[solved] Dependency info is missing

creiss

Hello all,

For some odd reason my gentoo system refuses to boot. It did boot before and I honestly cant point my finger at what caused the change. "not boot" as in: It boots perfectly (loading kernel, modules) and some init scripts up to

Cleaning /tmp directory... [OK]

then a few of

Dependency info is missing! Please run
# /sbin/depscan.sh
to fix this.

My hostname is (none), my keymaps are not set, no services are launched.
When i try to run depscan.sh it immediatly returns me to the console without a reason, error or warning.

I desperatly need help!

-Chris.

edit: After only 3 hours of sleep and way too few coffees i thought, "Hey, why not look at the depscan.sh source.". So I did. a depscan.sh -d -u fixed my problems. Now I am just curious on what happened...
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alegioit · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 72

Thanks..... i had your problem and i used your solution..... it works perfectly!!!!!!!!!
You saved me a lot of time!!!!! Thanks

makenoob · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

me too.

wondering, what's causing this behaviour... :?:

Lubomir · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject:

I had the same problem. I also dont know where it comes from.

chrispe · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 8

I had this too. It was caused by this bug:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172502

I updated baselayout and all was well. I don't know how /var/lib/init.d/deptree became empty to start with though.

dbirch · n00b Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 3

Thanks for the tip and thanks for adding [solved] !

appetitus · Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 208

it seems that mktemp was blocking something, it got removed and not rebuilt
error messages in depscan -d -u complain about it missing

check your mktemp if depscan -d -u doesn't help
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gerul · n00b Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Rzeszow Poland

Thanks!!!! Your advice helped me too! After upgrading portage I've had the same...
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