On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:34:46AM -0600, DJ Lucas wrote:
>
> > Yes, I have been using the treeutils method which someone suggested.
> > So I see what happened. How best to prevent such mishaps in future?
> > Are there other shared files besides this one of which I need to be wary?
> >
>
> /usr/lib/perl5/${PERL_VERSION}/${ARCH}-linux/perllocal.pod
> /var/lib/scrollkeeper/*
> /etc/gnome-${GNOME_VERSION}/gconf/*
>
> There are lots more...that is just what I could recall quickly off the
> top of my head. Best way is in your destination, check against the root
> filesystem and see if it is there.
>
> cd DESTDIR
> for file in `find . -type f | sed 's...@./@@'`
> do
> ls /$file
> done
>
> Again, untested and off the top of my head, but it should get you a list
> of file about to be replaced.
Okay! With some chagrin I see that the treeutils does have 'checktree'
which gives warnings of impending collisions. Thanks again, I'm sure
I'll have some *really* stupid questions down the road....
Scott Swanson
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