From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:03:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:03:41 -0500 Received: from tools.cfourusa.com ([209.254.33.11]:64910 "EHLO tools.c4usa.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:03:28 -0500 Message-ID: <020001c0862f$e6535620$1a21fed1@ASHAMAN> From: "Dan Egli" To: In-Reply-To: <14958.25201.508164.388346@diego.linuxcare.com.au><200101240701.f0O71OE110437@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <14958.42045.576523.62083@argo.linuxcare.com.au> Subject: Re: Bug in ppp_async.c Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:03:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I do ppp using 2.4.0 w/ redhat 7 now, no upgrades besides modultils and the kernel :> -- Dan Egli -- Network Administrator / President -- Frankenstein Computers -- 801-671-7875 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mackerras" To: "Albert D. Cahalan" Cc: ; ; ; Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:45 AM Subject: Re: Bug in ppp_async.c > Albert D. Cahalan writes: > > > Even Red Hat 7 only has the 2.3.11 version. > > > > The 2.4.xx series is supposed to be stable. If there is any way > > you could add a compatibility hack, please do so. > > Stable != backwards compatible to the year dot. ppp-2.4.0 has been > out for over 5 months now. Adding the compatibility stuff back in > would make the PPP subsystem much more complicated and less robust. > And pppd is not the only thing you would have to upgrade if you are > using a 2.4.0 with Red Hat 7.0 - I would expect that you would also at > least have to upgrade modutils, and switch over from ipchains to > iptables if you use the netfilter stuff. > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Mackerras, Open Source Research Fellow, Linuxcare, Inc. > +61 2 6262 8990 tel, +61 2 6262 8991 fax > paulus@linuxcare.com.au, http://www.linuxcare.com.au/ > Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/