Re: HEADS-UP: new feature: removing of obsolete files (was: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile Makefile.inc1 ObsoleteFiles.inc UPDATING src/share/man/man7 build.7)

From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7_at_cox.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:34:55 -0500
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:55:10 -0500, Alexander Leidinger  
<Alexander_at_Leidinger.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:23:30 +0000 (UTC)
> Alexander Leidinger <netchild_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
> I covered nearly 6 years of obsolete files in this commit, but I may
> have missed some. I also tried to add a short comment why a files was
> removed. So in case you find a wrong comment or a file which isn't
> covered by this commit feel free to send a patch or commit it on our
> own.

Nice, about time! I usually use my own script to remove old stuff. It's  
depend on find's ctime to find old stuff.

http://people.freebsd.org/~mezz/script/delete.sh

I did a clean up and add a few comments today, so it's untest and will  
find out tomorrow if it still works.

Cheers,
Mezz

> I haven't specified a MFC time in this commit, since I only have commit
> access at the weekends ATM. And at the weekends my spare time is shared
> with other (maybe more important) things. If someone wants to MFC this
> on his own: please run "make check-old" on a virgin RELENG_6 system to
> make sure no files show up as obsolete.
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.
>
>> netchild    2005-07-23 14:23:30 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     .                    Makefile Makefile.inc1 UPDATING
>>     share/man/man7       build.7
>>   Added files:
>>     .                    ObsoleteFiles.inc
>>   Log:
>>   Add delete-old and delete-old-libs targets:
>>     - removes obsolete files/dirs or libraries.
>>     - works in interactive (default) and batch mode
>>     - respects DISTDIR
>>     - documented in UPDATING and build(7)
>>
>>   The head of the file ObsoleteFiles.inc contains instructions how to  
>> add
>>   obsolete files/dirs/libs to the list. Obviously one should add  
>> obsolete
>>   files to this list, when he removes a file/dir/lib from the  
>> basesystem.
> [...]
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.


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