Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:28 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: gazwacker the kazmaster <gazwacker@mail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost am I (FreeBSD4.10) Message-ID: <20041120085828.GA73238@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041120041906.13F5C164002@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20041120041906.13F5C164002@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:19:05PM -0500, gazwacker the kazmaster wrote:
> Annoyed am I. For mine computer hath been tampered upon by a fool
> which hath deleted mine "/usr/share" folder. I have the
> installation CD, now how would I re-install my purloined portfolio?
> (If no one knows how to do that, a copy of the "/usr/share/misc/termcap" =
file would suffice)
Grab the system sources via cvsup, and do a 'make world' cycle as
described here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
and here
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
That will reinstall the contents of /usr/share along with all of the
rest of the system -- sure, it's a sledge hammer, but it will crack
this nut very effectively. Nb. you should always compile a new kernel
to go with the new system -- having kernel and world out of synch
tends to cause a number of oddities of behaviour in the system.
Cheers,
Matthew
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