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author | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-23 21:41:58 +0000 |
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committer | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-23 21:41:58 +0000 |
commit | 2f3389d400d14f938331b38d9ced2e2c2d6b3e1e (patch) | |
tree | 8131a7d3e46cdfd40069b34cd812cc4e5735b6a9 /usr.sbin/pppd | |
parent | 074f4bd5faf954e12c50479d6d818b8e006debd7 (diff) | |
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Forgot to resync the RELNOTES to 2.3.5
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pppd/RELNOTES b/usr.sbin/pppd/RELNOTES index 23e7757..12d9c7f 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pppd/RELNOTES +++ b/usr.sbin/pppd/RELNOTES @@ -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 +67,60 @@ 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-2.3.5. ************************ +* 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 |