From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 08:58:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EDA016A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E19143D49 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) iAK8wSVR073375 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:28 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)iAK8wSwm073374; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:28 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:28 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: gazwacker the kazmaster Message-ID: <20041120085828.GA73238@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , gazwacker the kazmaster , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20041120041906.13F5C164002@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041120041906.13F5C164002@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:28 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/595/Sat Nov 20 00:21:06 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost am I (FreeBSD4.10) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:58:35 -0000 --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBnwc0iD657aJF7eIRAgMtAJ4laHXqAPE1CypuNqnVuwbu2ns2XACgpA9f nLYL8OdYWOl3PhyksR6iGD8= =iS/I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA--