1.emerge and configure net-nds/389-ds-base 2. run remove-ds.pl -i <you-instance> 3 /etc/init.d/389-ds restart Result: startup script tries to execute removed instance, i.e you-instance.removed
Thanks for reporting, fixed. +*389-ds-base-1.2.6-r1 (21 Sep 2010) + + 21 Sep 2010; Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@gentoo.org> files/389-ds.initd, + -389-ds-base-1.2.6.ebuild, +389-ds-base-1.2.6-r1.ebuild: + do not start 389ds instances that have been removed, close bug 338133, + thanks to Andreis Vinogradovs for reporting +