Re: [gentoo-catalyst] How is initrd built?

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 18:08 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> Next question: what are the replacements for rcadd/rcdel in the
> livecd.conf file in the new version of Catalyst?
>
> My current settings look like this and worked fine in the previous
> version of Catalyst:
>
> livecd/rcadd:
> 	autoconfig:boot
> 	iptables:default
> 	syslog-ng:default
> 	vixie-cron:default
> 	net.eth0:default
> 	sshd:default
> 	apache2:default
> 	ntp-client:default
> 	ntpd:default
> 	dhcp:default
> 	dnsmasq:default

Try removing the initial line break.

> livecd/rcdel:
> 	bootsplash:default
> 	iptables:boot

> However, in my log file now when I'm building livecd-stage2 I see this:
>
>         WARNING: No value set for key: livecd/rcadd
>         deleting key: livecd/rcadd
>
>
>         WARNING: No value set for key: livecd/rcdel
>         deleting key: livecd/rcdel
>
> and when the system comes up none of my added services are started, and
> rc-status -u shows them all as unassigned.
>
> Any help?
>
>
> PS. Chris: this is the kind of thing I meant by "instability"--not that
>     Catalyst was unstable but rather that my build would be unstable
>     when I moved to the new version :-)

Understandable.  I just don't want to support the older versions and
plan on ripping them out of portage and making them unavailable as soon
as we stabilize the new version.  I absolutely hate having to support
already-resolved bugs... ;]

Anyway, this seems to be an issue with the new code that I need to look
into.  Thanks for reminding me about it.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux