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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:23:09 +0100
From:      Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to fix a broken owner for files from world & build from ports?
Message-ID:  <1359458589.2199.32.camel@precise>
In-Reply-To: <20130129090819.GA1372@tiny.Sisis.de>
References:  <op.wrms0fqkqhadp0@freebsd> <20130129082806.GA2035@holstein.holy.cow> <20130129090819.GA1372@tiny.Sisis.de>

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On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 10:08 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> This is a mayor damage and can only be repaired by a new installation.

Perhaps true, but if such a simple mistake can't be fixed, what happens
when somebody makes a big mistake? Perhaps more people stay with Linux
than other *NIX, regarding to the policy, that issues should be fixed
instead of always starting from the beginning. ;)?

Of course, if I simply would restore from a dump, it will be less time
consuming and it wouldn't annoy you, but I would have the bad feeling,
that if ever needed, thinks can't be fixed, I always would have to
restore from backups. And what happens, if for what reason ever a backup
shouldn't be available?

2 Cents,
Ralf




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