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
