[pptp-server] ppp-mppe-2.4.1-5 RPM released

Charlie Brady charlieb-pptp at e-smith.com
Wed Aug 21 11:28:42 CDT 2002


On 20 Aug 2002, R. de Vroede wrote:

> > I don't think that libsmbpw belongs in this package. It's a dependency, 
> > not part of the ppp package. I find it particularly odd to see a .so file 
> > in a source RPM. 
>
> You're absolutely right. It's a quick and dirty. And I didn't know it
> was allready RPMed. When I have time, I'll sort things out as it should
> be. Until then, if it harms none, just ignore it.

I'd caution anyone against installing a binary package for which the 
source isn't available. It's likely to be a copyright violation and it's 
also a bad habit to be in from a security point of view.

> > You can find a libsmbpw RPM at:
> >
> > 
ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/releases/5.1.2/SRPMS/libsmbpw-1.1-3.src.rpm
> >


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