BACKUP_LIBRARIES (was: libmd.so.6 and pkgbase)

On 07/10/2024 07:53, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Just a reminder when using pkgbase, make sure you do activate
> BACKUP_LIBRARIES=true in pkg.conf
>
> This way pkg will save a copy of libmd.so.6 during the upgrade in
> /usr/local/lib/pkg/libmd.so.6 (and create a package named compat-libraries to
> track it).
>
> …


Thanks to bapt for the hint.

In my case the backups are elsewhere, because I habitually create then 
mount a boot environment before upgrading the environment.

Not a showstopper, just a mention.

% pkg info --list compat-libraries | grep -v 
compat-libraries-20241017170824 | wc -l
       52
% pkg info --list compat-libraries | grep /tmp/up | wc -l
       52
% file /tmp/up
/tmp/up: cannot open `/tmp/up' (No such file or directory)
%