463786 – sys-libs/glibc[-nscd]: should not install nscd init.d

Bug 463786 - sys-libs/glibc[-nscd]: should not install nscd init.d

Summary: sys-libs/glibc[-nscd]: should not install nscd init.d

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers

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Duplicates (1):	463830 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2013-03-30 01:53 UTC by Harris Landgarten
Modified:	2013-04-01 04:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Harris Landgarten 2013-03-30 01:53:40 UTC

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nscd start
 * Starting Name Service Cache Daemon ...
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘’: No such file or directory
start-stop-daemon: unrecognized option '--foreground'
Usage: start-stop-daemon [options] 

Options: [I:KN:PR:Sa:bc:d:e:g:ik:mn:op:s:tu:r:w:x:1:2:ChqVv]
  -I, --ionice <arg>                Set an ionice class:data when starting
  -K, --stop                        Stop daemon
  -N, --nicelevel <arg>             Set a nicelevel when starting
  -R, --retry <arg>                 Retry schedule to use when stopping
  -S, --start                       Start daemon
  -a, --startas <arg>               deprecated, use --exec or --name
  -b, --background                  Force daemon to background
  -c, --chuid <arg>                 deprecated, use --user
  -d, --chdir <arg>                 Change the PWD
  -e, --env <arg>                   Set an environment string
  -k, --umask <arg>                 Set the umask for the daemon
  -g, --group <arg>                 Change the process group
  -i, --interpreted                 Match process name by interpreter
  -m, --make-pidfile                Create a pidfile
  -n, --name <arg>                  Match process name
  -o, --oknodo                      deprecated
  -p, --pidfile <arg>               Match pid found in this file
  -s, --signal <arg>                Send a different signal
  -t, --test                        Test actions, don't do them
  -u, --user <arg>                  Change the process user
  -r, --chroot <arg>                Chroot to this directory
  -w, --wait <arg>                  Milliseconds to wait for daemon start
  -x, --exec <arg>                  Binary to start/stop
  -1, --stdout <arg>                Redirect stdout to file
  -2, --stderr <arg>                Redirect stderr to file
  -P, --progress                    Print dots each second while waiting
  -h, --help                        Display this help output
  -C, --nocolor                     Disable color output
  -V, --version                     Display software version
  -v, --verbose                     Run verbosely
  -q, --quiet                       Run quietly (Does not affect errors)                                                                                 [ !! ]
 * ERROR: nscd failed to start

Comment 1 Harris Landgarten 2013-03-30 16:01:18 UTC

turned out the new nscd use flag was turned on by default. Turning it on fixes the problem It would be a good idea not to install /etc/init.d/nscd which will not work if the nscd flag is off.

Comment 2 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2013-03-31 18:10:36 UTC

*** Bug 463830 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2013-04-01 04:23:01 UTC

should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report!

Commit message: Do not install nscd config files when USE=-nscd
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/src_install.eblit?r1=1.26&r2=1.27