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On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, James Colby wrote: |
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> I was trying to delete some files from my /sbin directory and with an |
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> unfortunate use of a wildcard accidentally deleted the entire contents |
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> on the /sbin directory. I have recovered the contents of the /sbin |
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> directory from a stage 3 tarball. I was thinking about doing an |
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> emerge world, just to make sure that everything is consistent. Do you |
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> all think that this is necessary? |
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Yes, I think an "emerge --deep --emptytree world" would be in order. |
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If you had a recent backup of your system-- new enough that no new |
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packages had been emerged since the backup was taken-- then restoring |
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the backup would be the easiest option. |
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In this case, though, it seems like a reasonable tradeoff to wait for |
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all your packages to recompile in order to be more confident that your |
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system won't blow up on you. |
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Joe |
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