Re: /lib symlinks problem?

In message: <20030901072017.GH30277_at_sunbay.com>
            Ruslan Ermilov <ru_at_FreeBSD.org> writes:
: On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 08:58:19AM +0200, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:44:24AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
: > > I think that Gordon took a safe path with creating compatibility symlinks.
: > > Besides, creating compatibility symlinks has a nicety of removing your
: > > stale symlinks in /usr/lib.
: > 
: > I always asked myself whether there is a tool or some kind of
: > database at which one can throw an existing installation and it
: > knows about which files have to be there and where and which ain't
: > to be there (like such symlink relicts), maybe a hook in install,cp,ln
: > and what else is being used in the world install process. 
: > That way it could tell me what files are candidates for deleting.
: > 
: Hold on, Warner is almost ready for an real solution here, I think.

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.

Warner