On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:06:18 +0200 Thomas wrote: TA> I'm not sure I agree. Why require people to configure like this for the TA> whole toolkit when all they want is to configure like this for a certain TA> application instance? Why not even have a "noPersistentStore" config token?
Good point... On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:21:41 -0700 Steve wrote: SF> Case #1: net-snmp is incorporated into the product-build tree, would be SF> helpful to just elide the config code entirely at compile time. [...] SF> SF> Case #2: project links with the NET-SNMP found on the current machine, SF> wants to turn off config (and MIBs). [...] Yep, both valid and likely cases... SF> I think there might be three options here: SF> SF> 1) disable load of config SF> 2) disable load of persistent state SF> 3) disable save of persistent state SF> SF> It seems to me that #2 and #3 should go toghteer, but I don't know if SF> #1 and #2 share the same code for loading. 1 is already available for snmpd and snmptrapd via -C command line. Probably wouldn't be hard to extend this to the applications. (Left as an exercise to the readers). I don't think 2 and 3 make sense as separate options. I can see wanting 3 w/out 2, but not 2 w/out 3. SF> Would these ./configure options provide the right level of distinction? SF> SF> --disable-config-loading # loads only SF> --disable-persistent-state # load + save Yep. -- Robert Story; NET-SNMP Junkie Support: <http://www.net-snmp.org/> <irc://irc.freenode.net/#net-snmp> Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=net-snmp-coders> You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
