Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-15 Thread Grant
> > Good catch. I get this last: > > > > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > > '/var/cache/edb/dep//usr/portage/sys-devel/.update.25322.bison-1.875d' > > > > What do you think I should do? > > rm -r /var/cache/edb/dep should do it; portage will then regenerate the > cache. It looks l

Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-15 Thread Edward Catmur
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 06:46 -0700, Grant wrote: > Good catch. I get this last: > > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > '/var/cache/edb/dep//usr/portage/sys-devel/.update.25322.bison-1.875d' > > What do you think I should do? rm -r /var/cache/edb/dep should do it; portage will then r

Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-15 Thread Grant
> > > Often times var stuff is changing, not necessarily crucial data. > > /var contains important information about your installed packages for > portage. > > > > I > > > would reboot & see if everything works. If it does, your fine. If > > > only certain programs fail, reinstall the programs.

Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 14 May 2005 17:22:15 -0700, Grant wrote: > > Often times var stuff is changing, not necessarily crucial data. /var contains important information about your installed packages for portage. > > I > > would reboot & see if everything works. If it does, your fine. If > > only certain prog

Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-14 Thread Grant
> Often times var stuff is changing, not necessarily crucial data. I > would reboot & see if everything works. If it does, your fine. If > only certain programs fail, reinstall the programs. If it fails to > boot etc. then you'll probably have to reinstall gentoo. Alright thanks guys. I'm boo

Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-14 Thread Taylor Morrow
Often times var stuff is changing, not necessarily crucial data. I would reboot & see if everything works. If it does, your fine. If only certain programs fail, reinstall the programs. If it fails to boot etc. then you'll probably have to reinstall gentoo. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing li

Re: [gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-14 Thread Bruno Lustosa
On 5/14/05, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I meant to execute 'rm -rf var' but I hit 'rm -rf /var' > instead. I realized my mistake after about 6 or 7 seconds when it was > taking too long and I hit Ctrl+C. Everything looks OK, but something > must be gone. What would you guys do in t

[gentoo-user] Whoops: 'rm -rf /var'

2005-05-14 Thread Grant
Hello, I meant to execute 'rm -rf var' but I hit 'rm -rf /var' instead. I realized my mistake after about 6 or 7 seconds when it was taking too long and I hit Ctrl+C. Everything looks OK, but something must be gone. What would you guys do in this situation? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org m