From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 1 08:24:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA29278 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 1 May 1997 08:24:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adam.adonai.net ([205.182.92.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA29273 for ; Thu, 1 May 1997 08:24:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (leec@localhost) by adam.adonai.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA21861; Thu, 1 May 1997 10:26:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 10:26:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "Lee Crites (AEI)" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: "Daniel O'Callaghan" Subject: pppkit.tgz (was Re: netscape via pppd...) In-Reply-To: <199705010055.BAA12276@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 1 May 1997, Brian Somers wrote: =>pppkit.tgz isn't really port material IMHO, as it's essentially =>a set of patches for pppd AFAIK. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that was what the ports stuff was all about. Supplying patches to some existing software so it will work with FreeBSD. Granted we are patching a PART of FreeBSD against itself, instead of someone elses program... =>Danny, if you're desperate for a tester, I can look at it at =>some point, but I can't promise when - I've got lots to do at =>the moment. I'm running on 2.2, and will be applying it soon. I can detail my experience in a message to whoever cares, if there is a desire for it. So far I've been so buzy that all I have done is ftp/gunzip the kit and print the readme file. My initial impression was that it was a lot more than I anticipated it would be. I was thinking I'd get some docu and a few scripts or programs. This looks more like a complete package. So right off, I'm impressed :*). Lee