The Service-Unit "ovsdb-server.service" can not Start if dash the default ShellScript-Interpreter. ERROR: /bin/sh: 1: Bad substitution Source of the error from "ovsdb-server.service": ... ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'rm -f /run/openvswitch/useropts; if [ "$${OVS_USER_ID/:*/}" != "root" ]; then /usr/bin/echo "OVSUSER=--ovs-user=${OVS_USER_ID}" > /run/openvswitch/useropts; fi' ... From LOG: Dez 19 15:27:43 pc170am systemd[1]: Starting Open vSwitch Database Unit... Dez 19 15:27:43 pc170am sh[11748]: /bin/sh: 1: Bad substitution Dez 19 15:27:43 pc170am systemd[1]: ovsdb-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=2 Dez 19 15:27:43 pc170am systemd[1]: ovsdb-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dez 19 15:27:43 pc170am systemd[1]: Failed to start Open vSwitch Database Unit. That aside, it's bad style in a service unit to use shell scripts. Especially if it also creates a dependency on a particular shell. PS: Sorry for my bad English.
please test 2.10.1, I updated quite a few things with the systemd units.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7750fade80482bf075e56f4eabd52423c314fe69 commit 7750fade80482bf075e56f4eabd52423c314fe69 Author: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-12-19 21:06:12 +0000 Commit: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-12-19 21:06:56 +0000 net-misc/openvswitch: 2.10.1 bump Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/673438 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.51, Repoman-2.3.12 Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> net-misc/openvswitch/Manifest | 1 + ...s-vswitchd2.service => ovs-vswitchd-r2.service} | 0 net-misc/openvswitch/files/ovs-vswitchd-r3.service | 26 ++++ net-misc/openvswitch/files/ovs-vswitchd.confd-r2 | 7 + ...sdb-server2.service => ovsdb-server-r2.service} | 0 net-misc/openvswitch/files/ovsdb-server-r3.service | 22 ++++ net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.10.0-r1.ebuild | 4 +- net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.10.1.ebuild | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++ 8 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
(In reply to Matthew Thode ( prometheanfire ) from comment #1) > please test 2.10.1, I updated quite a few things with the systemd units. I tried it and it works, thanks. :)
