the ebuild for 4.4 specifies the following: insinto /etc/conf.d newins ${FILESDIR}//bttrack.conf bttrack while the ebuild from the previous 4.2 version specifies insinto /etc/conf.d newins ${FILESDIR}/bittorrent-tracker.confd bittorrent-tracker note the extra forward slash in the new version's path Most people probably don't use the torrent dir switch like I do, and I think this is why the new version doesn't work for me (and yes, I did copy my old config from bittorrent-tracker to bttrack - though I really don't see the need for yet another name change) steps to fix - remove that extra forward slash (and hopefully keep the naming convention for the config files the same until 5.0 at least). Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.4 Last Sync: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:20:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/" LINGUAS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X alsa apache2 avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dlloader dri eds elibc_glibc emacs emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog java jikes jpeg kde kerberos kernel_linux lzw lzw-tiff maildir mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl server session spell spl ssl tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userland_GNU video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i810 video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo xml xorg xpm xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I take this back. Even regressing to an older version (4.2) and using my old config files does not work. Things work okay if I remove the --allowed_dir command line switch, but I don't want to run my tracker that way (because people will then use up my resources without compensation). I don't know what's wrong at all - is anyone able to use the --allowed_dir argument in the initscript (and have it work to where torrent files outside the directory aren't tracked, but files inside it are), please let me know.
should be all set now in cvs
