Bug 141623

Summary:	Please add pptpd to the distribution
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Zenon Panoussis <redhatbugs>
Component:	distribution	Assignee:	Daniel Riek <riek>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	3.0	CC:	dff, shillman
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/poptop/
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Description Zenon Panoussis 2004-12-02 15:58:33 UTC

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Description of problem:
pptpd is needed to create simple Windows VPNs, so it should be in wide use and even wider need. However, it requires a patched kernel. Patching the already multi-patched RHEL kernels is a minor nightmare, so it would be really nice to have the extra ppp modules there by default.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Spend hours patching the kernel.
2. Read your mail. Find an RHSA there, telling you that a new kernel was just released.
3. Start over again.
  

Additional info:

Comment 1 Suzanne Hillman 2004-12-08 23:02:57 UTC

Internal RFE bug #142325 entered; will be considered for future releases.

Comment 2 Zenon Panoussis 2004-12-09 00:05:00 UTC

Thank you. 

The patches needed can be found at 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44827&package_id=120221&release_id=281265
, mppe and related are the crucial ones. Most of the patch work has been done
and the pptpd project is already very rpm-oriented, so merging into RHEL ought
to be fairly easy.

Comment 4 David Lawrence 2006-03-10 01:25:27 UTC

NEEDINFO_PM status has been obsoleted. Changing status to NEEDINFO and assigning
to riek

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-19 19:12:20 UTC

This bug is filed against RHEL 3, which is in maintenance phase.
During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission
critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products. Since
this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed.
 
For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
 
If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your
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information on how this bug is affecting you.