Re: 2.1.70 broke PPP!

Brian (signal@shreve.net)
Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:19:37 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Brian wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote:
>
> [Snip]
>
> > > You need to apply the patch from Documentation/networking/ppp.txt in the
> > > source tree to your 2.2.0[fg] sources, and recompile, IIRC. I also had
> > > trouble compiling after this and had to comment out parts of the source to
> > > get it working. I suspect upgrading to one of the newer developmental
> > > verisons of PPP may provide a 'neater' fix.
> >
> > For what its worth, I got the pppd-2.3.0.tar.gz, and compiled that and all
> > works fine. I am assuming it already has in it whatever the patch does.
> > Thanks for the pointer to this new information.
>
> Does 2.3.x compile cleanly, and work without problems? If so, where can I
> get it from? :)
>
> Regards,
> -Matt Chatterley
> ICQ: 5580107
> "I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world." -Einstein
>

Try:

ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/

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