On 2011-03-23 18:49, Wes Hardaker wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:09:02 +0100, Bart Van Assche<bvanass...@acm.org> >>>>>> said: > > BVA> What I'm worried about is that different Linux distributors might > BVA> configure Net-SNMP differently (by enabling / disabling different > BVA> features) and hence ending up with incompatible ABI's and that for > BVA> exactly the same Net-SNMP source code version and shared library > BVA> version. As far as I know that is something that is considered > BVA> unacceptable for shared libraries. > > Yes, but we've already always had that concern. Ubuntu and Fedora pass > different configure arguments that will result in the functionality in > libnetsnmpmibs that will certainly be different per OS. Not only that, > you could very much consider --enable-ipv6 to have the exact same > problem. If one OS includes it and another doesn't then you'll end up > with different APIs in the libraries with the same version number. > > I'd argue that any linux distribution that enables the minimalist > support needs to be talked to, as they're not thinking clearly. It's > not a feature set that would ever be turned on for larger systems. > Generally the linux distributions try and turn on as much as possible, > not as little as possible.
I think it would be quite reasonable for a distribution to turn off the netsnmp_unused feature. It is, after all, unused. What this all comes down to is how to go about removing obsolete interfaces - f_create_from_tstring is deprecated since 5.4 but there is no reason to believe that it shouldn't work any more, but on the other hand I doubt that anyone have tested it since 5.4... As for libnetsnmpmibs, I am increasingly convinced that it shouldn't be treated as a user lib at all - libnetsmpmibs contains data extractors that are all but internal to the agent, just like libnetsnmptrapd contains trap handlers that are all but internal to snmptrapd and as a consequence of that I think they should be merged into their respective program. /MF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
