When starting openvpn you may use something like this: start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $piddir/openvpn-$VPN.pid --exec path_to_openvpn -- --daemon --config ./local.conf With [summary] version of baselayout openvpn can't find its config file. With start-stop-daemon from baselayout-1.12.0_pre8-r2 everything is ok ceterus paribus. I tried all versions of openvpn-2.* currently in portage. Before update to [summary] version of baselayout everything worked just fine out of the box. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =openvpn-2.0.2 2. emerge baselayout-1.12.0_pre9-r1 3. create reasonable local.conf for openvpn, create openvpn key (optional) 4. cd to dir with local.conf 5. start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/openvpn.pid --exec path_to_openvpn -- --daemon --config ./local.conf Actual Results: Server is broken now, but message stated about Can't read local.conf. Expected Results: Run openvpn daemon in background according to local.conf configuration. Workaround: echo ">sys-apps"/baselayout-1.12.0_pre8-r2" >> /etc/portage/package.mask emerge baselayout
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 108945 ***
