--- Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > I think I saw this thread on Daemonnews too. > > Do you have any link? > Hmm.. no.. I was wrong.
> > > I recently posted a patch for Debian's PPP to work on GNU/FreeBSD [2]. > Have > > > you tried it? It's untested yet and i'm waiting for someone to tell me > how > > > it works. > > > > > I haven't sorry, I use the non-GNU FreeBSD. > > Ah, ok. Note that FreeBSD is per-se the non-GNU system. Our GNU/FreeBSD is > not "a FreeBSD", we just happen to use FreeBSD's kernel. > > btw, if you regurlarly use FreeBSD, note that you can try GNU/FreeBSD > easily with a chroot jail - no need to install over your existing system. > > > Is Debian's ppp derived from the older pppd in FreeBSD? > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/pppd/ > > No, I think it's actualy the other way around. Debian uses a PPP > implementation > that is widely used on GNU/Linux distributions and also runs on *BSD and > some propietary Unices. > > For what i'm told, the *BSD forked that PPP at some point and made their > own versions. The fork is not that much separated, as you can see i used > code from both FreeBSD's and NetBSD's PPPs for my port. > I traced the version included in FreeBSD to here: ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ I'll try to update it, but ultimately I suspect FreeBSD will replace it with mpd. cheers, Pedro. ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
