from my 7etc/conf.d/net: nhh221 /etc/init.d # grep -v -e "^#" -e "^$" /etc/conf.d/net iface_eth0="dhcp" dhcpcd_eth0="-D -N -d -t 6 -h ${HOSTNAME}" alias_eth0="192.168.0.253" gateway="eth0:1/192.168.0.254" If dhcpcd failes the alias eth0:1 is not defined. The alias should be defined regardless of the failure of dhcp, isn't it? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.10-hardened-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-hardened-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cddb cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd ethereal f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib innodb ipv6 java joystick jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww live mad mbox mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mozilla mpeg mysql nagios-dns nagios-ntp nagios-ping nagios-s ncurses network nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png python qt quicktimereadline rtc samba scanner sdl slang snmp spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb x86 xfs xml2 xmms xv zlib linguas_de"
you're using baselayout-1.9.x ... uberlord, does this work with 1.11.x ?
No, currently we replicate 1.9.x logic which is if the first configuration parameter fails we mark the interface down and abort. However, I don't see any problem changing this to read if no configuration parameter works then we mark the interface down and abort. Here's a patch which I've comitted to CVS Will be in baselayout-1.11.9
Created attachment 48737 [details, diff] if any config param works interface works
Fixed by baselayout-1.11.9
