From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
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
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:20:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120319232047.099608bf@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120317154808.GA5250@crowfix.com>
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:48:08 -0700, felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> 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?
There is a bug, the "fix" is to re-emerge openvpn. Apparently openvpn
has hardcoded paths for ifconfig and friends, which are set when it is
compiled, based on the locations at the time. Re-emerging builds it with
the new locations.
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Neil Bothwick
Kludge: (v., adj., or n.) to fix a program in the usual way.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-12 8:32 [gentoo-user] Heads Up - sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 might break your system Helmut Jarausch
2012-03-12 8:39 ` Helmut Jarausch
2012-03-12 12:32 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2012-03-17 15:48 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Heads Up - sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 might break your system -- openvpn still fails felix
2012-03-19 23:20 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
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