Bug 372297

Summary:	net-fs/nfs-utils: rpc.pipefs init script lacks helpful output on error
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sebastian Pipping <sping>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Network Filesystems <net-fs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev

2011-06-19 19:35:35 UTC

This is what I am facing:

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# sudo /etc/init.d/rpc.pipefs start
 * Mounting RPC pipefs ...             [ !! ]
 * ERROR: rpc.pipefs failed to start
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Ideally, I would expect mentioning of (all of)

 - file system rpc_pipefs not present

 - module sunrpc could not be loaded (if existing)

 - related kernel configs (CONFIG_NFS_FS?)

in that output.  Please consider extension.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2011-06-19 23:03:55 UTC

ive dropped some silent return paths so that `mount` always executes.  if rpc_pipefs isnt present, it'll say so.  the eend suggests some kernel configs to check, but that's about all i'll add as these paths do not incur more overhead.

init.d scripts arent there to debug your system for you, so i'm not going to add code that checks things further.

http://sources.gentoo.org/net-fs/nfs-utils/files/rpc.pipefs.initd?r1=1.1&r2=1.2

Comment 2 Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev

2011-06-19 23:44:14 UTC

Alright, thanks!  Respect for the respone time!