Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:52:25 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost am I (FreeBSD4.10) Message-ID: <419FBC99.6020706@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20041120085828.GA73238@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20041120041906.13F5C164002@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com> <20041120085828.GA73238@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: >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 > > Lo! A large hammer indeed. Might not he simply changeth to /usr/src/share (if he indeed hath such) and typest "make install" as root? Kevin Kinsey
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