5.3: redundant libraries in /usr/lib after cvsup-ing and build world ?

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

spam maps <spamrefuse at yahoo.com> writes:
> A typical example is, when I do
>
>  # ll /usr/lib/*libssh*
>  289008 Oct  3 17:28 /usr/lib/libssh.a
>      11 Oct  3 17:28 /usr/lib/libssh.so -> libssh.so.2
>  194148 Oct  3 17:28 /usr/lib/libssh.so.2
>  280822 Feb 24  2004 /usr/lib/libssh_p.a
>
> "Oct 3" is when I did my last build world.
> Is /usr/lib/libssh_p.a (Feb. 24) indeed redundant?
> Can I remove it, without breaking the system?

*_p.a are profiling libraries, which you probably disabled by adding
NOPROFILE=YES to /etc/make.conf.  You can safely remove them.

> /usr/lib/libisc.a
> /usr/lib/libisc.so -> libisc.so.1
> /usr/lib/libisc.so.1

Old libisc from BIND 8.  BIND 9 doesn't use it, but some ports may
want it.  You should keep it around until those ports are fixed.

> /usr/lib/libkse.a
> /usr/lib/libkse.so -> libkse.so.1
> /usr/lib/libkse.so.1

This library has been renamed.  You can remove it.

> /lib/geom/geom_concat.so.1
> /lib/geom/geom_label.so.1
> /lib/geom/geom_nop.so.1
> /lib/geom/geom_stripe.so.1

You can remove these.

> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1

Do *not* remove this, or you will be very sorry you did.  It is normal
for ld-elf.so.1 to have a timestamp older than your latest build,
because installworld only installs a new ld-elf.so.1 if it differs
from the old one.

DES
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