latest version available in portage is 1.2.3 1.2.4 was released in march 2009: --8<--[ CHANGES ]--8<-- v1.2.4 * Fixes to Suse spec file [Shingo Yamawaki] * unclutter logs for 'select timeout' [Shingo Yamawaki] * Make sure child_handler and destroy_call won't conflict when pppd is killed [Mika Ilmaranta/ Tuomo] * Workaround for broken kernels that send duplicate pids to waitpid() See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486945 [Mika / Tuomo] * Fix pppd option from legacy -detach to nodetach [Tuomo] --8<--
Fixed in cvs.