Re: pppd problem with 2.4.1

["Hall Stevenson" <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

> Before compiling the 2.4.1 kernel I used apt-get dist-upgrade  to
> install all the available upgrades in the stable distribution,.  I
then
> checked against the list in changes and found that I still had only
> modutils 2.3.11-13.1.  I used apt-get install modutils to get version
> 2.4.1-2.   Still dpkg -l shows that I still have only ppp 2.3.11-1.4.
I
> will try getting ppp 2.4.0 from the unstable distribution.
>
> I am a little nervous about this - I really want to use some of the
> features of 2.4 but why should I have to obtain packages from the
> unstable distribution for a stable kernel distribution?

If it's any consolation, I'm running Debian's "unstable" version and
it's pretty damn stable for me !! ;-) Course, I don't really push it
like some people may.

Is kernel 2.4 in "stable" now ?? I just checked
http://packages.debian.org and it does *not* appear to be... it's still
in "unstable". Note though, it has a 99% quality rating. Should be
pretty safe to use. ;-)

Also, why would the package ppp-2.3.11-1.4 be listed in "stable", but
have a quality of 1% ??

Regards
Hall Stevenson