Subject: Re: problem with pppd 2.3.1?
To: Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 09/29/1997 21:23:06
On Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 12:05:34PM -0500, Scott Reynolds wrote:

> The obvious problem is that in pppd/main.c on line 465, CLOCAL is no
> longer set for connect scripts.  The comment says
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * Set line speed, flow control, etc.
> 	 * Previously, if we had a connection script, we would set CLOCAL
> 	 * while the script was running.  But then, if CD was negated
> 	 * before the script finished, we would miss it.
> 	 */
> 
> What I don't get is how scripts are _supposed_ to work, now...

Me neither.  AFAIK, the only way they CAN work is by setting CLOCAL for
the time the script is run.

  -jm


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