the ebuild script for ppp refers to http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ which doesn't seem to exist anymore. I have found the tarball from some other download site, but the ebuild script needs fixing. I have no idea if there is a new official site for it. without pppd, I cannot dial out, which means not net access from home. this is why I assigned severity="blocker".
root@rux0r pm3 # emerge -s ^ppp$ Searching... [ Results for search key : ^ppp$ ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * net-dialup/ppp Latest version available: 2.4.1-r10 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Homepage: http://www.samba.org/ppp Description: Point-to-point protocol - patched for pppoe
We shall take this url then: ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-2.4.1.tar.gz Looks reliable, no? I'll fix it once i'm home (9hrs from now). -phoen][x-
the url you propose is not for quite the same package. what used to be in portage referred to the ppp stuff at samba patched for pppoe namely ppp-2.4.1-pppoe4.tgz. the appropriate patch can easily be recovered. I can provide it as an attachement if you want.
I mirrored my local file to ibiblio and modified ppp-2.4.1-r11 to reflect this change. Could you please give it a try? It works over here. -phoen][x-
sorry for the delayed response, I was traveling in France. I tested net-dialup/ppp-2.4.1-r11 and all is well. the tar file downloads properly etc... as far as I am concerned, you can close the bug report. thanks a lot.
