-This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems
+This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.3 on systems
running Solaris 2. The Solaris 2 and SVR4 ports share a lot of code
but are not identical. The STREAMS kernel modules and driver for
Solaris 2 are in the svr4 directory (and use some code from the
modules directory).
+***NOTE***: this package does not support Solaris 2.6 at present;
+apparently the kernel interface to network interfaces has changed, and
+this package has not yet been adapted correspondingly. Stay tuned.
+
Installation.
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./configure
make
+If you wish to use gcc (or another compiler) instead of Sun's cc, edit
+the svr4/Makedefs file and uncomment the definition of CC. You can
+also change the options passed to the C compiler by editing the COPTS
+definition.
+
2. Install the programs and kernel modules: as root, do
make install
This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and the kernel
modules in /kernel/drv and /kernel/strmod, and creates the /etc/ppp
-directory and populates it with default configuration files.
+directory and populates it with default configuration files. You can
+change the installation directories by editing svr4/Makedefs.
If your system normally has only one network interface, the default
Solaris 2 system startup scripts will disable IP forwarding in the IP