<!--Please read our Bug reporting guidelines before opening a bug: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bug_reporting_guidelines If you want to help catching more bugs upfront, consider joining the Arch Testing Team: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Testing_Team--> # Description: After installation of moosefs package, the file `/var/lib/mfs/metadata.mfs.empty` is missing. The service `moosefs-master.service` will fail to start saying: ``` Apr 25 13:38:37 kvm06 mfsmaster[9341]: [info] loading metadata ... Apr 25 13:38:37 kvm06 mfsmaster[9341]: [error] can't find metadata.mfs - try using option '-a' ``` This tells us to use the `-a` parameter. When the command `mfsmaster -c /etc/mfs/mfsmaster.cfg -a` is ran it will look for the missing file to create a new, empty `/var/lib/mfs/metadata.mfs` file. To manually create the template file:\ `echo -n 'MFSM NEW' > /var/lib/mfs/metadata.mfs.empty` After this, running `mfsmaster -c /etc/mfs/mfsmaster.cfg -a` no longer fails and succesfully creates `/var/lib/mfs/metadata.mfs`. Use `pgrep -f "mfsmaster -c /etc/mfs/mfsmaster.cfg -a` and kill the process, then we can start the service `moosefs-master.service` succesfully. # Additional info: * package version(s): moosefs 4.57.6-1 * link to upstream bug report, if any: https://github.com/moosefs/moosefs/discussions/659 # Steps to reproduce: <!--Describe how to reproduce the bug step by step including the commands--> 1. sudo pacman -S moosefs 2. ls -al /var/lib/mfs/ #observe the file is missing 3. systemctl start moosefs-master.service 4. journalctl -u moosefs-master.service