Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 08 June 2009 22:54:08 Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:44:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> Is there an easy way to detect the orphaned libs on and old machine >>> who's install dates back to 2004? The only idea I can come up with is >>> >>> for I in /usr/lib/*.so.* ; do equery belongs $I ; done >>> >> qfile --orphans /usr/lib/*.so.* >> >> or, maybe cleaner >> >> qfile --orphans $(find -H /usr/lib /lib -type f) >> >> which avoids checking all the symlinks. >> >> Then run symlinks remove any dangling links left over. >> > > Thanks, that's just the biscuit :-) > > I really need to start using those q* commands. After 5 years on gentoo, I > reckon it's about time... > >
Careful, it will end up like etcat and the rest. You learn them and start to use them, then they go away and you have to start over again. Dale :-) :-)
