Date: 11 Sep 2005 09:33:01 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Katrina project -- How can I get the libmagic distribution for freebsd 5.3 Message-ID: <44irx7ybjm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200509091638.13875.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <200509091638.13875.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> writes: > I have reason to doubt the validity of my libmagic distribution. > > I urgently need to resolve this for a non-profit project to provide services > for Katrina survivors. > > Does anyone help me to get and re-install that distribution correctly? > > Thanks > > FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 > root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC libmagic is part of the base system, and imports are regularly taken from the maintainer. The easiest thing to do would be to update your whole system; short of that, updating just that library from the FreeBSD cvs tree would probably be the simplest. If you really want to go to source, I recall there being some pointers in a makefile indicating where it came from... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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