update for 2.3.9 final

[ppp.git] / README

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+++ b/README
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ What's new in ppp-2.3.9.
   peer.  It doesn't apply it if the link was terminated because the
   local pppd thought it was idle.
 
   peer.  It doesn't apply it if the link was terminated because the
   local pppd thought it was idle.
 

+* Synchronous support for Solaris has been added, thanks to John
+  Morrison, and for FreeBSD, thanks to Paul Fulghum.
+
+* IPV6 support has been merged in, from Tommi Komulainen.  At the
+  moment it only supports Linux and it is not tested by me.
+

 * The `nodefaultip' option can be used in demand mode to say that pppd
   should not suggest its local IP address to the peer.
 
 * The `nodefaultip' option can be used in demand mode to say that pppd
   should not suggest its local IP address to the peer.
 


@@ -97,6 +103,14 @@ What's new in ppp-2.3.9.
 * There is a new `logfile' option to send log messages to a file as
   well as syslog.
 
 * There is a new `logfile' option to send log messages to a file as
   well as syslog.
 

+* There is a new, privileged `linkname' option which sets a logical
+  name for the link.  Pppd will create a /var/run/ppp-<linkname>.pid
+  file containing its process ID.
+
+* There is a new `maxfail' option which specifies how many consecutive
+  failed connection attempts are permitted before pppd will exit.  The
+  default value is 10, and 0 means infinity. :-)
+

 * Sundry bugs fixed.
 
 
 * Sundry bugs fixed.
 
 


@@ -403,6 +417,19 @@ not acceptable (put a ! on the front).
 Thanks to those who reported bugs in ppp-2.2.
 
 
 Thanks to those who reported bugs in ppp-2.2.
 
 

+Compression methods.
+********************
+
+This package supports two packet compression methods: Deflate and
+BSD-Compress.  Other compression methods which are in common use
+include Predictor, LZS, and MPPC.  These methods are not supported for
+two reasons - they are patent-encumbered, and they cause some packets
+to expand slightly, which pppd doesn't currently allow for.
+BSD-Compress is also patent-encumbered (its inclusion in this package
+can be considered a historical anomaly :-) but it doesn't ever expand
+packets.  Neither does Deflate, which uses the same algorithm as gzip.
+
+

 Patents.
 ********
 
 Patents.
 ********
 


@@ -430,7 +457,7 @@ 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 <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
 for the port for the operating system you are using:
 
 Linux                  Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>

-Solaris 2              Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>
+Solaris 2              Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)

 SunOS 4.x              Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
 Digital Unix (OSF/1)   Sowmini Varadhan <varadhan@zk3.dec.com>
 NetBSD                 Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
 SunOS 4.x              Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
 Digital Unix (OSF/1)   Sowmini Varadhan <varadhan@zk3.dec.com>
 NetBSD                 Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>


@@ -443,7 +470,9 @@ Ultrix 4.x          Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-)
 Copyrights:
 ***********
 
 Copyrights:
 ***********
 

-All of the code can be freely used and redistributed.
+All of the code can be freely used and redistributed.  The individual
+source files each have their own copyright and permission notice; some
+have a BSD-style notice and some are under the GPL.

 
 
 Distribution:
 
 
 Distribution:


@@ -454,4 +483,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is:
        ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
 
 
        ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/
 
 

-($Id: README,v 1.18 1999/07/23 07:07:33 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.19 1999/08/13 01:54:02 paulus Exp $)