On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:03:33PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Geoffrey T. Falk wrote: > > GTF> I am cleaning up my 4-STABLE system. After a fresh installworld, I am > GTF> looking at files that did not get touched by the install. Is it safe to > GTF> remove all such files? > GTF> > GTF> In particular, I am looking at /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1, which has the > GTF> schg flag set. I am afraid to remove this for fear of making my system > GTF> unbootable. Could somebody please reassure me that it is ok to noschg > GTF> and remove this old file? > > My 4.8-R and 4.8-S systems do not have this file: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> l -o /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1 > ls: /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> uname -a > FreeBSD woozle.rinet.ru 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #4: Wed Apr 16 17:28:12 > MSD 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/lh/src/sys/woozle i386 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var# l -o /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1 > ls: /usr/libexec/lib-elf.so.1: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var# uname -a > FreeBSD kucha.rinet.ru 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #2: Tue Apr 1 21:02:29 > MSD 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/FreeBSD/src.stable-48/sys/kucha > i386 > > So, I suppose this file can be safely removed.
But removing the similarly named 'ld-elf.so.1' would be a serious case
of foot shooting. That's the run-time link editor, and without it an
program that uses shared libraries will not work.
Cheers,
Matthew
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