sensord ignores all other configuration files if there is one specified via the command line with "-c". So if someone configures his sensors within configuration files below /etc/sensors.d/ these files will be ignored because the init script of sensord (/etc/init.d/sensord) always starts sensord with "--config-file /etc/sensors3.conf". Please remove the "--config-file ${CONFIG}" part from the init script. If no configuration file is specified sensord will read his default config /etc/sensors3.conf and all files below /etc/sensors.d like expected.
Well, we will drop the explicit "--config-file" usage in the upcoming bump. However it looks like you are not 100% correct: If you want make use of "/etc/sensors.d" you have to make sure that neither "/etc/sensors3.conf" nor "/sensors.conf" exists, see https://github.com/groeck/lm-sensors/blob/eb5cf8b2ec95685fd50059e36d569ed1a3378b11/lib/init.c#L190-L217: If no CFG argument was set it tries to read DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE or ALT_CONFIG_FILE. If successful it will jump to "exit_cleanup" so "add_config_from_dir" in line 214 will be skipped like when a CFG argument was set.
Now in tree, thanks for the report! > commit 9ba6c0d353dd2ad3936fe35095588648b472f188 > Author: Thomas Deutschmann > Date: Fri Sep 16 14:36:11 2016 +0200 > > sys-apps/lm_sensors: Version bump to snapshot release from 2016-07-25; Package now uses module-load service > > Changes: > ======== > - Based on latest unreleased changes (snapshot release from 2016-07-25; > updated/added detection for Fintek F81768, Nuvoton NCT6793D, Microchip > MCP9808 and Mark F71868A chips; various fixes for sensors-detect, see > https://git.io/v6Wig for all changes) > > - sensors-detect now writes to "/etc/modules-load.d/lm_sensors.conf" and > uses a config file protection mechanism like known from emerge (i.e. > after making changes you have to call tools such as dispatch-conf, > cfg-update or etc-update to merge the changes; > new "--no-gentoo-config-protect" parameter will disable config file > protection) > > - Due to previous change lm_service service no longer loads modules. You > have to use mechanism your init system provides to do that (i.e. make > sure your init system's modules-load service is enabled). > > - Ebuild is now multilib compatible (see bug 529684) > > - Runscripts no longer passes config file as argument. While this removes > the possibility to use different configurations per default services it > allows you to use "/etc/sensors.d" (see bug 490502 and bug 307249) > > - Runscripts improved in general. I.e. if you start fancontrol service > without a valid config (so that fancontrol doesn't start and exit with > an error) you will now know at least, that the service didn't start. > Now you will also have reliable status functions to know service state. > > Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/592916 > Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/529684 > Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/490502 > Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/307249 > > Package-Manager: portage-2.3.0
