Philip Hands wrote:
> 
> ppp is needed for doing an install from the internet via a dialup link.  PAM 
> is not needed until you want people to log into the system, so libpam is a 
> waste of space on the install disks.

The only advantage I can see is a couple of kilobytes of space on the
installation floppies.  Otherwise, ppp is optional anyway.  So I'd
prefer to see pppd stay as one package and linked with pam.
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