error adding routes to /etc/conf.d/net

[Vieri]

Hi,

My /etc/conf.d/net file contains something like this:

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config_eth0=(
"10.215.144.91 netmask 255.255.0.0"
"10.215.144.6 netmask 255.255.0.0"
"192.168.144.91 netmask 255.255.255.0"
)

config_eth1=( "172.16.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.240" )

config_eth2=( "172.20.11.62 netmask 255.255.255.240" )

config_eth3=(
"192.168.210.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
"192.168.211.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
"192.168.212.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
)

routes_eth0=(
 "-net 192.168.250.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.215.147.115"
 "-net 192.168.251.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.215.147.115"
)

routes_eth1=(
 "-host 10.215.147.61 gw 172.16.0.1"
 "-host 10.215.144.90 gw 172.16.0.2"
 "-host 10.215.144.92 gw 172.16.0.2"
 "default via 172.16.0.2"
)

routes_eth2=(
 "-net 10.215.0.0 netmask 255.255.128.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.128.0 netmask 255.255.240.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.148.0 netmask 255.255.252.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.152.0 netmask 255.255.248.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.160.0 netmask 255.255.224.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.192.0 netmask 255.255.224.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.224.0 netmask 255.255.240.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.240.0 netmask 255.255.248.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.249.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.250.0 netmask 255.255.254.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-net 10.215.252.0 netmask 255.255.252.0 gw 172.20.11.49"
 "-host 85.119.193.16 gw 172.20.11.49"
)

routes_eth3=(
 "-host 10.215.147.62 gw 192.168.210.1"
)

When I boot the system I get several errors and some routes are not added.

The failing entries are:

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routes_eth1=(
 "-host 10.215.147.61 gw 172.16.0.1"
 "-host 10.215.144.90 gw 172.16.0.2"
 "-host 10.215.144.92 gw 172.16.0.2"
 "default via 172.16.0.2"
)

routes_eth2=(
 "-host 85.119.193.16 gw 172.20.11.49"
)

routes_eth3=(
 "-host 10.215.147.62 gw 192.168.210.1"
)

Why are they failing? Is there a syntax error on my behalf?

Note that once the system is up, I can manually run these commands successfully at the console prompt:

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# route add -host 85.119.193.16 gw 172.20.11.49
# route add -host 10.215.147.62 gw 192.168.210.1
# route add -host 10.215.147.61 gw 172.16.0.1
# route add -host 10.215.144.92 gw 172.16.0.2

Thanks,

Vieri

[Sysa]

What is your "baselayout"?

[v_andal]

Most likely, you've updated to baselayout2 (openrc) and there the format of net file is slightly different. There was a news about it in portage and
reference to the document that describes what needs to be done for smooth change.

[Vieri]

No, I have baselayout 1:

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*  sys-apps/baselayout
      Latest version installed: 1.12.14-r1

I'm not using openrc.

[Sysa]

My /etc/conf.d/net file contains something like this:

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...
routes_eth3=(
 "-host 10.215.147.62 gw 192.168.210.1"
)

When I boot the system I get several errors and some routes are not added.

The failing entries are:

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...
routes_eth3=(
 "-host 10.215.147.62 gw 192.168.210.1"
)

...

I think you should not use -net/-host in configuration. The system use /32 netmask by default, so if you do not set a netmask it is a correct definition for hosts.
Also be sure that your relevant interface is up during the route initialization.

[Vieri]

Thanks for pointing that out!
As soon as I can, I'll change my /etc/conf.d/net and remove "-net/-host".
Funny thing that some "-net" declarations in the net file don't give errors and are correctly executed.
I don't know what the underlying system call is but it "works".
For the errors I mentioned above, the only message I get on screen is "RTNETLINK answers= invalid arguments".
So it's probably a syntax error.

Thanks again.