Bug 7771

Summary:	source URL to ppp tarball no longer exists
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Denys Duchier <denys.duchier>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	phoen][x <fisi.tilman.klar>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gentoo-x86/net-dialup/ppp/
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Denys Duchier 2002-09-10 16:56:14 UTC

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".

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-09-11 19:37:13 UTC

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

Comment 2 phoen][x 2002-09-13 00:11:51 UTC

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-

Comment 3 Denys Duchier 2002-09-13 04:43:26 UTC

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.

Comment 4 phoen][x 2002-09-15 03:08:31 UTC

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-

Comment 5 Denys Duchier 2002-09-26 13:34:07 UTC

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.