>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:54:05 +0200, Thomas Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
>>>>> said:

Thomas> I'd even argue to only warn rather than exit in this situation and only
Thomas> refuse to continue if we detect a different *branch* (e.g. 5.2.x vs.
Thomas> 5.3.x).

That's where I disagree, but I do understand your point.  I think just
warning about it and offer the exception flag is just as good and
forces knowledge though.

Thomas> There's also a different problem: running the perl module against
Thomas> different net-snmp libraries than they've been compiled against.

We can't do much about that.

Thomas> So why force differently at install time? Aren't we supposed
Thomas> to maintain compatibility within the same branch anyway?

Ideally, yes.  Reality I'm never so sure about.

>> algorithm: perl version = W + X/100 + Y/10000 + Z/100000
>> 
>> thus 5.3.1 would be 5.0301

Thomas> Fine by me.

Cool.
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