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>> /etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so -> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.2/rp-pppoe.so |
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>> Is this symlink needed? And why is it installed by rp-pppoe? |
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>> (And is the /etc/ppp/plugins dir needed at all? What do plugins do in |
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>> /etc/ppp/plugins? Don't they belong to /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.2/ ?) |
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> That is the place where pppoe-server search for the plugin. |
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*grmpf* silly pppoe-server :-( |
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> Btw, the PPPoE server is the only useful part of net-dialup/rp-pppoe |
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> from Gentoo pov, the client part being surclassed by the generic pppd.sh |
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> net module available in baselayout-1.12*. |
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Using it right now. Works very nice! |
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> rp-pppoe plugin had been within ppp tarball for quite some time (see for |
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> how long from upstream cvsweb at |
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> http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ppp/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/). |
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> It has been contributed by RoaringPenguin but from that day on, it has |
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> been maintained by Paul MacKerras (the ppp upstream). |
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> Maybe is just me, but I consider ppp to be the upstream when it comes to |
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> rp-pppoe pppd's plugin. |
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OK, so i'm a little bit scared, that it's maintained by two parties now. |
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The plugin.c from rp-pppoe 3.8 differs slightly from the plugins.c |
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included in ppp 2.4.2. Didn't check the plugin.c of ppp 2.4.3 yet. |
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So as long as i don't experience any bugs, it will stick with the one |
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included in ppp 2.4.2 |