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Bryan Irvine wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Yeah it's easy to fix.
> 
> tar xvfz TheBackupYouMadeBeforeTheUpgrade.tgz -C /

What kind of answer is that? This guy is looking for help and you answer
 a total stupid sentence. Go and fuck yourself. Idiot !! Stupid !!!
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