Not really something for an article - although I should write a short BLOG to reference back to this.
I have been compiling opensource for several years - starting with - sometimes trying and failing - for 20 years. And packaging goes back 10 years ago - initial attempts - and 7 to 8 years ago with more automation.
And, at some point I have installed something on my 'core' server, that I run AIXTOOLS and ROOTVG on - and, imho - it has gotten messy. That is, I do not actually use all these tools (all the time) - and there are packages installed that I am not using - ever.
As I tell clients when doing a security assessment - remove software you are not using. And if you are using it - is it patched to latest levels?
So, my Christmas cleaning - I have some vacation time to look into this.
To keep the list somewhat short - I am only showing the "rte" run-time environment fileset. In AIXTOOLS packaging this includes the binaries. Currently I have:
root@x071:[/root]lslpp -L | grep aixtools | grep rte
aixtools.apache.httpd.rte
aixtools.attcp.rte 0.6.8.0 C F aixtools attcp 22-Feb-2018
aixtools.bison.rte 3.0.4.0 C F bison 1504 0125 1445
aixtools.blockip.rte 1.0.0.0 C F blockip 1.0.0.0 2014.Jan.20
aixtools.buildaix.rte 2.1.2.1 C F buildaix 17-Dec-2019
aixtools.cmake.rte 3.5.1.0 C F built 26-Mar-2016 1545 UTC
aixtools.curl.rte 7.66.0.0 C F aixtools curl 24-Sep-2019
aixtools.expat.rte 2.2.5.0 C F aixtools expat 12-Nov-2017
aixtools.freetype.rte 2.4.10.0 C F freetype version 2.4.10 for
aixtools.git.rte 2.10.1.0 C F aixtools git 19-Oct-2016
aixtools.gmp.rte 5.0.5.0 C F gmp version 5.0.5 for powerpc
aixtools.gnu.autoconf.rte
aixtools.gnu.automake.rte
aixtools.gnu.bash.rte 4.4.19.0 C F gnu bash 07-Feb-2018
aixtools.gnu.diffutils.rte
aixtools.gnu.gettext.rte 0.19.8.1 C F built 21-Aug-2016 1821 UTC
aixtools.gnu.grep.rte 2.27.0.0 C F gnu grep 07-Dec-2016
aixtools.gnu.help2man.rte
aixtools.gnu.less.rte 4.81.0.0 C F gnu less 21-Nov-2016
aixtools.gnu.libiconv.rte
aixtools.gnu.m4.rte 1.4.17.0 C F 1523 0613 1221
aixtools.gnu.make.rte 4.1.0.0 C F 1523 0613 1158
aixtools.gnu.readline.rte 7.0.0.0 C F gnu readline 02-Nov-2016
aixtools.gnu.wget.rte 1.19.4.0 C F gnu wget 17-Apr-2018
aixtools.gnupg.rte 1.4.15.0 C F gnupg 1.4.15.0 2013.Oct.29
aixtools.gperf.rte 3.0.4.0 C F gperf 1508 0227 0914
aixtools.gtar.rte 1.26.0.0 C F gtar 1.26.0.0 2012.Dec.24
aixtools.idsldap.rte 0.1.2.0 C F built 25-Mar-2016 1437 UTC
aixtools.libee.rte 0.4.1.0 C F 1539 1001 0632
aixtools.libestr.rte 0.1.10.0 C F 1539 0930 1938
aixtools.libffi.rte 3.2.1.0 C F aixtools libffi 02-Jan-2017
aixtools.libperfstat.rte 6.1.6.1 C F libperfstat 6.1.6.1
aixtools.libpng.rte 1.5.12.0 C F libpng version 1.5.12 for
aixtools.libsodium.rte 1.0.8.0 C F built 20-Mar-2016 2209 UTC
aixtools.libtool.rte 2.4.6.0 C F libtool 1507 0218 0736
aixtools.lynx2.rte 8.8.0.0 C F lynx2 1502 0116 1533
aixtools.mariadb.rte 5.1.67.0 C F built 26-Mar-2016 1414 UTC
aixtools.mpc.rte 1.0.2.0 C F mpc 2014.Oct.31 15.44 CUT
aixtools.mpfr.rte 2.4.2.0 C F mpfr 2014.Oct.31 15.19 CUT
aixtools.openbsd.openssh.rte
aixtools.patch.rte 2.7.0.0 C F patch 2.7.0.0 2012.Oct.05
aixtools.perl.rte 5.14.4.0 C F perl 2014.Sep.25 19.50 CUT
aixtools.php.rte 5.2.17.0 C F php 2014.Jun.20 19.37 CUT
aixtools.pkgconfig.rte 0.25.0.0 C F pkgconfig 0.25.0.0 2013.Oct.28
aixtools.python.rte 2.7.16.0 C F python 04-Mar-2019
aixtools.samba.rsync.rte 3.1.2.0 C F samba rsync 03-Nov-2016
aixtools.sqlite3.rte 3.21.0.0 C F aixtools sqlite3 10-Jan-2018
aixtools.unzip.rte 6.0.0.0 C F aixtools unzip 21-Jun-2017
aixtools.xmlsoft.libxml2.rte
aixtools.xmlsoft.libxslt.rte
aixtools.xz.rte 5.2.2.0 C F built 22-Aug-2016 2005 UTC
aixtools.zlib.rte 1.2.11.1 C F aixtools zlib 02-Feb-2017
The things I am going to start with removing are:
- ATTCP - AIX Test TCP
- BISON
- CMAKE
- GMP (should be gnu.gmp which makes me think it is a leftover from gcc testing)
- GNU stuff I don't use often, and probably should not use here
- * autoconf, automake, libtool (aka autotools)
- * bash
- * diffutils
- * gettext (if I can!)
- * grep (thought I needed it for git, but that seems to only be needed during packaging of git)
- * help2man (again, when I was building on this system - but no more)
- * less
- * libiconv (again, if I can)
- * readline
- GNUPG
- GPERF (whatever that is)
- GTAR (now packaged as gnu.tar, so also an ancient version to be removed)
- IDSLDAP (these are scripts I wrote to install LDAP sandboxes, not for here!)
- LIBEE (What is this?)
- LIBESTR (also, what is this!?)
- LIBFFI - should not need this - may wait just a bit, to see what uses it
- LIBPERFSTAT - not sure why I packaged my own libperfstat. Time to remove!
- LIBSODIUM - wow - back when I was trying to build salt and understand why python was not working as expected!
- MAKE - this is now gnu.make - which I would also remove
- MPC - like GMP and MPFR (below) - historical packaging!
- MPFR (see MPC)
- PATCH (would now be gnu.patch, so very old)
- PERL (one of my older projects as well, time to go)
- SAMBA.RSYNC - aka RSYNC. Needs an update, remove for now
- SQLITE3 - maybe I am using this, but I expect it is here only for a test done and forgotten
Packages that I know I need to update:
- XZ - this I think I already have
- GIT - repackaged yesterday, and one of the reasons I am removing oldish/unused packages
- ZLIB - need to double check what the latest level is
Packages I want to get updated reasonably soon:
- apache aka httpd
- php
- The things these two need
As I move along in this - I'll post on accidents (dependencies I should have known about, e.g.). All in the life of OSS and packaging (as a hobby).
Best wishes for the holidays!
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