How do you 'troubleshoot' freebsd?

Hey there.

Ok, I just tried to install apache 2 and during make it said missing some file in /usr/lib. So I thought its time to do cvsup, I installed cvsupit again and tried to update os, but darn thing said missing some files (ld-elf.so.1) in /usr/libexec... Where do I get them? I dont really feel like reinstalling from cd again...

uhm.. yeah but I dont have x installed and I run cvsup -g (even though its assumed in cmi), so why that lib matters? Could I borrow your lib then? I'm gonna read man for it now.

ok, I tried your eld-elf.so.1 (I'm on 4.5 release, was going to upgrade to stable) and it didn't help I still get same
/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libXaw.so.6" not found
I did a search (find / -name libXaw.so.6), and darn thing is right - I dont have that file on hdd. Could I borrow yours? I think this started happen to me when (for whatever stupid reason) I deleted all my packages....

I had the same issue when i searched onto this page and reading the thread helped me work out the answer....
cvsup contains bits that work with X, so even though you don't have it installed you are getting errors, in my case i had a failed install that i had recently removed which in turn created these errors.
What you need to do is to uninstall (pkg_delete) any cvsup version you have and then in its place (make) install /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui
and then Bob should be your uncle.

HTH
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heh, better late than never eh? I fixed the problem about a year ago, but thanks for reply anyway, may be someone else will stumble across this thread and it will help them

Oh... I wasn't actually reading the dates of the posts but in the end it don't think it matters. I searched onto this thread looking for the answer but although it wasn't there just reading the discussion was enough for me to work out the answer. I've posted my answer to pass the favour forward.