Martin Husemann <mar...@duskware.de> wrote:
> 2) the major version was bumped > -> new version is installed, old version stays around as 3rd party > software in your installation could still refer to it. > There are scripts for finding all references and actually > obsolete libs, but this is typically a later (and partly > manual) step after you have updated all pkgs too. Re manual step... From /usr/sbin/postinstall - this comment speaks about an embedded awk script that does this work: # The implementation supports removing obsolete major libraries # if the awk variable AllLibs is set, although there is no way to # enable that in the enclosing shell function as this time. We should probably use an environment variable to supply that assignment on the awk invocation (-v AllLibs=1) so that you don't have to copy and edit it. POSTINSTALL_OBSOLETE_MAJOR_VERIONS_YES_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING or something. -uwe
