Re: pkg/42589: PPTP mppe-lkm-0.0.4nb2 does not work with mppe compressed links on NetBSD

[David Wetzel <dave%turbocat.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/42589; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Wetzel <dave%turbocat.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/42589: PPTP mppe-lkm-0.0.4nb2 does not work with mppe 
compressed links on NetBSD
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:26:16 -0700

 Hi David,
 
 I am not subscribed to that service anymore, so I cannot test it.
 It was http://www.remotevpn.net
 
 David
 
 
 
 Am 31.07.2010 um 14:30 schrieb David Holland:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/42589; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/42589: PPTP mppe-lkm-0.0.4nb2 does not work with mppe
 > compressed links on NetBSD
 > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:26:10 +0000
 > 
 > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 04:55:02AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >>> The diff is just different in one line:
 >>> 
 >>> !     bool mppe;                        /* do MPPE? */
 >>> --- 39,45 ----
 >>> !     u_short mppe;                     /* do MPPE? */
 >>> 
 >>> I guess that bool might have a different size than u_short.
 >> 
 >> Not so much that as it doesn't work to use bool as a bitmask.
 >> 
 >> I've been meaning to commit that patch but I've been having local
 >> issues...
 > 
 > ...and I've finally done it; can you try doing
 > 
 >    % cvs update -j1.1 -j1.2 ccp.h
 > 
 > in src/dist/pppd/pppd, edit out the merge conflict from the rcsid,
 > rebuild the lkm, and see if that makes your problem go away? (If you
 > haven't already, that is...)
 > 
 > I will file a pullup to netbsd-5 for that patch in a couple days but
 > it'll take a while for it to get processed because of the 5.1 release
 > cycle.
 > 
 > -- 
 > David A. Holland
 > dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
 > 
 >