[arch-general] ppp 2.4.6 in testing breaks pptp connections in NetworkManager

[Savyasachee Jha]

Whenever I try connecting to my university's VPN, the authentication fails. Running systemctl status NetworkManager gives me the message:

Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 946
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN connection 'KUINS' (Connect) reply received.
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire pppd[947]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so is for pppd version 2.4.5, this is 2.4.6
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <warn> VPN plugin failed: 0
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: stopped (6)
Feb 23 16:06:06 Empire NetworkManager[285]: <info> VPN plugin state change reason: 10

I went to /usr/lib/pppd and found 2 folders, 2.4.5 and 2.4.6. Should I recompile networkmanager-pptp and pptpclient?

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