[pptp-server] 2.0.34 and MIPS

[Neale Banks]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Aaron Cline wrote:

> This is a biggy.  I am trying, actually dying, to use this PPTP server on a 
> MIPS machine running the 2.0.34.  When I try to compile I get the following.

IIRC, a kernel upgrade is definitely recommended here (not related to
PPTP, just general security issues).  2.0.38 has been *very* stable and
secure; 2.0.39 came out recently.

> cd . && /home/users/admin/pptpd-1.0.1/missing aclocal
> WARNING: `aclocal' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
>          you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.  You might want
>          to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from
>          any GNU archive site.

What's unclear or bizzare about this (sounds like you need whatever
package in your distro which includes automake)?

[...]
> make: *** [configure] Error 1
> 
> I am using gcc 2.7.2  Is this my problem or is it the kernel or can anyone 
> tell me.  I would greatly appreciate any information possible.  Any successes 
> with a MIPS or any failures.  

Can't speak for MIPS specifically, but I'd go with a kernel upgrade
(assuming you're not in a completely trusted environment) and installation
of whatever apckage includes "automake" plus anything that depends on. Oh
yeah, perl too (but I'm figuring you probably have that on board already).

HTH,
Neale.