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Subject: Re: pppd crashes, was: kde-freebsd] Question about KPPP on FreeBSD
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On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 06:38:08PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote:

> Not to suggest that any pppd/kernel interaction problems ought not to be
> addressed by those wishing to maintain pppd for linux compatibility or
> other reasons, but the reality is that most FreeBSD users have long
> preferred user ppp for dialup, and more recently for ADSL via PPPoE.

Not that it contradicts anything you said, but it's worth
re-emphasizing that there is apparently no-one in the community
interested in maintaining pppd on FreeBSD, which is how it got to the
current sorry state.

Kris

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