As discussed here http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=4017593#4017593 the package should limit its einfo/ewarn regarding optional kernel options to non-ADSL-users only. Reproducible: Always
Exactly what do you propose? MPPE clearly specify it is mostly used by PPTP links. Idem SYNC_TTY. DEFLATE and BSDCOMP should be enabled by all PPP users for avoiding potential problems with servers who don't accept no compression.
(In reply to comment #1) > DEFLATE and BSDCOMP should be enabled by all PPP users for avoiding potential > problems with servers who don't accept no compression. Are these modules needed for ADSL users too ? If not, the hint sis only relevant for normal modem dialup lines, isn't it ?
The deflate and bsdcomp compressions are not specific to a certain kind of PPP. Having them enabled don't hurt no one. On the contrary, it will save you debug time when the peer will refuse to establish the connection without them. World is full of weird PPP implementations, ya know. Besides, how would ebuild know what do you plan to do with pppd? PPPoE, PPPoA, PPTP, L2TP, dialup ... it is all the same for pppd. I will not add some USE flags just to display some messages in postinst. Closed as WONTFIX.
