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On Wed, Aug 13 2014, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 13/08/2014 14:42, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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>> (I use gnome, hence systemd. I have no modem, except the cable modem.) |
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>> network-manager requires ppp and the latest version of ppp (just |
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>> installed by today's update world) wants me to add ppp support to my |
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>> kernel. |
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>> I can certainly do so; is that considered advisable? If so must I do it |
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>> right away? |
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> Network Manager by design has 4 tabs for connections, ppp is one of |
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> them. Makes sense for a portable workstation - you don't know in advance |
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> what you might use to connect to a network. |
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> If the ppp ebuild wants ppp in-kernel support (entirely logical), then |
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> do so. Nothing says you *have* to load the module. If it were dangerous, |
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> then every Linux pc supporting ppp would be vulnerable, not so? SO |
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> worrying about it seems very pointless. |
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> Having said that: |
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> USE="-ppp" |
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I see. Thanks. |
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This shamed me into reading the networkmanager ebuild and then (once |
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again) reading man 5 ebuild to understand REQUIRED_USE. |
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I now see that I could try USE="-ppp -modemmanager". However, my goal |
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is simplicity, not just minimality, so I will follow your (and the |
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ebuild's) advice and add the kernel support. |
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thanks you and joost again, |
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allan |
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