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From: felix@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads Up - sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 might break your system -- openvpn still fails
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:50:15
Message-Id: 20120317154808.GA5250@crowfix.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads Up - sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20120127084908 might break your system by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 02:32:09PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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3 > I've anyone is hit by this and doesn't have a way to download an older
4 > version anymore, the solution is fairly simple:
5 >
6 > ln -s /bin/ifconfig /sbin/
7 > /etc/init.d/net.lo restart
8 > /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
9 > rm /sbin/ifconfig
10 > [sync and update world]
11 >
12 > (Substitute "eth0" with whatever you're using.)
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14 This appears to help with eth0 etc, but my openvpn fails with
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16 Linux ifconfig failed: could not execute external program
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18 Leaving the sbin symlink in place fixes this.
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20 I didn't see any gentoo bugs for this -- I can create a new one, but
21 is there another one related to the symlink that I should add this
22 note to?
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26 Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@×××××××.com
27 GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933
28 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o

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