PPPD needs compilation again

[Kontogiannis Theophanis]

Hi all

I wanted to try out FC1 to see if it can be used as my on-demand pppd router
to connect my house to the internet
Well (as RH9) it has problems with pppd.

I MUST use the "active-filter" option wich is not compiled in the pppd that
ships with FC1

so I have to download the SRPM and recompile.
BUT: After recompilation of pppd  with this option enabled, the daemon STOPS
working/colaborating with wvdial (exactly the same problems with RH9 - for
some reason after recompiling pppd, wvdial stops connecting to the modem)

So I have to make a whole MANUAL workaround to have the pppd interface
started on demand (actually I have to install and setup the interface via
the GUI for network setup and then change the /etc/ppp/peer/.... script not
to use wvdial but chat and also remove the wvdial options from the
/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-....<whatever>

Could we have the pppd compiled by default with filter option set to Yes AND
tested against wvdial usage?

thank's
theo


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