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FS#31961 - [networkmanager] make ppp an optional dependency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Greg (dolby) - Monday, 15 October 2012, 02:13 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 13:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

PPP may be essential to some people for achieving network connectivity but for most people its uneeded.
NetworkManager has been for a while capable of operating without ppp installed. I would like to request for this dependency to become optional.

You can see eg. Debian: http://packages.debian.org/sid/network-manager
where ppp is just a recommended package & not a hard dependency.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 13:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  Fixed in svn trunk
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 15 October 2012, 03:58 GMT
Anyway (not)List ppp is a bit redundant since is a {base} package.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Monday, 15 October 2012, 04:04 GMT
Errm  FS#22480  :)

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