Description: the package net-tools is needed to run sshuttle, but it is not listed as a dependency.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.

Output of $ pacman -Qi sshuttle:

Name : sshuttle
Version : 0.61-5
Description : Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN.
Forwards all TCP packets over ssh (and even DNS requests when
using --dns option). Doesn't require admin privileges on the
server side
Architecture : any
URL : https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : python2 iptables openssh
Optional Deps : None
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 168.00 KiB
Packager : Felix Yan <felixonmars@gmail.com>
Build Date : Tue 22 Apr 2014 10:39:16 PM EDT
Install Date : Sun 22 Feb 2015 11:35:26 PM EST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature

Output of $ pacman -Qi net-tools:

Name : net-tools
Version : 1.60.20130531git-1
Description : Configuration tools for Linux networking
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://net-tools.sourceforge.net/
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : glibc
Optional Deps : None
Required By : None
Optional For : virtualbox
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 497.00 KiB
Packager : Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Thu 30 May 2013 09:39:49 PM EDT
Install Date : Sun 22 Feb 2015 11:35:00 PM EST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature


Here is a log of the output when net-tools is not installed:

$ sshuttle 0/0 -vvv
Starting sshuttle proxy.
Binding: 12300
Listening on ('127.0.0.1', 12300).
firewall manager ready.
c : connecting to server...
c : executing: ['python2', '-c', 'import sys; skip_imports=1; verbosity=3; exec compile(sys.stdin.read(764), "assembler.py", "exec")']
c : > channel=0 cmd=PING len=7 (fullness=0)
server: assembling 'cmdline_options.py' (29 bytes)
server: assembling 'helpers.py' (914 bytes)
server: assembling 'ssubprocess.py' (13668 bytes)
server: assembling 'ssnet.py' (5446 bytes)
server: assembling 'hostwatch.py' (2270 bytes)
server: assembling 'server.py' (2370 bytes)
s: latency control setting = True
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "assembler.py", line 26, in <module>
File "server.py", line 168, in main
File "server.py", line 68, in list_routes
File "server.py", line 47, in _list_routes
File "ssubprocess.py", line 606, in __init__
File "ssubprocess.py", line 1117, in _execute_child
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
c : fatal: server died with error code 1



Steps to reproduce:
- Install sshuttle (and uninstall net-tools if needed)
- Attempt to tunnel connection: $ sshuttle 0/0 -vvv
- Instal net-tools
- Attempt to tunnel connection again: $ sshuttle 0/0 -vvv

Only the second command runs successfully