2008/5/6 Jan Safranek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>  Fedora splits Net-SNMP to many subpackages....
>  And another question is what about other distros - quick look at
>  Mandriva shows, that they have completely different packaging of Net-SNMP.


Checking the "major" distributions (as listed in Wikipedia),
the main groupings seem to be as follows:

RedHat-esque
    net-snmp{ , -devel, -libs, -perl, -utils}
        Ark, CentOS, Fedora, RedHat, Scientific

Mandriva-esque
    libnet-snmp{ N, -devel, -static-devel}
    net-snmp{ , -mibs, -tkmib, -trapd, -utils}
    perl-NetSNMP (?)
        Annvix, Mandriva, PCLinux

SuSE-esque
    net-snmp,  net-snmp-devel
        openSuSE, SuSE, Yoper


Plus two other single-distribution formats:
  PLD:    ucd-snmp{ , -devel, -libs, -snmptrapd, -statuc, -utils, -utils-perl}
  ALT:    lib{net, ucd}-snmp{ , -devel},  net-snmp-mibs,  perl-Net-SNMP (?)


There seem to be some minor differences within these groups
(e.g. which types of library are packaged where), but the basic
contents seem fairly consistent.


>  Second issue is that most distributions provide sample configuration
>  file in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf. Why don't we distribute one?

Mostly historical, I think.
The aim of our binary distributions has tended to aim for something similar
to the results of a simple
    "configure ; make ; sudo make install"

That doesn't attempt to install any configuration files, so the binary
packages don't either.   But it's perfectly reasonable to review both
aspects of that policy.

Dave

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