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To: vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su
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Subject: Re: current ppp sources 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Hello. 
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 2.1.6. I have just downloaded the ppp-970713.src.tar.gz
> from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian.
> 
> Is it safe to just "make" and then "make install"? Am I not going to destroy
> my current ppp (works perfectly, I just want some features which are not
> available in 2.1.6).
> 
> Thanks a lot.

Make install will overwrite any existing ppp.  Just move
/usr/sbin/ppp before the make

> -- 
> Victor Sudakov
> http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm
> 
> 

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....