Bug#143053: an alternative pptp setup

Hello, I've found another method to connect using pptp: Just put iface pptp inet ppp provider pptp in /etc/network/interfaces and noauth defaultroute persist pty "pptp 10.0.0.138 defaultroute --nolaunchpppd" into /etc/ppp/peers/pptp best regards -- Raphael

Bug#143053: why not just use "up" in "/e/n/interfaces"?

Hello, I use pptp for some time now by just writing the pptp command in an "up" line. example interfaces lines: iface eth0 inet manual up /sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 defaultroute down killall pppd pptp HTH best regards -- Raphael Wegmann

Bug#322219: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#322219: sysv-rc: package install requires /usr/sbin/update-rc.d, which is part of this package)

;t support distribution migrations, but I still think, that it's a bug for a package to require a program (namely update-rc.d) which is included in the package itself. The only possiblilty to solve this chicken- egg problem is to use --force options. best regards -- Raphael Wegmann

Bug#322219: sysv-rc: package install requires /usr/sbin/update-rc.d, which is part of this package

Package: sysv-rc Version: 2.86.ds1-1 Severity: important well. normally this package will get installed by some debian installation routine, but since i manually "migrated" my system from knoppix back to a normal debian sarge, I had to install sysv-rc manually. First I removed the knoppix sysvini

Bug#322217: halt and bootmisc.sh is not in the initscripts package

Package: initscripts Version: 2.86.ds1-1 Severity: important When I remove /etc/init.d/halt and /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh before I call "apt-get --reinstall install initscripts", the files halt and bootmisc.sh do not get restored. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT pref