Enabling VPN Support (again)

[Mike Bydalek <mbydalek contentconnections com>]

Hello.

In looking at the archives, I saw a thread discussing this, but I didn't 
see any resolution.  Since I'm new, I can't reply to old postings, hence 
the new thread.

Right now I'm using NetworkManager 0.5.1, and I'm trying to get the VPN 
support working.  Looking at the nifty screenshot on 
http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/, it seems like it *can* be 
done, but I just don't see how.

I looked through the code and didn't really see what checks to see if 
vpnc is installed.  There's nothing in the configure script that does 
this, so my big question is: How do you enable VPN support in 
NetworkManager?

Even looking at the applet, I don't see any "VPN Connections ->" menu 
item.  All I get is the "Connect to Other Wireless Network", etc.  And I 
also get the lovely "No suitable VPN Software was detected...." when 
running nm-vpn-properties.

As far as versions go, here they are:

dbus: 0.5
hal: 0.5.4
NetworkManager: 0.5.1
vpnc: 0.3.3

Am I missing something, or is there something that's just hardcoded to 
look for vpnc on Red Hat that wouldn't work for other distros (I'm using 
Gentoo)?

Thanks,
Mike