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();