Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 06:21:25 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, Dave Evans <devans@hclb.demon.co.uk>, <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pppd not working on latest current 2002-10-20 Message-ID: <20021026061742.O5279-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20021025123522.B23521@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:41:33AM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: > > Until pppd is taught to create the interface if one doesn't > > exist, this information needs to be in /usr/src/UPDATING. > > pppd doesn't need to be taught to create the interface. Rather it needed > to learn to check for ppp support in a non-stupid way. The following Right. > patch should do it as well as making pppd do the right thing when > support isn't compiled in, but a module is available. It should make > things work with a GENERIC kernel. I disagree with auto-loading of modules for anything, but especially in setuid programs like pppd. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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