>>>>> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:41:10 +0900, itojun@iijlab.net said:

> 	since shlib with older major/minor version will stay in /lib,

I don't think so.

Unless dynamically linked third party software belongs to /bin or
/sbin, older shlibs in /lib can be removed safely. Note that usually
all binaries in /bin and /sbin must be linked against latest shlibs,
since these binaries must belong to base distribution.
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