Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Dan Egli" <> | Subject | Re: Bug in ppp_async.c | Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:03:04 -0700 |
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I do ppp using 2.4.0 w/ redhat 7 now, no upgrades besides modultils and the kernel :> -- Dan Egli -- Network Administrator / President -- Frankenstein Computers -- 801-671-7875 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mackerras" <paulus@linuxcare.com.au> To: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> Cc: <l_indien@magic.fr>; <jma@netgem.com>; <jfree@sovereign.org>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:45 AM Subject: Re: Bug in ppp_async.c
> Albert D. Cahalan writes: > > > Even Red Hat 7 only has the 2.3.11 version. > > > > The 2.4.xx series is supposed to be stable. If there is any way > > you could add a compatibility hack, please do so. > > Stable != backwards compatible to the year dot. ppp-2.4.0 has been > out for over 5 months now. Adding the compatibility stuff back in > would make the PPP subsystem much more complicated and less robust. > And pppd is not the only thing you would have to upgrade if you are > using a 2.4.0 with Red Hat 7.0 - I would expect that you would also at > least have to upgrade modutils, and switch over from ipchains to > iptables if you use the netfilter stuff. > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Mackerras, Open Source Research Fellow, Linuxcare, Inc. > +61 2 6262 8990 tel, +61 2 6262 8991 fax > paulus@linuxcare.com.au, http://www.linuxcare.com.au/ > Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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