Function apipa_depend() defines two locations for arping: 1) /sbin/arping 2) /bin/arping Default package from @system set which provides arping is net-misc/iputils-20221126-r1[arping]. Package net-misc/iputils-20221126-r1 installs arping at /usr/bin/. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have a spare network interface, for example enp6s5. 2. Create symlink: # ln -finsv net.lo /etc/init.d/net.enp6s5 3. Open /etc/conf.d/net and add this line: config_enp6s5="apipa" 4. Run: # /etc/init.d/net.enp6s5 start Actual Results: * Bringing up interface enp6s5 * apipa ... * nothing provides `apipa' * ERROR: net.enp6s5 failed to start Expected Results: * Bringing up interface enp6s5 * apipa ... * Searching for free addresses in 169.254.0.0/16 * 169.254.201.164/16 As a workaround, a user of net-misc/netifrc and net-misc/iputils can create symlink: # ln -finsv ../usr/bin/arping /bin/arping Actual fix for net-misc/netifrc should add at least /usr/bin/arping as alternative for arping location. Note: Package net-analyzer/arping can be used instead of net-misc/iputils to build arping. net-analyzer/arping installs arping at another location, /usr/sbin/arping. This location also is not part of arping search path in the /lib/netifrc/net/apipa.sh.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 893290 ***
