Package: ppp Version: 2.4.9-1+1 Severity: wishlist Hi Chris,
is there a reason that ppp does not come with a systemd unit? I guess the most common way to integrate ppp is via ifupdown type ppp, but things are moving into other tools such as systemd-networkd and netplan.io. It seems like systemd doesn't particularly like ppp https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/481, so it is unlikely to gain native support. Effectively, what ifupdown does is run pppd with the right arguments. This can be easily implemented as a .service unit. An easy way is copying the Arch file: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/ppp/-/blob/main/ppp.systemd I note that pppd already supports integration into systemd and thus becomes a Type=notify service when also passing up_sdnotify. nolog is redundant as it is implied by up_sdnotify. The file should be installed as /usr/lib/systemd/system/ppp@.service and not enabled: dh_installsystemd --no-enable --no-start --no-restart-on-upgrade People have also been looking into hardening and a lot can be turned on, but since pppd may invoke external scripts I'm not sure this is generally appropriate: https://gist.github.com/rany2/330c8fe202b318cacdcb54830c20f98c People using this unit probably want to add customization for dependent interfaces if using PPPoE: # /etc/systemd/system/ppp@$PROVIDER.service.d/ifacedep.conf [Unit] BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-$IFACE.device After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-$IFACE.device Still having the template unit in the ppp package would be useful, do you agree? Helmut
