Subject: Re: Removing old libraries after an upgrade
To: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 03/05/2001 17:18:42
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 12:03:52PM -0400, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> 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

src/distrib/sets/lists/base/shl.{elf,mi} should give you the current necessary libs..

Cheers,

Patrick