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From: bill@bhhome.bh.org (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: 2.0 Alpha Notes
Date: 19 Nov 1994 22:49:10 GMT
Organization: Bill Heiser's Organization
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Mike Mitchell (mmitchel@alb.asctmd.com) wrote:

: 5. Where is pppd? I was hoping I could connect to my InterNet provider... 
: Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait.

I built ppp-2.1.2b and am using it on a hard-wired serial link without
any problems.  The diffs req'd to build it on FreeBSD 2.0A were 
minimal, and are as follows (since it's so small I hope it is OK to
post it here) ...

Just apply these diffs and "make -f Makefile.bsd".

-bill

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diff -r ppp-2.1.2b.ORIG/pppd/Makefile.bsd ppp-2.1.2b/pppd/Makefile.bsd
4c4
< CFLAGS+= -I..
---
> CFLAGS+= -I.. -DGIDSET_TYPE=gid_t
diff -r ppp-2.1.2b.ORIG/pppd/options.c ppp-2.1.2b/pppd/options.c
19a20
>
27a29,30
>
> #ifdef BSD4_4
28a32,33
> #endif
>
141c146
< extern char devname[];
---
> extern char devname[];

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