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
