etc-update errors

MorbidDK · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 48

I have noticed recently that whenever I run /usr/sbin/etc-update I get the following error:

shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory

The configs get updated properly, just this error presents itself and I'm unsure as to where its coming from. Anyone able to help out with this?

rosowski · n00b Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 51

I'm getting the same error running kernel 2.6.0.
It started after I emerged vmware and after that ran etc-update. Now I even get it, when opening any man page.

thc013 · n00b Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

get also the same error

and get the error with the install after kernel wanted to add hotplug and then get the same error

but getcwd is saying that it can't open a database in /usr/lib/slocate/slocate.db is empty

thc013 · n00b Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

think it had something to do with etc-update

when you have to do that it asked -1 or -3 or -5 option i think i made the mistake to choose -3 instead of -5 but it is a gues

pipplo · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 11

any ideas on how to fix this? I'm having the same problem now...

Daeluin · n00b Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 57 Location: lost

noticed the same thing this morning.
couldn't think of anything I'd done that might've caused this. first noticed with qmailctl commands, then rc init commands, and etc-update. did an emerge sync and no difference.

then after spacing out for a few minutes I did 'ls' in a dir and got nothing. that seemed odd, so I went up a dir, 'ls' - it worked; back to original dir. now 'ls' works. then I noticed the getcwd errors had stopped...

guess something snapped back into place. ..

Hinkey · n00b Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 5

this problem seems to fix itself if you ls, then cd .., then ls, then cd .., continueing untill you no longer get the error... not sure of the cause or what the actualy problem is but that also fixed it for me
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MadDog · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 4:28 pm Post subject:

funny, i got this message not only with etc-update, but also when running init.d scripts ... The "ls" "cd .." trick worked for me tho

SecMon · n00b Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Posts: 12 Location: California

This will happen if you deleted the directory you are in from a different login or shell (screen). Be careful of cutting tree limbs you are standing on.

zie · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 126

Ah.. i see. it makes sense now

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ugus · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:13 am Post subject:

i got also this morning the same failure as i run any commands, even after typing su.
But if i become root with su - root command rather then only su , then i don't get any failure message :roll:

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ugus · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:15 am Post subject:

pixelcatcher · n00b Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 60 Location: Stuttgart

for me, too - weird

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KristyX · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:54 am Post subject: Re: fix

chovy · Guru Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 453

i'm seeing the same errors too.

I don't think I've done anything recently to mess up my filesystem. I use screen quite a bit, so maybe I removed a directory from a different login while the old 'screen' process was still loaded.

The problem seems intermittent, so I can't be sure if exiting screen has fixed the problem or not.
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