455802 – net-misc/openvpn expects ifconfig at /sbin/ifconfig

Bug 455802 - net-misc/openvpn expects ifconfig at /sbin/ifconfig

Summary: net-misc/openvpn expects ifconfig at /sbin/ifconfig

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 408957

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2013-02-06 08:12 UTC by Cedric Sodhi
Modified:	2013-02-06 08:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Cedric Sodhi 2013-02-06 08:12:31 UTC

...but as of recently it's installed to /bin/ifconfig, therefore openvpn may fail with errors such as 

/sbin/ifconfig tap0 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.252.0 mtu 1500 broadcast 5.6.7.8
Linux ifconfig failed: could not execute external program
Exiting

Comment 1 Cedric Sodhi 2013-02-06 08:13:16 UTC

Sorry, I saw the duplicate too late.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 408957 ***