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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 10:43:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
Cc: Annihilator <annihilator.c@usa.net>, <jdp@FreeBSD.ORG>,
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: pptpclient-1.0.2
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I am sure it works with pppd, but ever since mpd-netgraph, I have
completely abandonded pptpclient.  Persoanlly, I hated getting pppd to
work when I always used Brian's ppp.  I never compiled any ppp
pseudo-devices in my kernel up until I needed pptpclient ;-).

I would suggest if you're having problems with it, and you have a system
that supports Netgraph, to move over to mpd-netgraph.  It even comes with
great examples for setting up both a PPTP server and client.

Joe Clarke

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 10:51:09PM +0200, Annihilator wrote:
> >     Many people prefer kernel-ppp to the userland program. There are two
> > things that you could do to make life easier for them:
> > 1) Create two separate ports, or
> > 2) Allow the user to choose at compile-time (if not run-time) which ppp
> > should be used.
>
> (Disclaimer: I have never actually run or used pptpclient.)
>
> Are you certain that pptpclient even works with pppd under FreeBSD?
> If it doesn't, and if it would require a lot of rewriting/patching
> to work, then it would be likely done better by the authors themselves,
> not as a FreeBSD port patch.
>
> Besides - are you really sure that 'many people prefer kernel-ppp'?
> Almost every FreeBSD user *I* know about is perfectly happy with
> the userland PPP implementation, which has many features, is constantly
> developed, and is *very* well integrated with the overall FreeBSD-way
> of doing things.  Great job, Brian!
>
> G'luck,
> Peter
>
> --
> What would this sentence be like if pi were 3?
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