On 11/6/07, Karel Kulhavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> During upgrading between 4.1 and 4.2 I accidentally typed rm -rf /etc instead
> of rm -rf etc in the /tmp directory.
>
> After fixing couple of vital things I continued normally with the upgrade,
> unpacking the etc42.tgz and xetc42.tgz and reinstalling couple of programs
> so that their /etc/ files are regenerated. I also did the post-installation
> stuff from the "Installing 4.2" chapters.
>
> I got an idea that I could run the install process and somehow skip the
> initial
> part but it always told me it's going to destroy all data on the disk and then
> I said no and it returned into the shell.
>
> Is there some way how I can re-generate the missing /etc files? I guess the
> permissions matter for security and some files are probably machine generated.
>
> I don't see any problem at the moment but maybe it's just like a time bomb
> there?
>
> CL<
>
>
If you have another OpenBSD box, could you do something with this hint:
http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#in-place-import
making a repository of a known good /etc, and then checking it out to
repair the bad?
In general, is versioning the /etc directory seen as overkill?
Cheers,
Chris
