The files in /mnt/.init.d should be in /var. I'm sure there is a good reason, however I saw nothing about it in the installation guide I went through. The files were obviously intentionally hidden from the pre-gentoo admin. The only way I discovered it was when I mounted something over /mnt and broke some services. Those services would no longer start until I straced the /etc/init.d/* script and discovered files in /mnt/.init.d. Please put that stuff in /var and leave /mnt for mounting. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.mount --bind /tmp /mnt 2./etc/init.d/gpm stop 3.umount /mnt 4./etc/init.d/gpm start Actual Results: "gpm is already started", but it is not. Expected Results: run time state should be in /var/state or /var/run or somewhere other than /mnt! From fhs 2.2 standard which the lsb requires: /mnt: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.11.html This directory is provided so that the system administrator may temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory is a local issue and should not affect the manner in which any program is run. /var/run: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.13.html This directory contains system information data describing the system since it was booted. Files under this directory must be cleared (removed or truncated as appropriate) at the beginning of the boot process. Programs may have a subdirectory of /var/run; this is encouraged for programs that use more than one run-time file.
This is fixed in baselayout 1.8.6.x which'll be ready to be marked stable soon.
