Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:22:35 +0000 From: Alistair Sutton <alistair.sutton@gmail.com> To: Richard Jones <richard@jonze.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Files left over from a installworld Message-ID: <fa8f05950511090522r363a4471v@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051109115950.GA64673@dogstar.jonze.com> References: <20051109115950.GA64673@dogstar.jonze.com>
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On 09/11/05, Richard Jones <richard@jonze.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been continuously upgrading my machine from (I think) RELEASE-4.8, > and I'm beginning to see lots of cruft from older releases accumulating. > What are the list's feelings on deleting the majority of files listed > by: > > find / /usr -xdev -mtime +7 > > There are plenty there that I created or belong the packages e.g. > /etc/mail/$HOSTNAME.mc and /etc/X11/XFConfig > > but what about, for example: > > /etc/netconfig > /etc/pam.d/ftpd > /etc/periodic/daily/100.clean-disks > /etc/amd.map > /sbin/ip6fw > /sbin/ilmid > /lib/libdevstat.so.4 > /lib/libutil.so.4 > /rescue/ipmon > > Obviously dollops of common sense are needed, but has anyone attempted > to formalize this type spring cleaning? There is something that was committed to -CURRENT a month or so ago that will delete out-of-date files but I can't remember what the name of it is. I'm sure it'll get MFCed from -CURRENT at some point once it becomes more stable. Al -- GPG/PGP: http://www.no-dns-yet.org.uk/~everlone/pubkey.gpg
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