Services that I have that need postgresql claim that they require a non-existent service. From /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0: depend() { use net if [ -L /etc/eselect/postgresql/service ] ; then local p_service="$(for f in /etc/eselect/postgresql/service/* ; do . $f ; done ; echo $postgres_service )" test "${p_service}" = "${SVCNAME}" && provide postgresql fi } There is no /etc/eselect/postgresql/service so the init script never "provide"s postgresql. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1./etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0 start 2. /etc/init.d/slony1 start 3. Actual Results: Service `slony' needs non existent service `postgresql' * ERROR: slony1 needs service(s) postgresql Expected Results: slony1 should start Portage 2.1.10.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.12.2-r0, 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.38-gentoo-r6-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5630_@_2.53GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.2 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:45:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.25-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.3-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.82 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.36.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.12.2 Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync: rsync://10.45.6.75/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 x-portage location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 0 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" ACCEPT_PROPERTIES="*" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" APACHE2_MPMS="prefork" ARCH="amd64" ASFLAGS_x86="--32" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="braindump flow karbon kexi kpresenter krita tables words" CAMERAS="ptp2" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.2/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.2/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.2/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EDITOR="vim" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--verbose" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" EPREFIX="" EROOT="/" FCFLAGS="" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 3 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FETCHCOMMAND_RSYNC="rsync -avP "${URI}" "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}"" FETCHCOMMAND_SFTP="bash -c "x=\${2#sftp://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec sftp -P \${port} \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" sftp "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FETCHCOMMAND_SSH="bash -c "x=\${2#ssh://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec rsync --rsh=\"ssh -p\${port}\" -avP \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" rsync "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FFLAGS="" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" HOME="/root" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.20.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/info:/usr/share/info/emacs-23" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" JAVAC="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac" JAVACC_HOME="/usr/share/javacc/" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" JDK_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_s390="lib32" LIBDIR_s390x="lib64" LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32" LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32" LOGNAME="root" 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MAKEOPTS="-j10" MANPATH="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.20.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/lib64/php5.2/man/:/usr/share/postgresql-9.0/man" MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86" MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object" MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib" MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage|udev)" NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml" NOCOLOR="true" OLDPWD="/usr/portage/dev-db/postgresql-server" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.5:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin" PHP_TARGETS="php5-2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc sparc64-freebsd ppc-openbsd x86-openbsd ppc64 x86-winnt x86-fbsd ppc-aix alpha arm x86-freebsd s390 amd64 arm-linux x86-macos x64-openbsd ia64-hpux hppa x86-netbsd x86-cygwin amd64-linux ia64-linux x86 sparc-solaris x64-freebsd sparc64-solaris x86-linux x64-macos sparc m68k-mint ia64 mips ppc-macos x86-interix hppa-hpux amd64-fbsd x64-solaris mips-irix m68k sh x86-solaris sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="admin@sourceforge.mot-mobility.com" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="package ${PACKAGE} merged on ${HOST} with notice" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="admin@sourceforge.mot-mobility.com" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail" PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5" PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_GPG_SIGNING_COMMAND="gpg --sign --clearsign --yes --default-key "${PORTAGE_GPG_KEY}" --homedir "${PORTAGE_GPG_DIR}" "${FILE}"" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="-1" PORTAGE_SANDBOX_COMPAT_LEVEL="16" PORTAGE_SYNC_STALE="30" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/portage" PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/usr/lib64/libfreebl3.so:/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.so:/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so" PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" PWD="/" PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE="1" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 3 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" RESUMECOMMAND_RSYNC="rsync -avP "${URI}" "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}"" RESUMECOMMAND_SSH="bash -c "x=\${2#ssh://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec rsync --rsh=\"ssh -p\${port}\" -avP \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" rsync "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.5:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" SGML_CATALOG_FILES="/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.5.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.2.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.0.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.2.cat:/etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-simple-docbook-1.0.cat:/etc/sgml/openjade-1.3.2.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.0.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.3.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-simple-docbook-4.1.2.4.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-lite.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="1" SSH_AGENT_PID="5054" SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/ssh-XFhBwRIZ5053/agent.5053" STAGE1_USE="multilib nptl nptlonly unicode" SYMLINK_LIB="yes" SYNC="rsync://10.45.6.75/gentoo-portage" TERM="screen" USE="acl amd64 apache2 bash-completion berkdb bzip2 bzlib cli cracklib crypt cups curl cxx dbus dri emacs encode examples expat fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gpm iconv imagemagick imlib java jpeg jpeg2k kpathsea ldap libpng logrotate mhash mmx mmxext modplug modules mudflap multilib multiuser mysql mysqli ncurses nls no-htdocs nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre pdf perl php png pnp posix postgres ppds pppd python readline session sharedmem spell sse sse2 ssl ssse3 svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode urandom vhosts vim-syntax webdav xemacs xml xml2 xorg xpm zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" APACHE2_MPMS="prefork" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="braindump flow karbon kexi kpresenter krita tables words" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CALLIGRA_FEATURES CAMERAS COLLECTD_PLUGINS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DRACUT_MODULES DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS GPSD_PROTOCOLS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES NGINX_MODULES_HTTP NGINX_MODULES_MAIL OFED_DRIVERS PHP_TARGETS QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS QEMU_USER_TARGETS RUBY_TARGETS SANE_BACKENDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS XFCE_PLUGINS XTABLES_ADDONS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" _="/usr/bin/emerge"
nm, looks like this is fixed in postgresql-server-9.0.4-r1
