On Thu, 2019-05-30 at 13:07 -0700, Andrew Ayer wrote: > Package: iproute2 > Version: 4.20.0-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > Currently, iproute2 is built with the default NETNS_RUN_DIR of > /var/run/netns[1]. Consequentially, if /var is a separate > filesystem, > it is not possible to use ip netns to manage network namespaces early > in boot before /var is mounted[2], because the symlink from /var/run > to > /run does not exist. > > This can be fixed by adding the following line to debian/rules under > the definition of KERNEL_INCLUDE[3]: > > export NETNS_RUN_DIR=/run/netns > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > [1] > https://sources.debian.org/src/iproute2/4.20.0-2/Makefile/#L19 > > > [2] for example, in a udev rule to move interfaces to a different > namespace > > [3] > https://sources.debian.org/src/iproute2/4.20.0-2/debian/rules/#L23
Thanks for the suggestion, pushed to git so it will be part of the next upload to experimental and then bullseye after buster ships. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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