openvpn 2.2 tries to run /sbin/ifconfig && /sbin/route, but for net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 they are not there. Manually set simlinks works fine. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set up openvpn server on different machine. 2. set up gentoo openvpn client for openvpn 3. start up openvpn client. Actual Results: openvpn fails with complains about /sbin/inconfig failed to run in logfile. After sudo ln -s -T /bin/ifconfig /sbin/ifconfig it complains about /sbin/route failed to run. After ln -s -T /bin/route /sbin/route it finally runs. Expected Results: running openvpn without manual links I run openvpn on ubuntu server 10. LTS and latest stable openvpn client of gentoo. I made server to give adresses to client machines based on key with ccd file.
Probably a dupe of bug #408957, rebuild openvpn fixes the problem.
(In reply to comment #1) > Probably a dupe of bug #408957, rebuild openvpn fixes the problem. I'll check on monday, I'm not ready to loose connection to remote machine on week-end. But even if true, at least portage message must be printed.
(In reply to comment #1) > Probably a dupe of bug #408957, rebuild openvpn fixes the problem. Rebuilding openvpn does not fix the problem. BTW I have to say: I consider moving binaries between /bin and /sbin without adding a symlink a bad idea. There are god-knows-how-many scripts out there that distrust PATH for security reasons.
Another workaround is to use openvpn with USE=iproute2
Created attachment 330420 [details, diff] Patch for net-tools to install symlinks in /sbin My preferred solution: Patch net-tools to install symlinks in the old locations. BTW: It would be nice if the net-tools ebuilds would call epatch_user.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 407195 ***
