>> /etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so -> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.2/rp-pppoe.so
>>
>> Is this symlink needed? And why is it installed by rp-pppoe?
>> (And is the /etc/ppp/plugins dir needed at all? What do plugins do in
>> /etc/ppp/plugins? Don't they belong to /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.2/ ?)
>
> That is the place where pppoe-server search for the plugin.

*grmpf* silly pppoe-server :-(

> Btw, the PPPoE server is the only useful part of net-dialup/rp-pppoe
> from Gentoo pov, the client part being surclassed by the generic pppd.sh
> net module available in baselayout-1.12*.

Using it right now. Works very nice!

> rp-pppoe plugin had been within ppp tarball for quite some time (see for
> how long from upstream cvsweb at
> http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ppp/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/).
> It has been contributed by RoaringPenguin but from that day on, it has
> been maintained by Paul MacKerras (the ppp upstream).
> Maybe is just me, but I consider ppp to be the upstream when it comes to
> rp-pppoe pppd's plugin.

OK, so i'm a little bit scared, that it's maintained by two parties now.
The plugin.c from rp-pppoe 3.8 differs slightly from the plugins.c
included in ppp 2.4.2. Didn't check the plugin.c of ppp 2.4.3 yet.

So as long as i don't experience any bugs, it will stick with the one
included in ppp 2.4.2

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