It looks like I'm in luck, actually. I've managed to remerge and recover all except the XFree86 ones.
Thanks for the suggestion and the offer. If possible, would I be able to get copies of /etc/init.d/xdm and /etc/init.d/xfs? Thanks! On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 20:32, Jason Stubbs wrote: > On Tuesday 07 October 2003 18:55, Paul Fraser wrote: > > I made a real big mistake, and I'm somewhat annoyed with myself now. > > > > I was cleaning up a script in /etc/init.d/ that configures my IPv6 > > tunnel. I'd perfected it and was ready to get rid of the backups I made > > (ipv6-backup and so forth), so I typed in "rm ipv6-" and hit tab, > > expecting it to autocomplete. I then quickly hit asterisk and enter. > > > > Oops! There was only one file! So instead of doing "rm ipv6-backup*" > > which wouldn't have been so bad, I instructed the computer to do "rm > > ipv6-backup *" (Note the space). > > > > Now I'm in the middle of remerging all the apps which (I think) added > > init scripts to /etc/init.d. I'm hoping there's an easier and faster way > > to recover these scripts. (Yes, I've got baselayout, that's the > > essential system ones.. I'm talking about stuff like apache, fam-oss, > > portmap and so forth) I'm not looking forward to sitting through another > > XFree86 compile, so is there some way for me to grab these scripts? > > Recover them or emerge ONLY them? > > Not really unless you have built packages. How about listing what packages you > need and then people can email you the scripts. More responses means more > copies which you can use to confirm validity. They should be small enough for > email... > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Cheers, Paul J. Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
