Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:48:59 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: New shared library versions coming soon Message-ID: <20050722224859.5bd68ff7@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20050722174802.GS39292@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <1121952594.68685.27.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <20050722174802.GS39292@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:48:02 +0200 Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> wrote: > Hi Ken, hi all, > > > It will take a while for the fallout from this version bump to > > propagate. People who cvsup/rebuild existing systems should not be > > impacted immediately - you will still have the older library versions > > present on your systems. However it will take time for the pre-built > > packages provided by the portmgr folks to be rebuilt, loaded onto the > > FTP servers, and propagate out to the mirrors. > > I know that FreeBSD is still lacking a solution to remove old > librairies, but I would like to know the actual recommended way > to remove old libraries. I'm not asking for a solution as NetBSD's > /etc/postinstall, just a simple and neat one. The patch at http://www.Leidinger.net/FreeBSD/current-patches/obsolete_removal.diff is scheduled to be committed at Saturday or Sunday. I've the approval of my mentor since some weeks but the code freeze for 6.0 jumped into my way. re@ had some issues with it, I've changed some things, and now I have time and no freeze in my way. :-) The patch provides update UPDATING instructions and documentation in the build(7) man-page. In short: "make delete-old delete-old-libs" in /usr/src. Nothing gets deleted without your approval (except you read the docs and provide the right magic spell)! Notes: * The list of files/libs/dirs is static and I hadn't time to add the "new old libs". I will build a new world tomorrow and add those libs before I commit the patch. * Everyone who wants to come up with a different way of storing the list of files or adopting the NetBSD way (mtree): forget about it, I had this discussion several times and the commit log will contain the reasons why the current implementation is better. Bye, Alexander. -- The computer revolution is over. The computers won. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7
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