Update ppp with ubuntu patch
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11th Nov, 2013, 08:47 PM
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Update ppp with ubuntu patch
How do I request that the current ppp package gets updated with an additional ubuntu patch.
Current ppp package when used in conjunction with a pptp vpn connection fails. When compiled with the following patch, it works perfectly. From 053fa32a9ccd0ac1fbbda50db7aff7fdae18652a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Sack <asac@jwsdot.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:33:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] port: ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/patches/load_ppp_generic_if_needed --- pppd/sys-linux.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) --- a/pppd/sys-linux.c +++ b/pppd/sys-linux.c @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ #include <ctype.h> #include <termios.h> #include <unistd.h> +#include <wait.h> /* This is in netdevice.h. However, this compile will fail miserably if you attempt to include netdevice.h because it has so many references @@ -2104,6 +2105,46 @@ if (kernel_version >= KVERSION(2,3,13)) { error("Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: %m"); + char modprobePath[PATH_MAX] = ""; + int status, p, count; + pid_t pid; + + fd = open("/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe", O_RDONLY); + if (fd >= 0) { + int count = read(fd, modprobePath, PATH_MAX - 1); + if (count < 1) + modprobePath[0] = 0; + else if (modprobePath[count - 1] == '\n') + modprobePath[count - 1] = 0; + close(fd); + } + + if (modprobePath[0] == 0) + strcpy(modprobePath, "/sbin/modprobe"); + + switch (pid = fork()) { + case 0: /* child */ + setenv("PATH", "/sbin", 1); + status = execl(modprobePath, "modprobe", "ppp_generic", NULL); + case -1: /* couldn't fork */ + errno = ENOENT; + default: /* parent */ + do + p = waitpid(pid, &status, 0); + while (p == -1 && count++ < 4); + + sleep (5); + + } + + if ((fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR)) >= 0) { + new_style_driver = 1; + driver_version = 2; + driver_modification = 4; + driver_patch = 0; + close(fd); + return 1; + } if (errno == ENOENT) no_ppp_msg = "You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by\n" |
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12th Nov, 2013, 05:58 AM
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RE: Update ppp with ubuntu patch
Open an issue on Github
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1st Dec, 2013, 09:48 AM
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RE: Update ppp with ubuntu patch
@traxtopel
until this patch gets into upstream (if ever), providing custom ppp package would mean taking care of each upstream (debian/raspbian) update and recompiling (maybe even updating the patch itself). wouldn't be better to just document this here / github for XBian with an proposed solution to put "ppp_generic" into /etc/modules for those using pptp vpn setup? thanks for posting this anyhow. Please read rules and do a search before you post! . FAQs . How to post log file? . Looking for answers? Please start here |
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