On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 11:07 am, Mark Setzer wrote: > Hey all, > > I think I was installing libwww from CPAN and mindlessly said yes to a > couple of optional installs. Seems it overwrote my /usr/bin/head with a > perl module to interpret http HEAD calls. > > Not fun! So I've had a hell of a time looking for a source install, a > package, something, somewhere that had the head program, since a lot of > install scripts (namely, mod_perl) rely on it to do business. > > Anyone know how I can fix this without hosing my entire freakin system? I' > ve tried reinstalling the BSD Subsystem package from my OSX CD, no dice > there. Suggestions, please? > > Thanks, > Mark
I actually just copied the head binary straight from the MacOSX install CD (i.e. from the system that you boot from on that CD, not the installer files). Seems to work fine. Perhaps the installer refuses to overwrite /usr/ bin/head if it already exists? Tim
