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=== Friday 6th July 2012 ===

==== Fedora Project ====

 * Updated `perl-Crypt-DH` to 0.07 in Rawhide (`f18-perl`):
  * Made `Math::BigInt::*` dependency dynamic to avoid `Math::BigInt` falling back to `BigInt` backends that are too slow for practical use
 * Updated `perl-SUPER` to 1.20120705 in Rawhide (`f18-perl`):
  * Resolved `PAUSE` packaging nit ([[CPAN:77110|CPAN RT#77110]])
  * Converted to `dzil`


==== Local Packages ====

 * New package `plusnet-fttc`, a set of scripts to bring up my Internet connection (I'm with UK ISP [[http://www.plus.net/|Plusnet]] with a Fibre broadband product, and I'm connecting a Linux server directly to the VDSL modem using PPPoE)
 . I was hoping to be able to create an `ifcfg-ppp0` configuration in `/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts` and let `NetworkManager` look after the connection but it seems the current version of `NetworkManager` can't do that for `xDSL` connections (unlike ethernet ones), and, worse, it wants to be configured using the `nm-connection-editor` GUI and store the password in the Gnome keyring, neither of which are particularly helpful on a minimal server that doesn't have Gnome installed. So,what I ended up with was a `systemd` unit to run `pppd`:
 . {{{
[Unit]
Description=Plusnet FTTC connection
Requires=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/sbin/pppd call plusnet-fttc
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
}}}
 . ... and a `/etc/ppp/peers/plusnet-fttc` file for the connection details:
 . {{{
#
# pppd options file for connection to Plusnet using FTTC/PPPoE
#

#
# We will use the PPPoE plugin for ppp
plugin rp-pppoe.so

#
# Our DSL modem (preconfigured for PPPoE) is on interface em1
#
em1

#
# Specify your username here, which should be of the form username@plusdsl.net
# You'll also need to set up /etc/ppp/chap-secrets (owned by root, mode 600)
# to look like this:
#
# # client		server	secret			IP addresses
# username@plusdsl.net	*	password
#
name username@plusdsl.net

#
# Log messages to a convenient place.
#
logfile /var/log/ppp/plusnet-fttc

#
# Create a /var/run/ppp-plusnet-fttc.pid file with our PID in it.
#
linkname plusnet-fttc

#
# Pass parameter 6 to ip-up and ip-up.local as "plusnet"
#
ipparam plusnet

#
# Debug the connection
#
#debug

# ============================================
# SHOULDN'T NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW HERE
# ============================================

#
# Ask the peer for the addresses of some nameservers to use. If you're not
# running your own nameserver, you may wish to get /etc/ppp/ip-up to use
# the environment variables DNS1 and DNS2 to set up /etc/resolv.conf
#
usepeerdns

#
# Set up the default route to go through PlusNet
#
defaultroute

#
# If the connection breaks, try to restore it.
#
persist

#
# Don't fork as we're using systemd
#
nodetach

#
# We don't need the remote server to authenticate itself
#
noauth

#
# Turn off transmission protocols we know won't be used
#
nobsdcomp
nodeflate

#
# Time this thing out if it goes poof
#
lcp-echo-failure 20
lcp-echo-interval 10
}}}
 . ... and the password goes in `/etc/ppp/chap-secrets` as usual:
 . {{{
# You'll need to add a line to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets in order
# for the PPP daemon to authenticate your PlusNet username and
# password when connecting.
#
# Change "username" to whatever your PlusNet account name is.
# For instance, if your host is linuxwizard.plus.com, change
# "username" to "linuxwizard".
#
# Your login realm might be something other than "plusdsl.net";
# long-time customers may have "plus.net" and there may be others.
# Your documentation from PlusNet should tell you what it is.
# Change "plusdsl.net" to whatever your login realm is.
#
# Change "password" to whatever your password is.
#
# Make sure that /etc/ppp/chap-secrets is owned by root and
# has permissions 0600.
#
# client		server	secret			IP addresses
username@plusdsl.net	*	password
}}}
 * Updated `getmail` to 4.31.0:
  * Improved backwards compatibility with pre-v.4.22.0 `oldmail` files, so IMAP mail is not re-retrieved if you upgrade from a 4.22 or earlier to this one; no user action necessary
 * Updated `perl-SUPER` to 1.20120705 as per the Fedora version
 * Cleaned up and rebuilt `perl-HTML-SimpleLinkExtor`, `perl-Mixin-Linewise`, `perl-Pod-Eventual`, `perl-Test-Base`, `perl-Test-Output`, `perl-Test-YAML-Meta`

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