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Date:      Fri, 18 May 2007 17:14:36 +0200
From:      Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Benjamin Lutz <mail@maxlor.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Specs for saving old shared libs
Message-ID:  <1179501276.2779.6.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
In-Reply-To: <200705181409.15561.mail@maxlor.com>
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Benjamin Lutz p=ED=B9e v p=E1 18. 05. 2007 v 14:09 +0200:
> On Friday 18 May 2007 09:50, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > On 2007-May-17 23:31:57 +0200, Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >Just before old package deinstall, scan the list of files installed
> > > by old port (pkg_info -g). Match .so.X files under PREFIX/lib and
> > > any ldconfig'ed paths 1*), copy them away to
> > > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg.
> > >
> > >After installation of new port, match .so.X files again. If same
> > >filenames appear, remove old copies from /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg.
> > >
> > >Finally, ldconfig -r /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg
> >
> > Ideally, you also need some way to identify (and remove) old .so
> > files that are no longer referenced by anything.  This is not as easy
> > because there's no record of what ports use what .so's (and no way to
> > track apps outside the ports system).
>=20
> The last part seems to be the catch here. How about providing a tool=20
> that scans all binaries in the standard locations for what libs they=20
> depend on, and also allows the user/admin to specify the paths to=20
> binaries that he installed on his own, then outputs a list of unused=20
> libraries?

http://people.freebsd.org/~pav/libstorm
http://people.freebsd.org/~pav/libcompatclean

Usage:
1) libstorm -update
2) libcompatclean

These are so trivial I'm hesitant to make them official :)

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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
              <pav@FreeBSD.org>

Autumn changed into Winter ... Winter changed into Spring ...  Spring
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went straight on into Summer

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