On 5/21/07, Wes Hardaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "NG" == Noah Gift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > NG> On this subject, do you think it would be possible to decouple the > NG> net-SNMP core and the python bindings at all? The reason I ask is > NG> that the preferred python module installation method is to use > NG> something called "easy_install" which is somewhat similar to CPAN > NG> with Perl. > > The python module is, as you know, bound to the Net-SNMP internal > library... So you need it on the system to be able to compile and > install the python module (this binding is what gives such a speed > improvement; early tests resulted in about a 10x increase over the > other SNMP python modules). > > But, the module itself does not need to be in the source directory of > net-snmp to build and install (unless I'm wrong, of course).
I am not sure of the actual implementation details myself, I could research it if you need help. The ideal not technical implementation would be an egg could install itself automatically against a source tree. Even better would be if the egg could work independently of the source code being there. > > If you have a patch you think would help the module either in how it > works or how it is built, please do submit it to our patch database!!! > > http://www.net-snmp.org/patches/ > > NG> The other weird error issue that I already posted is when I try to get > NG> a Mac Address by using something like: > > NG> var = netsnmp.Varbind('ipNetToMediaPhysAddress') > > NG> I get back what appears to be an Octal String and not a Hex String and > NG> the : is substituted with / > > hmm... that does seem odd. Giovanni is probably the best person to > answer this question, but I suspect he's busy till at least next week. thanks! > > -- > Wes Hardaker > Sparta, Inc. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
