Re: Questions about /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg

I have shot all the info into the portupgrade issue tracker.
https://github.com/freebsd/portupgrade/issues/73#issuecomment-963344629

Sorry to have wasted your time.


On 07/11/2021 20:36, freebsd@ohreally.nl wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I have some questions about /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg. I can find very 
> little documentation about that directory.
> 
> My current problem is that devel/boost-libs won't upgrade, with the 
> following message:
> 
> No such file or directory @ rb_check_realpath_internal - 
> /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/libboost_atomic.so.1
> 
> Actually, the mentioned file does exist. But it is a symlink to 
> libboost_atomic.so.1.72.0 which does not exist.
> 
> So my first question is if I can just delete this dead symlink, in the 
> hopes that the upgrade will then succeed?
> 
> But I have some more questions.
> 
> What exactly is this directory for?
> The pkg.conf(5) man page states that libraries are backed up to this 
> directory (BACKUP_LIBRARY_PATH), but it doesn't say what these backups 
> are used for. Or when the backups should be restored. And when they can 
> be deleted.
> 
> Also, just above that line in the pkg.conf man page, it says that 
> BACKUP_LIBRARIES should be set to true to have libraries backed up. 
> However, it also says that this variable defaults to NO, and I never 
> edited pkg.conf (and I just checked: this var is not set in the default 
> file).
> So why does pkg back up these libraries anyway?
> In my case, this directory contains about 30 libraries, and over twice 
> that amount in symlinks.
> 
> Thanks to anyone who can shine a light on this for me.
> 
> Best,
>    Rob
> 

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