/etc/init.d/smartd says eerror "You should setup your /etc/smartd.conf file!" eerror "See sample conf: /etc/smartd.conf.example" but does not include /etc/smartd.conf* Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge package 2. start smartd 3. receive bewildering complaint asking you to refer to a missing file Actual Results: couldn't find example config file Expected Results: include file (in x86) or stop referring to it. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (gcc34-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.10-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/NX/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/overlays/bmg-main /usr/local/overlays/deltup" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts blender-game bluetooth bonobo c cairo caps cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd f77 flac foomaticdb fortran gcj gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib ipv6 jabber jack java javascript jikes joystick jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mng motif mozilla mozsvg mpeg ncurses network nls nptl objc ofx oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl pic png postgres ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang snmp speex spell sse ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype usb v4l v4l2 x86 xinerama xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib zvbi"
checked latest ~x86 version ; latest version writes smartd.conf.example as smartd.conf, still refers to non-existing smartd.conf.example in init script.
fixed in 5.33