On 2022-04-20 21:25:49, Ryan Kavanagh wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 08:39:09PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
>> sysclean lists 4180 files and directories on my home server
>>
>> Could you please elaborate how sysclean is going to help me to keep my
>> openbsd hosts clean? How is the usage model of this tool?
>
> Here's what I do:
>
> 1) List all of the directories or files I want sysclean to ignore in
> /etc/sysclean.ignore (format is documented in sysclean(8)).
>
Got that.
> 2) Run "sysclean" to list all files that are obsolete.
>
Check.
> 3) Manually review the output. If it contains files that are not
> obsolete, goto 1.
>
Too many files to be a practical approach. If I would know each
and every file to keep or to throw away, then I don't need sysclean.
Not to mention that an important file or directory for the current
release might become obsolete in a future release. Maintaining
sysclean.ignore is unsustainable. You have to start from scratch
with each release for each host running OpenBSD. Thats a lot of
error-prone work.
> 4) Delete the files / directories listed in sysclean's output.
>
Won't do.
Regards
Harri
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