So I'm upgrading from FreeBSD 7.2 to FreeBSD 8.0 and after a while I get to the part where you have to rebuild all 3rd party applications (stuff from the ports tree or those compiled from source). I do that, invoke freebsd-update install one last time and reboot.
It turns out that bash requires an old libncurses version which is fine except that I completely forgot about rebuilding bash! Furthermore, I did not heed the usual warning on keeping root's default shell sh. (Like what can happen, right? Ha!) So I've learned a lesson about heeding warnings.
Now, however, I need to learn if I'm screwed or if there's some way to get out of this. Thanks.
