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.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Kludge: (v., adj., or n.) to fix a program in the usual way.