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I tried to backport openvpn from intrepid. Things are however not either
simple or just a matter of a recompile from intrepid. The latest version
of openvpn in intrepid depends on a newer version of openssl also from
intrepid. So if we go by a recompile, then, lots of packages need to be
recompiled (including some low level ones, like openssl).

Canonical must decide if this strategy of mixing packages from intrepid
and hardy should go to the full extent. Obviously this cherry picking
has some serious consequences, as this and many other bugs show), that
so far haven't been addressed properly.

If openvpn is really needed, there is a complete PPA with backports from
intrepid to hardy of network-manager and related packages (including
openvpn). Some of the packages offered are older versions of those in
current intrepid, so they might be affected by vulnerabilities.

https://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive/ppa

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Can't config a VPN with Network Manager 0.6.6 and OpenVPN plugin 0.3.2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378718
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Status in Dell Inspiron Mini with Custom Dell UI: Confirmed

Bug description:
Hi there,

I have just tried to config a VPN in my laptop but I couldn't do that because the "Add" button (to add a new VPN connection) is disabled.

I have the next packages installed:

 * network-manager:
    - Architecture: lpia
    - Version: 0.6.6-0ubuntu5

* network-manager-openvpn:
   - Architecture: lpia
   - Version: 0.3.2svn2342-1ubuntu4

$ lsb_release -a
   Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
   Description:	Ubuntu 8.04.2
   Release:	8.04
   Codename:	hardy

$ uname -a 
   Linux myhost 2.6.24-24-lpia #1 SMP Wed May 6 17:43:36 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Anyone can help me?