System V Release 4 README.svr4
Ultrix 4.x README.ultrix
-(Unfortunately, AIX 4 is no longer supported, since I don't have a
-maintainer for the AIX 4 port. If you want to volunteer, contact me.)
+Unfortunately, AIX 4 is no longer supported, since I don't have a
+maintainer for the AIX 4 port. If you want to volunteer, contact me.
+The Ultrix port is untested, as I no longer have access to an Ultrix
+box.
In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works
out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to
authenticating itself to you, of course.)
-What's new in ppp-2.3.3.
+What's new in ppp-2.3.6.
************************
+* Pppd now opens the tty device as the user (rather than as root) if
+ the device name was given by the user, i.e. on the command line or
+ in the ~/.ppprc file. If the device name was given in
+ /etc/ppp/options or in a file loaded with the `call' option, the
+ device is opened as root.
+
+* The default behaviour of pppd is now to let a peer which has not
+ authenticated itself (e.g. your ISP) use any IP address to which the
+ system does not already have a route. (This is currently only
+ supported under Linux, Solaris and Digital Unix; on the other
+ systems, the peer must now authenticate itself unless the noauth
+ option is used.)
+
+* Added new option `usepeerdns', thanks to Nick Walker
+ <nickwalker@email.com>. If the peer supplies DNS addresses, these
+ will be written to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. The ip-up script can then
+ be used to add these addresses to /etc/resolv.conf if desired (see
+ the ip-up.local.add and ip-down.local.add files in the scripts
+ directory).
+
+* The Solaris ppp driver should now work correctly on SMP systems.
+
+* Minor corrections so that the code can compile under Solaris 7,
+ and under Linux with glibc-2.1.
+
+* The Linux kernel driver has been restructured for improved
+ performance.
+
+* Pppd now won't start the ip-down script until the ip-up script has
+ finished.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.5.
+**************************
+
+* Minor corrections to the Digital UNIX and NetBSD ports.
+
+* A workaround to avoid tickling a bug in the `se' serial port driver
+on Sun PCI Ultra machines running Solaris.
+
+* Fixed a bug in the negotiation of the Microsoft WINS server address
+option.
+
+* Fixed a bug in the Linux port where it would fail for kernel
+versions above 2.1.99.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.4.
+**************************
+
+* The NeXT port has been updated, thanks to Steve Perkins.
+
+* ppp-2.3.4 compiles and works under Solaris 2.6, using either gcc or
+cc.
+
+* With the Solaris, SVR4 and SunOS ports, you can control the choice
+of C compiler, C compiler options, and installation directories by
+editing the svr4/Makedefs or sunos4/Makedefs file.
+
+* Until now, we have been using the number 24 to identify Deflate
+compression in the CCP negotiations, which was the number in the draft
+RFC describing Deflate. The number actually assigned to Deflate is
+26. The code has been changed to use 26, but to allow the use of 24
+for now for backwards compatibility. (This can be disabled with the
+`nodeflatedraft' option to pppd.)
+
+* Fixed some bugs in the linux driver and deflate compressor which
+were causing compression problems, including corrupting long
+incompressible packets sometimes.
+
+* Fixes to the PAM and shadow password support in pppd, from Al
+Longyear and others.
+
+* Pppd now sets some environment variables for scripts it invokes
+(ip-up/down, auth-ip/down), giving information about the connection.
+The variables it sets are PEERNAME, IPLOCAL, IPREMOTE, UID, DEVICE,
+SPEED, and IFNAME.
+
+* Pppd now has an `updetach' option, which will cause it to detach
+from its controlling terminal once the link has come up (i.e. once it
+is available for IP traffic).
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.3.
+**************************
+
* Fixed compilation problems under SunOS.
* Fixed a bug introduced into chat in 2.3.2, and compilation problems
If you find bugs in this package, please report them to the maintainer
for the port for the operating system you are using:
-Digital Unix (OSF/1) Farrell Woods <ftw@zk3.dec.com>
-Linux Al Longyear <longyear@pobox.com>
-NetBSD Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au
+Digital Unix (OSF/1) Sowmini Varadhan <varadhan@zk3.dec.com>
+Linux Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+NetBSD Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
FreeBSD Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM>
NeXTStep Steve Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu>
Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
-SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz <Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de>
Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
-($Id: README,v 1.11 1998/02/04 01:33:10 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.15 1999/03/10 05:10:47 paulus Exp $)