:22 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com>, Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru>, FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_libchk (was Re: gvfs on FreeBSD 10 fails to build) Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tCHAK_bwe_anOovH71HTeDVLtvzyPqwAO4TtT-DASk-A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5294F737.1010605@FreeBSD.org> References: <529453E6.3080200@gmail.com> <5294684E.1050105@passap.ru> <52946CE3.5010802@gmail.com> <5294757E.3010309@passap.ru> <CAN6yY1siA=s5AvCt8xAjzMu6%2B2DzT%2BagNQi%2BpFaqxtQZ-wwYKA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311261113010.54550@wonkity.com> <5294F737.1010605@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>wrote: > On 26/11/2013 18:15, Warren Block wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2013, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > >> Possibly hijacking the thread, but isn't it time that pkg_libchk was > >> made a > >> part of the base system? It comes up over and over as a tool to simplify > >> dealing with dealing with shareable library version bumps and even more > >> important for dealing with the problem seen here. It's a fairly simple, > >> well written, maintainable shell script, so will run with no > >> dependencies. > >> I can't think of any reason not to include it in the base system. > >> > >> Checking for issues with shareable libraries is an obvious requirement > >> for > >> maintaining a system and doing so without a tool like pkg_libchk is > >> unnecessarily tedious and painful. > > > > Maybe integrating it with pkg rather than the base system. At least for > > me, it's not a problem with the base. > > pkg(8) already has a lot of shlib analysis built in. So, for instance > to find all the pkg with binaries that link against libiconv: > > % pkg shlib -P libiconv.so.3 > > Hmmm... although it seems the -P and -R flags have gotten swapped over > somehow. > > Matthew > Yes, this is a start, but it would be quite difficult to confirm that every package installed has no missing libraries. This is a somewhat different problem. If pkg can be modified to do this, great, but pkg_libchk works with both old and new packaging systems today. I do feel that if similar capability can be added to pkg, that would be better as removing something from base is a real pain. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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