Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:05:49 -0800 (PST) From: Rachel Florentine <rachel_florentine@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Corrupted C Compiler Message-ID: <20061204130549.29737.qmail@web57807.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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106Hi;=0AI entered the following stupid command:=0Acp -R /* /ad2=0Athinking= that would copy the contents of my working HD to my new 1/2 teraflop HD (a= d2). What it did was manage to wipe out some very important files (thank go= odness I had up-to-date backups) and it appears to have corrupted gcc...my = C compiler. I deduce this because when I go to build Zope (as an example) f= rom source I have to run a script afterwards that repairs the broken C file= s. (This, strangely, is not the case if I build Zope from port.) So, my que= stions for you programmers more experienced than I, are:=0A=0A1) Does my as= sessment make sense? Is gcc corrupt?=0A2) Whether it is or not, how should = I troubleshoot/fix my problem? It seems to me I should re-install FBSD, but= how?=0A=0ATIA,=0ARachel=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A________________________________= ____________________________________________________=0ADo you Yahoo!?=0AEve= ryone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.=0Ahttp://new.mail.yahoo= .com
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