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author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2001-03-09 00:53:57 +0000 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2001-03-09 00:53:57 +0000 |
commit | 4158c3889abc772afbb1b313943d3d2797901648 (patch) | |
tree | d3ec504aa515e878d7f277e34184a15a90dd281a /README | |
parent | f6844ddcc8795a534f7af80498841cbcdfd177d7 (diff) | |
download | ppp-4158c3889abc772afbb1b313943d3d2797901648.tar.gz |
update for 2.4.1
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@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Introduction. The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard way to establish a network connection over a serial link. At present, this package supports IP and the protocols layered above IP, such as TCP and UDP. -The Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. +The Linux and Solaris ports of this package have optional support for +IPV6; the Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. This software consists of two parts: @@ -56,9 +57,40 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is authenticating itself to you, of course.) -What's new in ppp-2.4.0. +What's new in ppp-2.4.1. ************************ +* Pppd can now print out the set of options that are in effect. The + new `dump' option causes pppd to print out the option values after + option parsing is complete. The `dryrun' option causes pppd to + print the options and then exit. + +* The option parsing code has been fixed so that options in the + per-tty options file are parsed correctly, and don't override values + from the command line in most cases. + +* The plugin option now looks in /usr/lib/pppd/<pppd-version> (for + example, /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1b1) for shared objects for plugins if + there is no slash in the plugin name. + +* When loading a plugin, pppd will now check the version of pppd for + which the plugin was compiled, and refuse to load it if it is + different to pppd's version string. To enable this, the plugin + source needs to #include "pppd.h" and have a line saying: + char pppd_version[] = VERSION; + +* There is a bug in zlib, discovered by James Carlson, which can cause + kernel memory corruption if Deflate is used with the lowest setting, + 8. As a workaround pppd will now insist on using at least 9. + +* Pppd should compile on Solaris and SunOS again. + +* Pppd should now set the MTU correctly on demand-dialled interfaces. + + +What was new in ppp-2.4.0. +************************** + * Multilink: this package now allows you to combine multiple serial links into one logical link or `bundle', for increased bandwidth and reduced latency. This is currently only supported under the @@ -113,7 +145,7 @@ If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer for the port for the operating system you are using: Linux Paul Mackerras <paulus@linuxcare.com> -Solaris 2 Adi Masputra <adi.masputra@sun.com> +Solaris 2 James Carlson <james.d.carlson@east.sun.com> SunOS 4.x Adi Masputra <adi.masputra@sun.com> @@ -133,4 +165,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://linuxcare.com.au/pub/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.23 2000/04/13 11:59:40 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.24 2001/03/09 00:53:57 paulus Exp $) |