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@@ -69,9 +69,83 @@ use any IP address.  (This only applies where the peer is
 authenticating itself to you, of course.)
 
 
-What's new in ppp-2.3.7.
+What's new in ppp-2.3.9.
 ************************
 
+* Support for the new generic PPP layer under development for the
+  Linux kernel.
+
+* You can now place extra options to apply to specific users at the
+  end of the line with their password in the pap-secrets or
+  chap-secrets file, separated from the IP address(es) with a "--"
+  separator.  These options are parsed after the peer is authenticated
+  but before network protocol (IPCP, IPXCP) or CCP negotiation
+  commences.
+
+* Pppd will apply the holdoff period if the link was terminated by the
+  peer.  It doesn't apply it if the link was terminated because the
+  local pppd thought it was idle.
+
+* The `nodefaultip' option can be used in demand mode to say that pppd
+  should not suggest its local IP address to the peer.
+
+* The `init' option has been added; this causes pppd to run a script
+  to initialize the serial device (e.g. by sending an init string to
+  the modem).  Unlike the connect option, this can be used in a
+  dial-in situation.  (Thanks to Tobias Ringstrom.)
+
+* There is a new `logfile' option to send log messages to a file as
+  well as syslog.
+
+* Sundry bugs fixed.
+
+
+What was 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.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.3.7.
+**************************
+
 * Pppd can now automatically allocate itself a pseudo-tty to use as
   the serial device.  This has made three new options possible:
 
@@ -380,4 +454,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is:
        ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
 
 
-($Id: README,v 1.16 1999/03/31 06:07:55 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.18 1999/07/23 07:07:33 paulus Exp $)