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Date:      Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:43:25 +0200
From:      Ian Freislich <ianf@za.uu.net>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: /lib symlinks problem? 
Message-ID:  <64143.1062488605@mci.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Sep 2003 01:58:52 MST." <20030901015535.Y3776@znfgre.qbhto.arg> 
References:  <20030901015535.Y3776@znfgre.qbhto.arg> 

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Doug Barton wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> > My tool is initially just a 'delete these files' tool, but now that I
> > think about it, it wouldn't be hard to say also 'create these
> > symlinks'.  The hard part here is generating the 'obsolete' lists.
> 
> I posted one approach to this today... touch a file right before you
> start installworld, then consider anything not newer than that file a
> candidate for disposal. There is currently something weird going on in
> /usr/lib though... a lot of the files don't have newer dates, I haven't
> tracked down why yet.

That's because bsd.lib.mk and bsd.own.mk hardcode '-C' for install.

Ian



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