diff -Nru rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/configs/pppoe.conf rp-pppoe-3.8/configs/pppoe.conf
--- rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/configs/pppoe.conf	2006-04-02 17:29:41.000000000 +0300
+++ rp-pppoe-3.8/configs/pppoe.conf	2006-04-21 10:04:20.369308000 +0300
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 # When you configure a variable, DO NOT leave spaces around the "=" sign.
 
 # Ethernet card connected to DSL modem
+#
+# NB: Gentoo overrides ETH when pppoe-start is called from the
+# networking scripts.  This setting has no effect in that case.
 ETH=eth1
 
 # PPPoE user name.  You may have to supply "@provider.com"  Sympatico
@@ -86,8 +89,10 @@
 #   $PIDFILE       contains PID of pppoe-connect script
 #   $PIDFILE.pppoe contains PID of pppoe process
 #   $PIDFILE.pppd  contains PID of pppd process
-CF_BASE=`basename $CONFIG`
-PIDFILE="/var/run/$CF_BASE-pppoe.pid"
+#
+# NB: Gentoo overrides PIDFILE when pppoe-start is run from the
+# networking scripts.  This setting has no effect in that case.
+PIDFILE="/var/run/rp-pppoe.pid"
 
 # Do you want to use synchronous PPP?  "yes" or "no".  "yes" is much
 # easier on CPU usage, but may not work for you.  It is safer to use
diff -Nru rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-connect.in rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-connect.in
--- rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-connect.in	2006-04-02 17:29:42.000000000 +0300
+++ rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-connect.in	2006-04-21 10:04:20.369308000 +0300
@@ -62,12 +62,17 @@
     ;;
 esac
 
-if test ! -f "$CONFIG" -o ! -r "$CONFIG" ; then
+# In Gentoo, CONFIG is a named pipe when pppoe is started by the
+# network scripts.  Testing -r is allowed; testing -f is not.
+if test ! -r "$CONFIG" ; then
     echo "$0: Cannot read configuration file '$CONFIG'" >& 2
     exit 1
 fi
-export CONFIG
-. $CONFIG
+
+# Read the named pipe (/dev/fd/foo) into a variable so we can use it
+# again later (since reading once from the pipe will exhaust it)
+CONFREAD=$(<$CONFIG)
+eval "$CONFREAD"
 
 PPPOE_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE.pppoe"
 PPPD_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE.pppd"
diff -Nru rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-start.in rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-start.in
--- rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-start.in	2006-04-02 17:29:42.000000000 +0300
+++ rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-start.in	2006-04-21 10:04:20.369308000 +0300
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # @configure_input@
 #***********************************************************************
 #
@@ -113,12 +113,17 @@
 	;;
 esac
 
-if [ ! -f "$CONFIG" -o ! -r "$CONFIG" ] ; then
+# In Gentoo, CONFIG is a named pipe when pppoe is started by the
+# network scripts.  Testing -r is allowed; testing -f is not.
+if [ ! -r "$CONFIG" ] ; then
     $ECHO "$ME: Cannot read configuration file '$CONFIG'" >& 2
     exit 1
 fi
-export CONFIG
-. $CONFIG
+
+# Read the named pipe (/dev/fd/foo) into a variable so we can use it
+# again later (since reading once from the pipe will exhaust it)
+CONFREAD=$(<$CONFIG)
+eval "$CONFREAD"
 
 # Check for command-line overriding of ETH and USER
 case "$#" in
@@ -145,11 +150,11 @@
 
 # Start the connection in the background unless we're debugging
 if [ "$DEBUG" != "" ] ; then
-    $CONNECT "$@"
+    $CONNECT <(echo "$CONFREAD")
     exit 0
 fi
 
-$CONNECT "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+$CONNECT <(echo "$CONFREAD") >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 CONNECT_PID=$!
 
 if [ "$CONNECT_TIMEOUT" = "" -o "$CONNECT_TIMEOUT" = 0 ] ; then
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@
 # Monitor connection
 TIME=0
 while [ true ] ; do
-    @sbindir@/pppoe-status $CONFIG > /dev/null 2>&1
+    @sbindir@/pppoe-status <(echo "$CONFREAD") >/dev/null 2>&1
 
     # Looks like the interface came up
     if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
diff -Nru rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-status rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-status
--- rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-status	2006-04-02 17:29:42.000000000 +0300
+++ rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-status	2006-04-21 10:04:20.369308000 +0300
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@
 	;;
 esac
 
-if [ ! -f "$CONFIG" -o ! -r "$CONFIG" ] ; then
+# In Gentoo, CONFIG is a named pipe when pppoe is started by the
+# network scripts.  Testing -r is allowed; testing -f is not.
+if [ ! -r "$CONFIG" ] ; then
     echo "$0: Cannot read configuration file '$CONFIG'" >& 2
     exit 1
 fi
 
-. $CONFIG
+# Read the named pipe (/dev/fd/foo) into a variable so we can use it
+# again later (since reading once from the pipe will exhaust it)
+CONFREAD=$(<$CONFIG)
+eval "$CONFREAD"
 
 PPPOE_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE.pppoe"
 PPPD_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE.pppd"
diff -Nru rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-stop.in rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-stop.in
--- rp-pppoe-3.8.orig/scripts/pppoe-stop.in	2006-04-02 17:29:42.000000000 +0300
+++ rp-pppoe-3.8/scripts/pppoe-stop.in	2006-04-21 10:04:20.369308000 +0300
@@ -31,12 +31,17 @@
     CONFIG=/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f "$CONFIG" -o ! -r "$CONFIG" ] ; then
+# In Gentoo, CONFIG is a named pipe when pppoe is started by the
+# network scripts.  Testing -r is allowed; testing -f is not.
+if [ ! -r "$CONFIG" ] ; then
     echo "$ME: Cannot read configuration file '$CONFIG'" >& 2
     exit 1
 fi
-export CONFIG
-. $CONFIG
+
+# Read the named pipe (/dev/fd/foo) into a variable so we can use it
+# again later (since reading once from the pipe will exhaust it)
+CONFREAD=$(<$CONFIG)
+eval "$CONFREAD"
 
 PPPOE_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE.pppoe"
 PPPD_PIDFILE="$PIDFILE.pppd"