I would vote to merge it. There is nothing wrong with it except that it might not be 100% complete, but it is at least doing something. I would still like you to implement an automatic check for the future as I outlined in my last email. :) > On 22 Mar 2022, at 14:59, Peter Müller wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > thanks for your reply and the information. > > How should we proceed with this patch then? > > Thanks, and best regards, > Peter Müller > >> Hello, >> >>> On 21 Mar 2022, at 19:15, Peter Müller wrote: >>> >>> Hello Michael, >>> >>> thanks for your reply. >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>>> On 21 Mar 2022, at 16:03, Peter Müller wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Michael, >>>>> >>>>> thanks for your reply. >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> This is interesting. >>>>> >>>>> That's a mild way of putting it, I think. :-) >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 21 Mar 2022, at 15:35, Peter Müller wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On an IPFire installation that has been around since Core Update 110 >>>>>>> (released April 28, 2017), these files have been identified as being >>>>>>> orphaned, comparing to a fresh installation of Core Update 164. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To avoid such a list of files agglomerating, persons responsible for a >>>>>>> Core Update should check whether an updated package contains deleted >>>>>>> files in its rootfile. If so, they should be deleted on existing systems >>>>>>> via update.sh as well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Müller >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> config/rootfiles/core/166/update.sh | 260 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- >>>>>>> 1 file changed, 258 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/166/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/166/update.sh >>>>>>> index 1370555b0..b556986a5 100644 >>>>>>> --- a/config/rootfiles/core/166/update.sh >>>>>>> +++ b/config/rootfiles/core/166/update.sh >>>>>>> @@ -32,13 +32,269 @@ for (( i=1; i<=$core; i++ )); do >>>>>>> done >>>>>>> >>>>>>> # Remove files >>>>>>> -rm -vf \ >>>>>>> +rm -rvf \ >>>>>>> + /bin/setserial \ >>>>>>> /etc/dracut.conf \ >>>>>>> + /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf \ >>>>>>> + /etc/grub.d/README \ >>>>>>> + /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/red.up/99-geoip-database \ >>>>>>> + /etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse.rules \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin.asc \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin.asc \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam16h.bin.asc \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin.asc \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA4019/hw1.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-4.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-6.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-6.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9887/hw1.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9888/hw2.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-4.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9984/hw1.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA99X0/hw2.0/notice_ath10k_firmware-5.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/atusb/ChangeLog \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/check_whence.py \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cis/src \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/copy-firmware.sh \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t4fw-1.20.8.0.bin \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t4fw-1.24.3.0.bin \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t5fw-1.20.8.0.bin \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t5fw-1.24.3.0.bin \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t6fw-1.20.8.0.bin \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t6fw-1.24.3.0.bin \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/GPL-2 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/GPL-3 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/isci/README \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/LICENCE.* \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/Makefile \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/qca/NOTICE.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/qcom/NOTICE.txt \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/README \ >>>>>>> + /lib/firmware/WHENCE \ >>>>>>> + /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/fi-latin1.map.gz \ >>>>>>> + /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/fi-latin9.map.gz \ >>>>>>> + /lib/ld-2.29.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/ld-2.31.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/ld-2.32.so \ >>>>>> >>>>>> These should have been gone before. Ideally by the filesystem cleanup script. >>>>> >>>>> To be honest, I never had a look at this script, and therefore do not have an idea >>>>> what it does and what it does not. I will investigate and get back to you, if necessary. >>>>> >>>>>>> + /lib/libcap.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libhistory.so.5 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libhistory.so.5.2 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libip4tc.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libip4tc.so.0.1.0 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libip6tc.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libip6tc.so.0.1.0 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libiptc.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libiptc.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libiptc.so.0.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libnss_nis-2.31.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libnss_nisplus-2.31.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libnss_nis.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libproc-3.2.8.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libreadline.so.5 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libreadline.so.5.2 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libsysfs.so \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libsysfs.so.1 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/libsysfs.so.1.0.3 \ >>>>>>> + /lib/udev/bluetooth_serial \ >>>>>>> + /lib/udev/rules.d/24-bluetooth.rules \ >>>>>>> + /lib/xtables/libxt_IMQ.so \ >>>>>>> /opt/pakfire/pakfire-2007.key \ >>>>>>> + /sbin/mount.fuse \ >>>>>>> + /sbin/raw \ >>>>>>> + /sbin/xfs_scrub \ >>>>>>> + /sbin/xfs_scrub_all \ >>>>>>> + /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/bluetooth.cgi \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/ez-ipupdate \ >>>>>> >>>>>> LOL >>>>> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/fusermount \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/gawk-5.1.