Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 141623
Please add pptpd to the distribution
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:07:05 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041020 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:
Internal RFE bug #142325 entered; will be considered for future releases.
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.
NEEDINFO_PM status has been obsoleted. Changing status to NEEDINFO and assigning to riek@redhat.com
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 support representative. You may be asked to provide detailed information on how this bug is affecting you.