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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads Up - sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 might break your system -- openvpn still fails
  @ 2012-03-17 15:48 99%   ` felix
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From: felix @ 2012-03-17 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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?

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