/etc/rc.d/init.d/network shipped in initscripts has a bug that prevents the
addition of interface indpendant static routes in
/etc/sysconfig/static-routesfrom working.

Here is a patch, the problem would apear to be a typo.

--- /etc/rc.d/init.d/network    Wed Apr 26 18:00:11 2000
+++ /etc/rc.d/init.d/network.orig       Wed Apr 26 17:59:44 2000
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
        # Add non interface-specific
static-routes.
        if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/static-routes ]; then
           grep "^any" /etc/sysconfig/static-routes | while read ignore
type
+dest netmask mask gw gateway; do
-             [ "${gateway}" != "${gateway##[0-9]}" ] && \
+             [ "${gateway}" != "${gateway##[0-9}" ] && \
                /sbin/route add -$type $dest $netmask $mask $gw $gateway
           done
        fi