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/gcov-dump \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/getunimap \ >>>>>>> /usr/bin/mkinitrd \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/mtools \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/pango-querymodules \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/perl5.30.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/setlogcons \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/setvesablank \ >>>>>>> + /usr/bin/ulockmgr_server \ >>>>>>> + /usr/include/python2.7 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/cairo \ >>>>>>> /usr/lib/dracut \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/findutils/bigram \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/findutils/code \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/gawk/testext.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/itcl4.2.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libasan.so.5 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libasan.so.5.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libbfd-2.32.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libbfd-2.34.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libbfd-2.35.1.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libbind9-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libbind9.so.161 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libbind9.so.161.0.4 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libblkid.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libdns-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libdnssec.so.7 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libdnssec.so.7.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libdns.so.* \ >>>>>> >>>>>> These should have been caught by the script as well. Any idea why that didn’t happen? >>>>>> >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent-2.1.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent-2.1.so.6.0.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_core-2.1.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_core-2.1.so.6.0.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_extra-2.1.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_extra-2.1.so.6.0.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6.0.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_openssl.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6.0.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libevent_pthreads.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libexpat.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libexslt.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libffi.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libffi.so.6.0.4 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libffi.so.7 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libffi.so.7.1.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libfuse.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libfuse.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libfuse.so.2.9.7 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgdbm.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgd.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgd.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgd.so.2.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgettextlib-0.19.8.1.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libgettextsrc-0.19.8.1.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libhistory.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libhistory.so.6.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.5 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.5.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libidn.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libidn.so.11 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.18 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libirs-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisccc-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisccc.so.161 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisccc.so.161.0.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisccfg-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163.0.8 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1100 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1100.3.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1104 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1104.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1105 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1105.1.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1107 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libisc.so.1107.0.5 \ >>>>>> >>>>>> See above. >>>>>> >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libixml.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libknot.so.10 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libknot.so.10.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libknot.so.11 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libknot.so.11.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libknot.so.9 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libknot.so.9.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/liblber-2.3.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/liblber-2.3.so.0.2.8 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libldap-2.3.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libldap-2.3.so.0.2.8 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libldap_r-2.3.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libldap_r-2.3.so.0.2.8 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libloc.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libloc.so.0.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/liblua-5.3.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/liblua.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/liblwres.so.161 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/liblwres.so.161.0.4 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libmpfr.so.4 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libmpfr.so.4.1.5 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libmpx.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libmpx.so.2.0.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libmpxwrappers.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libmpxwrappers.so.2.0.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libnettle.so.7 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libnettle.so.7.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libns-9.16.22.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libopcodes-2.32.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libopcodes-2.34.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libopcodes-2.35.1.