Re: PPP Question

[Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>]

OpenBSD doesn't manage the tools supplied with the OS as packages.  
You can either simply upgrade the sources and rebuild or get the 
latest version via http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html.

> Hi all,
> 
> I was planning on trying out the pppoe stuff for OpenBSD on my ADSL link.
> 
> However i have a slight problem.
> 
> It requires ppp 2.3.7, and openbsd installed ppp 2.3.5
> 
> ppp wasn;t in the ports tree so i was wondering how to go about upgrading
> it.
> 
> Obviously i can just get the source and recompile and install it, but wont
> that mess up what ever database that the package mananger uses ?
> 
> Is there a way to do it so that i can keep my package management database
> from being inconsistent. Or does it not really matter ?
> 
> Jason

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