Subject: Re: Removing old libraries after an upgrade
To: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@nimenees.com>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/05/2001 12:03:52
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 11:09:48AM -0400, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> > Is there anyway to write a quick script to get rid of old versions of
> > libraries? It's getting rediculous:
> Easiest way I could think of:
> 	cd /tmp
> 	tar xzvf base.tgz ./usr/lib

I'm not doing binary upgrades.. I started with a snapshot (probably a
later 1.4-current snap) and have been doing source upgrades since.

> 	mv /usr/lib /usr/olib
> 	mv /tmp/usr/lib /usr/lib
> 	# verify that stuff still works.
> 	rm -rf /usr/olib

Jared