Re: /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/ cleanup ?

Anton Sayetsky wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I ran 'portmaster -a' and still ended up with some legacy libraries in
> >> > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg, like
> >> >
> >> > # ldconfig -r | grep clamunrar_
> >> >         115:-lclamunrar_iface.6 => /usr/local/lib/libclamunrar_iface.so.6
> >> >         181:-lclamunrar_iface.7 => /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/libclamunrar_iface.so.7
> >> > #
> >> >
> >> > or
> >> >
> >> > # ldconfig -r | grep aprutil
> >> >         164:-laprutil-1.0 => /usr/local/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0
> >> >         174:-laprutil-1.4 =>
> >> > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/libaprutil-1.so.4
> >> > #
> >> >
> >> > I don't know why it is so after a 'portmaster -a' run, but what is
> >> > more important, which is the best way to safely cleanup the
> >> > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg of unused libraries without the risk of
> >> > rendering some software unusable?
> >> >
> >> > Is there software that would analyse the libraries for me and delete
> >> > the unused ones?
> >> ports-mgmt/portupgrade (portsclean)
> >> sysutils/bsdadminscripts (pkg_libchk)
> >> sysutills/libchk
> >
> > I know about the last one but I don't trust it. It shows some system
> > libraries (from the base system) as unreferenced libraries, this looks
> > highly suspicious to me.
> 1. man libchk
> 2. /WARNING

That's exactly why I mistrust it.

> 3. read
> 4. ???
> 5. PROFIT!
> 
> I usually do something following:
> 1. portupgrade -acvR
> 2. rm -rf /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg

Unfortunately I don't use portupgrade, but I like your radicalism :)

With "rm -rf /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg" you don't need all those
sophisticated tools you mentioned above. A missing library will
quickly make itself known :) and then you can forcible reinstall the
affected packages.

> 3. libchk + pkg_libchk
> 4. force portupgrade those packages which displayed on step 3

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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