/etc/init.d/modules is supposed to rebuild /etc/modules.conf (amongst others) using /sbin/modules-update If this file is corrupted in any way (say by using XFS filesystem and having a power fail), then it will not re-build unless /sbin/modules-update given the 'force' option. However, /etc/init.d/modules re-directs /sbin/modules-update to /dev/null, hiding the error messages generated (no logs are generated as to why the modules rebuild fails) so the admin is left wondering what went wrong. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit /etc/modules.conf to be garbage 2. execute /etc/init.d/modules 3. rebuild fails but no logs or messages indicating why Actual Results: have to run '/sbin/module-update force' by hand to fix all the files. Subsequent re-boots work fine. Expected Results: Errors generated by /sbin/module-update to be visible so that the root cause can be quickly determined, possibly even running /sbin/module-update force. I suggest the force bit as failure to create these files results in an unusable system (mine, the network failed to start) fix is as follows :- $ diff --unified modules modules~ --- modules 2005-10-05 06:21:23.168731104 +0930 +++ modules~ 2005-08-25 20:03:32.000000000 +0930 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [ -z "${CDBOOT}" ] && touch /etc/modules.conf 2> /dev/null then ebegin "Calculating module dependencies" - /sbin/modules-update + /sbin/modules-update &>/dev/null eend $? "Failed to calculate module dependencies" fi $ emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/portage/Repository/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks nostrip sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Gentoo http://mymirror.asiaosc.org/gentoo/ http://www.zentek-international.com/mirrors/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/portage/tmp" PORTDIR="/portage/Repository" SYNC="rsync://mirror.internode.on.net/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl dvd eds emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl spell sqlite ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ""lyalls-pc:~
this has already been fixed in every version of baselayout but 1.11.13 ;) fixed in that version in svn
