X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=4096879ee0d255f49462df2007ac4b85960c7d8d;hp=0e108033db11921de81e27a8f26345df4ed3df85;hb=5ba9d88b943e9d5a3ababdadf1d2e246581dfdc6;hpb=30cbaa38bf520afd963d515ca6fe2f264d782fbe diff --git a/README b/README index 0e10803..4096879 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ files, are: 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 @@ -65,9 +67,95 @@ use any IP address. (This only applies where the peer is 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 + . 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 @@ -202,13 +290,13 @@ questions like this that I get. 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 -Linux Al Longyear -NetBSD Matthew Green +Linux Paul Mackerras +NetBSD Matthew Green FreeBSD Peter Wemm NeXTStep Steve Perkins Solaris 2 Paul Mackerras -SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras +SunOS 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) System V Release 4 Matthias Apitz Ultrix 4.x Paul Mackerras (for want of anybody better :-) @@ -227,4 +315,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: 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 $)