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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] do I need ppp ?
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:10:20
Message-Id: 20161215221008.GA1687@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] do I need ppp ? by Walter Dnes
1 161213 Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 05:40:22AM +0000, Luigi 'Comio' Mantellini wrote
3 >> You can remove safety.
4 >> Your (adsl) router is already providing a ppp over something for you.
5 > ppp is a dependancy for ye olde dialup, which is my emergency backup.
6 > equery tells you about what depends on a package on *YOUR* system.
7 > [i660][waltdnes][~] equery d ppp
8 > * These packages depend on ppp:
9 > net-dialup/pppconfig-2.3.21 (net-dialup/ppp)
10
11 Thanks to both for the advice.
12 I've unmerged 'ppp' & the I/net seems to be working as usual.
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