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Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
:
: > My tool is initially just a 'delete these files' tool, but now that I
: > think about it, it wouldn't be hard to say also 'create these
: > symlinks'. The hard part here is generating the 'obsolete' lists.
:
: I posted one approach to this today... touch a file right before you
: start installworld, then consider anything not newer than that file a
: candidate for disposal. There is currently something weird going on in
: /usr/lib though... a lot of the files don't have newer dates, I haven't
: tracked down why yet.
No. That's not what I'm talking about. That approach is crap,
because installworld doesn't touch all files.
: Also, I highly recommend NOT deleting the files, but moving them
: somewhere. This makes it much easier to recover if you delete something
: you shouldn't have.
I don't care the method of removal. I care more about the list. If
you want to mv them them instead of rm, it isn't a big deal to change
that detail.
Warner
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