Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)
On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 James Colannino ja...@colannino.org wrote: What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at some point, while I'm building and installing updates, I'm going to break something. The port sysutils/bsdadminscripts includes a tool called pkg_libchk, which does exactly what you're looking for. I've been using FreeBSD for a little while now, but I'm still learning... :) Thanks in advance! Hey, we're all (even us so-called old-timers) still learning. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conr...@cox.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)
On 11/04/11 23:53, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 James Colanninoja...@colannino.org wrote: What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at some point, while I'm building and installing updates, I'm going to break something. The port sysutils/bsdadminscripts includes a tool called pkg_libchk, which does exactly what you're looking for. Perfect. Thanks! I've been using FreeBSD for a little while now, but I'm still learning... :) Thanks in advance! Hey, we're all (even us so-called old-timers) still learning. :-) :) James ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, James Colannino ja...@colannino.org wrote: No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P In fact, when I Google around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I bring my question to the mailing list instead :) Maybe broken ports or broken packages isn't the right term (what should I be searching for instead?) What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at some point, while I'm building and installing updates, I'm going to break something. I'm using the following script (attached). I've been using FreeBSD for a little while now, but I'm still learning... :) Thanks in advance! James HTH, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ revdep-rebuild.py Description: Binary data ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)
On 11/05/11 12:43, C. P. Ghost wrote: I'm using the following script (attached). Thanks for the script. By any chance, are you a Gentoo user (or were you at one point)? revdep-rebuild, a part of the gentoolkit, is the first thing I think of when I think about fixing broken packages :) James ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, C. P. Ghost wrote: On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, James Colannino ja...@colannino.org wrote: No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P In fact, when I Google around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I bring my question to the mailing list instead :) Maybe broken ports or broken packages isn't the right term (what should I be searching for instead?) What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at some point, while I'm building and installing updates, I'm going to break something. I'm using the following script (attached). There's also pkg_libchk from sysutils/bsdadminscripts.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
