sysutils/linux-[f10-]procps (was: [cfr] patch to clean up old Linux ports)

[René Ladan]

On 11-03-2013 21:10, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:47:56 +0100
> René Ladan <rene at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> I also noted PR ports/169988 containing a patch to update
>> sysutils/linux-procps to a Fedora 10 version, we might apply that
>> instead of just deleting it.
> Decide yourself:
>  - Does something depend upon this which still exists after the fc4
>    ports are deleted?
No, since sysutils/linux-procps is scheduled to be deleted.
>  - Does it provide something (if updated) which is not available in
>    FreeBSD?
It provides these binaries not in the FreeBSD base:
free, pmap, pwdx, skill, slabtop, snice, tload

> If the answer to both is "no", we should delete.
>
So it depends on the usefulness of the above binaries.

Rene