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Date:      Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:33:12 +0100
From:      Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: user ppp broken?
Message-ID:  <20000831153312.B33104@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000830225328.J62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>; from cjclark@reflexnet.net on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:53:28PM -0700
References:  <20000829102745.A36405@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008300315120.52457-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> <20000830114835.J32456@vuurwerk.nl> <20000830225328.J62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:53:28PM -0700, Crist J . Clark wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 11:48:35AM +0200, Peter van Dijk wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 03:19:21AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> > Looks like a parsing error. ppp doesn't accept more than one tab after
> > 'add default HISADDR', it seems. Someone file a PR, please :)
> 
> Nowhere that I can find is it documented that comments can be put on
> lines with a command. From ppp(8),
> 
>      o   A line starting with a (``#'') character is treated as a comment
>          line.  Leading whitespace are ignored when identifying comment lines.
> 
> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.com

Fair enough, but those comments are in the default ppp.conf file.

(As of 4.0-RELEASE, at least; are these updated as part of make world?)
Perhaps just a mention that the syntax has become tighter in UPDATING
would do it?

-- 
Rasputin 
Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns


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