X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=44123daead41f3f8765b9d09a97ce6d24882cf69;hp=e67b72820634901185c1db7a38755233f5e79601;hb=b7659bddc7e49a0d7c460e19983e7e493541b4e2;hpb=dd41357657d1436fe20692aa43613ceae8e03fa0 diff --git a/README b/README index e67b728..44123da 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ What's new in ppp-2.4.3. * There is a new pppoatm plugin, by various authors, sent in by David Woodhouse. +* The multilink code has been substantially reworked. The first pppd + for a bundle still controls the ppp interface, but it doesn't exit + until all the links in the bundle have terminated. If the first + pppd is signalled to exit, it signals all the other pppds + controlling links in the bundle. + +* The TDB code has been updated to the latest version. This should + eliminate the problem that some people have seen where the database + file (/var/run/pppd.tdb) keeps on growing. Unfortunately, however, + the new code uses an incompatible database format. For this reason, + pppd now uses /var/run/pppd2.tdb as the database filename. + What was new in ppp-2.4.2. ************************** @@ -205,8 +217,8 @@ The BSD-Compress algorithm used for packet compression is the same as that used in the Unix "compress" command. It was apparently covered by U.S. patents 4,814,746 (owned by IBM) and 4,558,302 (owned by Unisys), and corresponding patents in various other countries (but not -Australia). I believe the Unisys patent expired in the US on 20 June -2003, and that the IBM patent was older. +Australia). Apparently the Unisys patent expired in the US on 20 June +2003, but the IBM patent is still pending. If these patents are of concern in your situation, you can build the package without including BSD-Compress. To do this, edit @@ -248,4 +260,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.33 2004/11/06 11:36:54 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.35 2004/11/13 12:25:54 paulus Exp $)