--- /dev/null
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/main.c ppp-2.4.4/pppd/main.c
+--- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/main.c 2009-05-07 15:58:00.000000000 -0400
++++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/main.c 2009-05-07 15:58:19.000000000 -0400
+@@ -772,8 +772,7 @@
+ /* update pid files if they have been written already */
+ if (pidfilename[0])
+ create_pidfile(pid);
+- if (linkpidfile[0])
+- create_linkpidfile(pid);
++ create_linkpidfile(pid);
+ exit(0); /* parent dies */
+ }
+ setsid();
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/main.c ppp-2.4.4/pppd/main.c
+--- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/main.c 2009-05-07 15:58:00.000000000 -0400
++++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/main.c 2009-05-07 15:58:19.000000000 -0400
+@@ -772,8 +772,7 @@
+ /* update pid files if they have been written already */
+ if (pidfilename[0])
+ create_pidfile(pid);
+- if (linkpidfile[0])
+- create_linkpidfile(pid);
++ create_linkpidfile(pid);
+ exit(0); /* parent dies */
+ }
+ setsid();