I have finally got ppp-2.3.9 out. The main reason for this release is
that it supports the new PPP driver in the 2.3.13 kernel. In this
release, pppd will automatically create the /dev/ppp special file node
that it needs for talking to the new PPP driver.
Some people have already reported a problem with compiling on systems
that use glibc 2.0. I have appended a small patch which fixes that
problem. If anyone is using an even earlier libc and has problems,
please fix them and send me a patch. :-)
Here is the what's new for ppp-2.3.9:
What's new in ppp-2.3.9.
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* Support for the new generic PPP layer under development for the
Linux kernel.
* You can now place extra options to apply to specific users at the
end of the line with their password in the pap-secrets or
chap-secrets file, separated from the IP address(es) with a "--"
separator. These options are parsed after the peer is authenticated
but before network protocol (IPCP, IPXCP) or CCP negotiation
commences.
* Pppd will apply the holdoff period if the link was terminated by the
peer. It doesn't apply it if the link was terminated because the
local pppd thought it was idle.
* Synchronous support for Solaris has been added, thanks to John
Morrison, and for FreeBSD, thanks to Paul Fulghum.
* IPV6 support has been merged in, from Tommi Komulainen. At the
moment it only supports Linux and it is not tested by me.
* The `nodefaultip' option can be used in demand mode to say that pppd
should not suggest its local IP address to the peer.
* The `init' option has been added; this causes pppd to run a script
to initialize the serial device (e.g. by sending an init string to
the modem). Unlike the connect option, this can be used in a
dial-in situation. (Thanks to Tobias Ringstrom.)
* There is a new `logfile' option to send log messages to a file as
well as syslog.
* There is a new, privileged `linkname' option which sets a logical
name for the link. Pppd will create a /var/run/ppp-<linkname>.pid
file containing its process ID.
* There is a new `maxfail' option which specifies how many consecutive
failed connection attempts are permitted before pppd will exit. The
default value is 10, and 0 means infinity. :-)
Paul.
--- sys-linux.c.orig Fri Aug 13 21:01:56 1999
+++ sys-linux.c Fri Aug 13 21:02:09 1999
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
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