From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 00:20:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF94106564A for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:20:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from angel.comcen.com.au (angel.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578B58FC12 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:20:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.199] (unknown [202.172.126.254]) by angel.comcen.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D1B5C2EDA2 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:21:29 +1100 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20090123170132.M38136@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <3.0.1.32.20090123081931.00ed6460@sage-american.com> <20090123170132.M38136@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:19:48 +1000 Message-Id: <1232756388.2027.10.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Registry corrupt? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:20:09 -0000 On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 17:02 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > it's not windows. there are fortunately no registry in unix. > > your problem explanation is too short to help you. > > describe something more. > and what you mean "rehash"? > Rehashing forces the shell to "reinitialise" (for want of a better term) so that it rechecks the path and can sometimes discover new programs installed if they don't seem to work. Alternatively you can exit and either login again, or restart the shell (depending on how you obtained thet shell in the first place) . > On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Jack L. Stone wrote: > > > During an upgrade from fbsd-6.3 --> fbsd-7.0, something strange happened. > > Some of the programs will not run after rehash or even when given the > > precise path to the program. System doesn't "see" several but not all > > programs. I've upgraded several servers (using source files -- cvsup) > > withoug any such problem. It's just this one machine. > > > > I've suspected the registry is not updating, but really don't know as I've > > never encountered this issue before in all the years using FBSD. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Jack > > > > (^_^) > > Happy trails, > > Jack L. Stone > > > > System Admin > > Sage-american > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"