On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:41:26 +0200 Thomas wrote:
TA> one of the things that always strikes me with net-snmp is the fact that 
TA> it handles an ".index" file in the mib directories. I'd actually expect 
TA> vendors/packages to complain to us since maintaining an .index file in 
TA> the main mib dir (like /usr/share/snmp/mibs) most often violates the 
TA> Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. From FHS 2.3, chapter 4: "/usr is 
TA> shareable, read-only data [...] and must not be written to".
TA> 
TA> Has anyone ever thought of replacing the ".index" handling with 
TA> something better?

I'm sure it was done for simplicity. I wouldn't object to moving it, though it
will be more complicated to deal with multiple mib directories.

-- 
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. 


-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by:
Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions,
and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl
_______________________________________________
Net-snmp-coders mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders

Reply via email to