Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout2/openrc question

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 02 February 2010 06:03:10 David Relson wrote:
> G'day,
>
> I've been running baselayout-2 for several months and it's been working
> fine AFAICT.  Over the weekend I noticed that my USB thumb drive is no
> longer automounting.
>
> This evening I ran "/etc/init.d/udev status" which reported:
>
>  * status: stopped".
>
> Running "/etc/init.d/udev start" reported:
>
>  * The udev init-script is written for baselayout-2!
>  * Please do not use it with baselayout-1!.
>  * ERROR: udev failed to start
>
> The message occurs because /etc/init.d/udev checks for
> /etc/init.d/sysfs, which is not present.
>
> Googling indicates that /etc/init.d/sysf comes from sys-apps/openrc.  I
> have openrc-0.3.0-r1 installed (from long ago).  openrc-0.6.0-r1 is
> available, though keyworded ~amd64.  Unmasking it and running "emerge
> -p ..." shows that sysvinit is a blocker.
>
> Is it safe to delete sysvinit and emerge openrc-0.6.0-r1?  Am I likely
> to get myself into troubleif I do this?  If so, how much and how deep?

very very very very deep trouble if you restart the machine and everything is 
not complete yet. Do not do that.

all version of baselayout-2 are marked unstable and you likely have an old 
version of sysvinit that is not compatible with the ancient openrc you do 
have. That openrc is not in portage anymore.

You should upgrade to the latest unstable portage (which supports 
automatically resolving blockers). You need baselayout, openrc and sysvinit as 
well as /etc/init.d/sysfs. I have none of these in world yet all are present.

With the latest portage, try again and let portage figure out for itself what 
it wants to do.


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