starting vpnc gives error msg 'SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument' A fix is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693235 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.start vpnc with correctly configured /etc/vpnc/default.conf 2.vpnc may start successfully, but issues message 'SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument' 3. Actual Results: # vpnc Connect Banner: | blah blah blah | SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument VPNC started in background (pid: 13543)... Expected Results: Should start without error regarding MTU A fix is available that appears to work (for me at least), at least it removes the error message: see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693235 Their patch: --- vpnc-script.orig 2011-07-26 17:35:40.235352714 -0400 +++ vpnc-script 2011-07-27 22:03:19.595326218 -0400 @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ if [ -n "$INTERNAL_IP4_MTU" ]; then MTU=$INTERNAL_IP4_MTU elif [ -n "$IPROUTE" ]; then - MTU=$(($($IPROUTE route get "$VPNGATEWAY" | sed -ne 's/^.*mtu \([[:digit:]]\+\).*$/\1/p') - 88)) + MTUDEV=$($IPROUTE route get "$VPNGATEWAY" | sed -ne 's/^.*dev \([a-z0-9]*\).*$/\1/p') + MTU=$(($($IPROUTE link show "$MTUDEV" | sed -ne 's/^.*mtu \([[:digit:]]\+\).*$/\1/p') - 88)) else MTU=1412 fi My emerge --info follows: # emerge --info Portage 2.3.2 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.6.2, glibc-2.12.2-r0, 3.1.4-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.1.4-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5620_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.1.8 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p10-r1 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r3, 3.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1.8-r2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.3-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5, 4.5.3-r1::local, 4.6.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r3 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.38 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.12.2::local Repositories: gentoo science local Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 skype-eula sun-prerelease-jdk7 AdobeFlash-10.1 AdobeFlash-9.0.31.0 Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE Intel-SDP" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-3.0/conf /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles mini-manifest news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j17" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/science /usr/local/portage" SYNC="git://github.com/funtoo/portage-mini-2011.git" SYNC_USER="root" USE="X acl alac alsa amd64 berkdb bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread encode flac fortran gdbm gif gpm iconv imap introspection ipv6 java jpeg lame latex libnotify mad maildir mmx modules mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre perl png policykit pppd pulseaudio python readline session sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd tiff tk truetype udev unicode vorbis wavpack xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="*" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau vesa fbdev" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, SYNC_UMASK
I see current HEAD in vpnc svn has the fix already. We just need a new snapshot of current HEAD. Thanks for the note.
+*vpnc-0.5.3_p514 (14 Feb 2012) + + 14 Feb 2012; Justin Lecher <jlec@gentoo.org> vpnc-0.5.3_p457-r2.ebuild, + +vpnc-0.5.3_p514.ebuild, +files/vpnc-0.5.3_p514-as-needed.patch, + metadata.xml: + Version Bump, #392999, fix for compilation with as-needed, respect CC, ensure + correct deps, #397511 +
