Bug 6252 - wrong paths to ipx_interface in ifup-ipx
Summary: wrong paths to ipx_interface in ifup-ipx
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: initscripts
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact:
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: 6301 6606 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-10-22 16:55 UTC by martin
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:10 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 1999-10-22 21:15:02 UTC
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Description martin 1999-10-22 16:55:45 UTC 
The scripts ifup-ipx calls (and seeks) the ipx_interface
program in /usr/bin although it is installed in /sbin.

Fix is trivial: just replace /usr/bin/ipx_interface by
/sbin/ipx_interface
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-22 21:15:59 UTC 
Fixed in initscripts-4.57-1, will be in next Raw Hide release.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-25 15:51:59 UTC 
*** Bug 6301 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

bash# rpm -q ipxutils
ipxutils-2.2.0.16.a-1
bash# rpm -ql ipxutils |grep ipx_interface
/sbin/ipx_interface
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/usr/man/man8/ipx_interface.8
bash# grep -2 ipx_interface /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipx|head -5
fi

if [ ! -x /usr/bin/ipx_interface ] ; then
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        # cannot configure IPX with non-existant utilities
        exit 0
bash# rpm -qf /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipx
initscripts-4.48-1
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-01 17:37:59 UTC 
*** Bug 6606 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Hi,

In ifup-ipx there is a line:

if [ ! -x /usr/bin/ipx_interface ] ; then

This line is wrong, the ipxutils package puts this file in
/sbin... so the line should be:

if [ ! -x /sbin/ipx_interface ] ; then

Chris
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