updates to readmes

diff --git a/README b/README
index 62f31af65a781cf3a0174cd3c89aa037e5ae071c..f60c8a9c3a48e7b809e98edd2a0ae15a3d16d32c 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ What is new in ppp-2.2.
 
 * More systems are now supported:
 
-  AIX 4, thanks to Charlie Wick (cwick@quaver.urbana.mcd.mot.com)
-  OSF/1 on DEC Alpha, thanks to Steve Tate (srt@zaphod.csci.unt.edu)
+  AIX 4, thanks to Charlie Wick,
+  OSF/1 on DEC Alpha, thanks to Steve Tate (srt@zaphod.csci.unt.edu),
   NextStep 3.2 and 3.3, thanks to Philip-Andrew Prindeville
-       (philipp@res.enst.fr) and Steve Perkins (perkins@cps.msu.edu)
-  Solaris 2
+       (philipp@res.enst.fr) and Steve Perkins (perkins@cps.msu.edu),
+  Solaris 2,
 
 in addition to NetBSD 1.0, SunOS 4.x, Ultrix 4.x, FreeBSD 2.0, and
 Linux.
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ or pppstats should be reported to:
        AUSTRALIA
 
 Bugs in other ports should be reported to the maintainer for that port
-(see the appropriate README.* file) or to the above.
+(see the appropriate README.* file) or to the above.  Unfortunately,
+Charlie Wick is not in a position to provide support for the AIX 4
+port, so if you find bugs in it, send them to me.
 
 Thanks to:
 

diff --git a/README.aix4 b/README.aix4
index 956c8c6bdf562b130a4c2d102c45cf15fff87ce4..b01bfc99f9bc27bc28bd0e9dfdbab91a0a4ff0e5 100644 (file)
--- a/README.aix4
+++ b/README.aix4
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 AIX 4.1 support is ported from the SunOS code for ppp 2.2. It requires
 a streams-based tty and will not work on AIX 3.2. This is the first
 release of this package for AIX. It is provided free and without warranty
-of any kind. I can't make any promise to support this, but if you e-mail
-me with problems I'll try to help you. Please let me know about any bugs
-you might find.
+of any kind.
 
 Introduction
 
@@ -96,5 +94,4 @@ Examples
   man page for pppd describes all the options in detail.
 
        Charlie Wick
-       cwick@prairienet.org
 

diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux
index 7d0e77e14745a70fb10b64bd3af88c5c8cbb7c60..f21a24484c72d0353b18b91071b1523b6d23f177 100644 (file)
--- a/README.linux
+++ b/README.linux
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Al Longyear         longyear@netcom.com
 
 INTRODUCTION
 
-This file is a substantially derrived from the previous version for
+This file is substantially derived from the previous version for
 the pppd process 2.1.2. Michael Callahan wrote that version. This
 particular version was written, modified, hacked, changed, whatever,
 by Al Longyear. If you find errors in this document, they are probably
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION
   actions.
 
 - Support is added for compression control protocol. At the present time
-  only the BSD compression protocol is supported. (Also, as of this time,
-  the ietf-ppp working group has only specified the BSD compression
-  protocol.)
+  only the BSD-Compress compression protocol is supported.
 
 - There are two queues for output frames. This avoids some problems which
   occured with the previous version and some PPP packages which exchanged
@@ -239,10 +237,16 @@ kernel driver installation:
 
 pppd installation:
 
+      First update /usr/include/net as described in the previous section.
+
+      Then, in this directory, issue the command:
+
+       ./configure
+
       Go to the 'pppd' directory and issue the commands:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux depend
-      make -f Makefile.linux
+      make depend
+      make
 
       This should build the program. If you have any errors then ensure
       that you have the proper include files and haven't missed one.
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ pppd installation:
       If you are using shadow passwords *AND* have it installed, then you
       should use the command:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux shadow
+      make shadow
 
       rather than the non-shadow command listed earlier.
 
@@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ pppd installation:
 
       To install the package, issue the command:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux install
+      make install
 
       This will install the binary in /usr/sbin and the man page into
       /usr/man/man8.
@@ -294,28 +298,32 @@ pppd installation:
 
 chat installation:
 
+      If you have not already done so, run `./configure' in this directory.
+
       To compile the chat program, go to the 'chat' directory and issue
       the command:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux
+      make
 
       To install the package, issue the command:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux install
+      make install
 
       This will install the binary in /usr/sbin and the man page into
       /usr/man/man8.
 
 pppstats installation:
 
+      If you have not already done so, run `./configure' in this directory.
+
       To compile the pppstats program, go to the 'pppstats' directory
       and issue the command:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux
+      make
 
       To install the package, issue the command:
 
-      make -f Makefile.linux install
+      make install
 
       This will install the binary in /usr/sbin and the man page into
       /usr/man/man8.