On 18-04-10 at 10:55, Christoph Böhmwalder wrote: > I was wondering how the OpenRC dependencies between start scripts work. > > Basically, I have two network interfaces on my laptop (wlp3s0 and > enp0s20u2u3 for wireless and ethernet respectively). When I start the > wireless interface service (rc-service net.wlp3s0 start) the OpenVPN > service starts and vice versa. That's great, but I didn't configure > that anywhere. What does your /etc/runlevels/ look like? Is the openvpn service in one of the runlevels? Are either of your network interfaces in one of the runlevels?
> What's even worse is that when I'm not connected via WiFi (i.e. > ethernet), the VPN service won't start because net.wlp3s0 isn't started: [..] > Why would it do that, can I configure this anywhere? Also check /etc/rc.conf and try setting rc_depend_strict="NO". I do wish there were a way to modify require/provides without having to edit the init scripts themselves. -- Simon Thelen
