From: Paul Mackerras Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 06:47:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: OSF/1 -> Digital Unix, more info about changes X-Git-Tag: RELEASE_2_3_6~380 X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=96fa7a880ae41fb59e627171d0a34810cfe6e275;hp=98da136ec87f685b7dffb71afa775fa9d85016c9 OSF/1 -> Digital Unix, more info about changes --- diff --git a/README b/README index 0a571d7..8dd7db0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to provide Internet connections over serial lines. In this first beta release, the ports for SunOS, Solaris, NetBSD and -OSF/1 are believed to be working correctly. The Linux port mostly -works, but still has some known bugs. The remaining ports haven't -been tested extensively. For information on the current status of the -NeXTStep port, see http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/. +Digital Unix (OSF/1) are believed to be working correctly. The Linux +port mostly works, but still has some known bugs. The remaining ports +haven't been tested extensively. The NeXTStep port is not included +here since it hasn't been updated from 2.2 yet. For information on +its current status, see http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/. Introduction. @@ -40,14 +41,14 @@ system, which contains more specific details for installing PPP on that system. The supported systems, and the corresponding README files, are: - SunOS 4.x README.sunos4 - NetBSD, FreeBSD README.bsd - Ultrix 4.x README.ultrix + Digital Unix (OSF/1) README.osf Linux README.linux - OSF/1 README.osf + NetBSD, FreeBSD README.bsd NeXTStep README.next Solaris 2 README.sol2 + SunOS 4.x README.sunos4 System V Release 4 README.svr4 + Ultrix 4.x README.ultrix In each case you start by running the ./configure script. This works out which operating system you are using and creates symbolic links to @@ -95,6 +96,20 @@ were written from scratch without any Clements code. It also has a new -d option which displays data rate in kbyte/s for those columns which would normally display bytes. +* Pppd options beginning with - or + have been renamed, e.g. -ip +became noip, +chap became require-chap, etc. The old options are +still accepted for compatibility but may be removed in future. + +* Several minor new features have been added to pppd, including the +maxconnect and welcome options. Pppd will now terminate the +connection when there are no network control protocols running. The +allowed IP address(es) field in the secrets files can now specify +subnets (with a notation like 123.45.67.89/24) and addresses which are +not acceptable (put a ! on the front). + +* Numerous bugs have been fixed (no doubt some have been introduced :-) +Thanks to those who reported bugs in ppp-2.2. + Patents. ******** @@ -152,4 +167,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ -($Id: README,v 1.5 1996/07/01 05:27:42 paulus Exp $) +($Id: README,v 1.6 1996/07/03 06:47:29 paulus Exp $)