>> /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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