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Bug 241840

Summary: Missing database after installation prevents /etc/init.d/mpd startup
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Thomas Sachau <tommy>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Christoph Mende (RETIRED) <angelos>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 2008.0   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Thomas Sachau gentoo-dev 2008-10-13 20:41:43 UTC
Steps:
1. emerge mpd
2. /etc/init.d/mpd start

result:
 * Caching service dependencies ...                                                                                                                                                                        [ ok ]
 * Starting Music Player Daemon ...
unable to open db file "/var/lib/mpd/database": No such file or directory
can't open db file and using "--no-create-db" command line option
try running "/usr/bin/mpd --create-db"

expected result:
starting the daemon without error
Comment 1 Christoph Mende (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-10-15 00:01:39 UTC
fixed, thanks