From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S8vtX-0000s5-0R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:50:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21EF2E05F8; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from crowfix.com (li35-165.members.linode.com [72.14.176.165]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED9FE0828 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:48:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 16377 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2012 15:44:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df.crowfix.com) (10.130.13.2) by 10.130.13.1 with SMTP; 17 Mar 2012 15:44:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 8750 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Mar 2012 15:48:08 -0000 Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:48:08 -0700 From: felix@crowfix.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads Up - sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 might break your system -- openvpn still fails Message-ID: <20120317154808.GA5250@crowfix.com> References: <1331541120.21555.0@numa-i> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 9a1f8762-96a5-4d96-8ac8-61ff1dff2465 X-Archives-Hash: ed74c4311aee7cdd6dce1f4b2d40c73d On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 02:32:09PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > I've anyone is hit by this and doesn't have a way to download an older > version anymore, the solution is fairly simple: > > ln -s /bin/ifconfig /sbin/ > /etc/init.d/net.lo restart > /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart > rm /sbin/ifconfig > [sync and update world] > > (Substitute "eth0" with whatever you're using.) This appears to help with eth0 etc, but my openvpn fails with Linux ifconfig failed: could not execute external program Leaving the sbin symlink in place fixes this. I didn't see any gentoo bugs for this -- I can create a new one, but is there another one related to the symlink that I should add this note to? -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o