From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 21:52:17 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 08B8116A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:52:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B745443D31 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:52:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:55:35 -0600 Message-ID: <419FBC99.6020706@daleco.biz> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:52:25 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041023 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <20041120041906.13F5C164002@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com> <20041120085828.GA73238@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041120085828.GA73238@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Nov 2004 21:55:36.0133 (UTC) FILETIME=[AA630750:01C4CF4B] cc: gazwacker the kazmaster 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 21:52:17 -0000 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