Bug 466908

Summary:	[PATCH] net-misc/openvpn is broken by sys-apps/iproute-3.8.0 update which moves 'ip' to /bin
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Elias Probst <mail>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	nikoli
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patch for net-misc/openvpn-2.2.2 to handle 'ip' move to /bin Patch for net-misc/openvpn-2.3.0 to handle 'ip' move to /bin

Description Elias Probst 2013-04-23 16:45:42 UTC

Created attachment 346388 [details, diff]
Patch for net-misc/openvpn-2.2.2 to handle 'ip' move to /bin

Since sys-apps/iproute-3.8.0 the 'ip' executable is installed into '/bin' instead of '/sbin' (see also: bug#330115).

This breaks net-misc/openvpn, as it has the path '/sbin/ip' hardcoded:
> Tue Apr 23 18:25:21 2013 /sbin/ip link set dev tapvpn up mtu 1500
> Tue Apr 23 18:25:21 2013 Linux ip link set failed: could not execute external program
> Tue Apr 23 18:25:21 2013 Exiting due to fatal error

Attached are patches for net-misc/openvpn-2.2.2 and net-misc/openvpn-2.3.0.

I'm not sure how to further deal with this (add -r1 of net-misc/openvpn-2.2.2 and -2.3.0 with the patch applied and add a blocker for >=sys-apps/iproute-3.8.0?). Any suggestions?

Comment 1 Elias Probst 2013-04-23 16:46:13 UTC

Created attachment 346390 [details, diff]
Patch for net-misc/openvpn-2.3.0 to handle 'ip' move to /bin

Comment 2 Elias Probst 2013-04-23 16:51:09 UTC

For those affected by the bug who don't want to fiddle around with the patch until it has reached the portage tree: a temporary workaround is adding the following line to the OpenVPN configuration file:

> iproute /bin/ip

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2013-04-23 18:46:25 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 407195 ***