On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Dave Nebinger wrote: > Hmm, I take issue with the inference that the message was understandable.
As Holly said earlier - not really talking about you specifically. > The error message itself pointed to the depcache file, yet the error was in > a script in /etc/init.d. Yes, the depcache file is readable but to approach > tracking that down you're saying you're willing to dive into the internals > of gentoo with (but mostly w/o) the knowledge needed to understand and > follow along. True, but your original post talked about seeing that error during the boot process when /sbin/rc runs. This to *me* immediately narrowed down the general area of investigation to the booting process, boot files and scripts, etc. > Many folks, especially gentoo newbies, don't have that foundation. It's > easier if you're a seasoned unix/linux user as you don't have the fear of > digging into the files to find out what's going on, but that experience is > not shared by all. Ah yes, the fear of "breaking the computer" - I believe that was user (3) :-) -- -- [email protected] mailing list
