There is an incorrect comment in the netmount initscript configuration file for stable sys-apps/openrc-0.17 and testing sys-apps/openrc-0.18.2 The file /etc/conf.d/netmount contains comments with instructions on what to specify for rc_need: # You will need to set the dependencies in the netmount script to match # the network configuration tools you are using. This should be done in # this file by following the examples below, and not by changing the # service script itself. # # Each of these examples is meant to be used separately. So, for # example, do not set rc_need to something like "net.eth0 dhcpcd". # # If you are using newnet and configuring your interfaces with static # addresses with the network script, you should use this setting. # #rc_need="network" # # If you are using oldnet, you must list the specific net.* services you # need. # # This example assumes all of your netmounts can be reached on # eth0. # #rc_need="net.eth0" # # This example assumes some of your netmounts are on eth1 and some # are on eth2. # #rc_need="net.eth1 net.eth2" # # If you are using a dynamic network management tool like # networkmanager, dhcpcd in standalone mode, wicd, badvpn-ncd, etc, to # manage the network interfaces with the routes to your netmounts, you # should list that tool. # #rc_need="networkmanager" #rc_need="dhcpcd" #rc_need="wicd" # # The default setting is designed to be backward compatible with our # current setup, but you are highly discouraged from using this. In # other words, please change it to be more suited to your system. # rc_need="net" However, the following comment: #rc_need="networkmanager" needs to be changed to: #rc_need="NetworkManager" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: As I am using NetworkManager rather than netifrc, I followed the instructions in the /etc/conf.d/netmount file's comments and changed that file's contents from: rc_need="net" to: rc_need="networkmanager" Actual Results: After making the above change, the console messages at boot-up included a new message: * ERROR: netmount needs service(s) networkmanager That message made sense: rc_need had been set to "networkmanager" and, obviously, netmount can only do its job if NetworkManager is running (AND a network connection has been established). Expected Results: However, notice that the name of the NetworkManager service initscript is /etc/init.d/NetworkManager, not /etc/init.d/networkmanager. In other words, the instructions in /etc/conf.d/netmount are wrong: the name of the service is actually 'NetworkManager', not 'networkmanager'. So I changed /etc/conf.d/netmount to contain rc_need="NetworkManager" instead of rc_need="networkmanager" and, unsurprisingly, the above-mentioned error message no longer occurs. So the comment in the confgi file needs to be changed.
https://github.com/openrc/openrc/commit/ddb895b This will be in OpenRC-0.19.