Adding ppp and rp-pppoe for different point-to-point connectivity situations. Not tested for trivial reasons, but built OK

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=13925

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix
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+a :  
+let 
+  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+
+  version = a.lib.getAttr ["version"] "2.4.4" a; 
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ppp.samba.org/ftp/ppp/ppp-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1sli1s478k85vmjdbrqm39nn5r20x9qgg3a0lbp2dwz50zy4bbsq";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  phaseNames = ["exportVars" "patchPrivileged" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  exportVars = a.noDepEntry(''
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -lcrypt "
+  '');
+
+  /* We want to run it as far as we can with our current permissions
+     For example, dependent builds would prefer to run --version 
+     without ever using setuid pppd. We are not setuid anyway, so.. */
+  patchPrivileged = a.FullDepEntry(''
+    sed -e '/privileged =/aprivileged = 1;' -i pppd/main.c
+    sed -e '/SH DESCRIPTION/a WARNING: Patched version unsuitable to be setuid root' -i pppd/pppd.8
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+
+  passthru = {
+    inherit version;
+  };
+      
+  name = "ppp-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Point-to-point implementation for Linux and Solaris";
+  };
+}