Thought that this might be of interest to the Debian group.
----- Forwarded message from Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 16:27:20 +1000 From: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: ppp-2.3.8 is out Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ppp-2.3.8 is available now, in the usual place: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp Mostly bug fixes and minor pppd improvements this time. There are a couple of bug fixes in the kernel PPP driver for Linux. These fixes are already in linux-2.2.8 (and 2.2.9). Here's the "what's new" section from the README: What's new in ppp-2.3.8. ************************ * The exit status of pppd will now indicate whether the link was successfully established, or if not, what error was encountered. * Pppd has two new options: fdlog <n> will send log messages to file descriptor <n> instead of standard output, and nofdlog will stop log messages from being sent to any file descriptor (they will still be sent to syslog). Pppd now will not send log messages to a file descriptor if the serial port is open on that file descriptor. * Pppd sets an environment variable called PPPLOGNAME for scripts that it runs, indicating the login name of the user who invoked pppd. * Pppd sets environment variables CONNECT_TIME, BYTES_SENT and BYTES_RCVD for the ip-down and auth-down scripts indicating the statistics for the connection just terminated. (CONNECT_TIME is in seconds.) * If the user has the serial device open on standard input and specifies a symbolic link to the serial device on the command line, pppd will detect this and behave correctly (i.e. not detach from its controlling terminal). Furthermore, if the serial port is open for reading and writing on standard input, pppd will assume that it is locked by its invoker and not lock it itself. * Chat now has a feature where if a string to be sent begins with an at sign (@), the rest of the string is taken as the name of a file (regular file or named pipe), and the actual string to send is taken from that file. * Support for FreeBSD-2.2.8 and 3.0 has been added, thanks to Paul Fulghum. * The Tru64 (aka Digital Unix aka OSF/1) port has been updated. * The system panics on Solaris SMP systems related to PPP connections being established and terminated should no longer occur. * Fixed quite a few bugs. Paul. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- In English, every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>