Jan Stary <[email protected]> writes: > This is current/amd64 on a PC, > with packages freshly updated. > > pkg_check(8) says: > > Other files (option -F) > Checks that there are no other random objects under /usr/local. > > and later > > -F Check the filesystem for random objects > > without saying explictly which filesystem that is. > (/usr/local is a separate filesystem in what follows.) > > Apparently, pkg_check looks at everything from the root down: > > Checking file system ... > System libs NOT in locate dbs: > /usr/lib/libc.so.96.5 > /usr/lib/libc.so.97.0 > /usr/lib/libc.so.97.1 > > Why does pkg_check consider system libraries? > Surely these don't belong to any package. > Also, each of these _is_ in the locate db: > > $ locate libc.so > /usr/lib/libc.so.96.1 > [...]
the locate dbs mentionned isn't the one at /var/db/locate.database (updated by weekly(8) and used by default by locate(1)), but the ones at /usr/lib/locate/src.db and /usr/X11R6/lib/locate/xorg.db (installed by the OS at install time). $ locate -d /usr/lib/locate/src.db:/usr/X11R6/lib/locate/xorg.db libc.so base74:/usr/lib/libc.so.98.0 base74:/usr/share/relink/usr/lib/libc.so.98.0.a > Lastly, it looks at /boot and /root/Mail > and the smtpd queue and whatnot. > Why is pkg_check looking at these? > > Unknown files: > /boot > /bsd > /bsd.booted > [...] The method used for reporting unknown files using pkg_check is relatively simple. If you want a more elaborated tool, you could use sysclean(8). The method used by sysclean(8) is explained at https://kapouay.eu.org/notes/sysclean-intro/ . Thanks. -- Sebastien Marie
