Lost am I (FreeBSD4.10)

[Matthew Seaman]

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

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