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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:20:17 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: /lib symlinks problem?
Message-ID:  <20030901072017.GH30277@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030901065819.GB3811@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
References:  <200308291454.h7TEsb913915@accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <20030829172348.1aa0b5d4.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030829161907.GA89129@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030830135427.0cea7fdb.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030830185653.GA10674@sunbay.com> <20030831140742.3bd1b597.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030831145224.GC28845@sunbay.com> <20030901051049.GB91933@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030901064424.GA30277@sunbay.com> <20030901065819.GB3811@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>

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On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 08:58:19AM +0200, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:44:24AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > I think that Gordon took a safe path with creating compatibility symlin=
ks.
> > Besides, creating compatibility symlinks has a nicety of removing your
> > stale symlinks in /usr/lib.
>=20
> I always asked myself whether there is a tool or some kind of
> database at which one can throw an existing installation and it
> knows about which files have to be there and where and which ain't
> to be there (like such symlink relicts), maybe a hook in install,cp,ln
> and what else is being used in the world install process.=20
> That way it could tell me what files are candidates for deleting.
>=20
Hold on, Warner is almost ready for an real solution here, I think.


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru@sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer

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