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)

:-)


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