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpcre2-posix.so.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpcre2-posix.so.2.0.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpng12.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.57.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpng.so.3.57.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.100 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.100.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.110 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.110.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.111 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.111.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.66 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.66.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libqpdf.so.17 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libqpdf.so.17.0.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libsensors.so.4 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libsensors.so.4.4.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libthreadutil.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libthreadutil.so.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libthreadutil.so.6.0.3 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libulockmgr.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libulockmgr.so.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libulockmgr.so.1.0.1 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libupnp.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libuuid.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libxml2.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/libxslt.so \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/pango \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.30.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.1/Net/IP.pm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/python3.8/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-19.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/python3.8/idlelib/Icons/idle.icns \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/python3.8/lib2to3/Grammar3.8.1.final.0.pickle \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/python3.8/lib2to3/PatternGrammar3.8.1.final.0.pickle \ >>>>>> >>>>>> Why can we not delete /usr/lib/python3.8 as a whole? This should not be needed any more. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, good point. I was running the comparison based on Core Update 164, but with >>>>> Python being updated to 3.10.x in Core Update 165, this folder won't be necessary >>>>> anymore completely. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/sqlite3.34.0 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/squid/basic_nis_auth \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/squid/ext_time_quota_acl \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.4/platform-1.0.14.tm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.4/platform-1.0.15.tm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.5/msgcat-1.6.0.tm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.5/tcltest-2.4.0.tm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.6/http-2.8.9.tm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.6/tdbc/sqlite3-1.0.4.tm \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tcl8/8.6/tdbc/sqlite3-1.1.2.tm \ >>>>>> >>>>>> Why do we even ship tcl? Is anything reliant on this? >>>>> >>>>> I don't know. >>>>> >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tdbc1.1.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tdbcmysql1.1.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tdbcodbc1.1.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/tdbcpostgres1.1.2 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/lib/thread2.8.6 \ >>>>>>> + /usr/libexec/xtables-addons \ >>>>>>> /usr/local/bin/ovpn-ccd-convert \ >>>>>>> - /usr/local/bin/rebuild-initrd >>>>>>> + /usr/local/bin/rebuild-initrd \ >>>>>>> + /usr/local/bin/xt_geoip_build \ >>>>>>> + /usr/local/bin/xt_geoip_update \ >>>>>>> + /usr/sbin/batctl \ >>>>>>> + /usr/sbin/fbset \ >>>>>>> + /usr/sbin/update-usbids.sh \ >>>>>>> + /usr/sbin/uuidd \ >>>>>>> + /usr/share/doc/fireinfo \ >>>>>>> + /usr/share/GeoIP \ >>>>>>> + /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/US/Pacific-New \ >>>>>>> + /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Pacific-New \ >>>>>>> + /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific-New \ >>>>>>> + /var/lib/GeoIP >>>>>> >>>>>> What method did you use to identify all these files? >>>>> >>>>> On the IPFire installation in question, I ran >>>>> >>>>>> find bin/ etc/ lib/ opt/ run/ sbin/ srv/ usr/ var/ | sort > ~/ist >>>>> >>>>> and scp'ed that file onto my workstation. Then, I downloaded the ISO for Core Update 164 >>>>> (because I wanted to have something stable, which is why I did not choose C165 for this), >>>>> installed it in a VM, rebooted it, mounted the root partition and executed the same find >>>>> command with a different file name. >>>> >>>> Okay, so this is based on a random system. Not bad, but would be better if we could diff two filelists from two core updates, wouldn’t it? >>> >>> I am not sure if I understood you here: The filelist above contains all leftovers that have >>> agglomerated since Core Update 110. Comparing two filelists would only cover a fraction of >>> it, since this comparison cannot skip any update. >>> >>> However: Do you see a feasible way to obtain such lists, and perhaps scipt the generation of >>> such a list of orphaned files? >> >> Yes, we could use “git archive” to create a tarball from any branch, so in this case a core update from the past. >> >> We could then only extract (or directly send to stdout) all files in config/rootfiles/command, sort the output and compare it to what is currently in config/rootfiles/common. Stretch goal is doing this for all architectures :) >> >> Here is the command for the main file list: >> >> git archive origin/core160 | tar --extract --to-stdout config/rootfiles/common | grep -v "^#" | sort -u >> >> This could be integrated into make.sh :) >> >> -Michael >> >>> >>> Thanks, and best regards, >>> Peter Müller >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> A >>>>> >>>>>> diff -Naur soll ist | less >>>>> >>>>> (sorry for the German) outputs a long list, which I vetted manually since some add-ons >>>>> were installed on the productive system, and I did not want to pipe the output into the >>>>> rm command blindly. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, and best regards, >>>>> Peter Müller >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -Michael >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> # Delete old 2007 Pakfire key from GPG keyring >>>>>>> export GNUPGHOME="/opt/pakfire/etc/.gnupg" >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 2.34.1 >>