strange snmptranslate behaviour

Am I missing something?

% snmpwalk -Os -c communitystring -v 1 hostname sysDescr
sysDescr.0 = STRING: 3Com SuperStack 3
% snmptranslate -Tp system
No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
system: Unknown Object Identifier (Sub-id not found: (top) -> system)
% snmptranslate -Tp iso
+--iso(1)
|
+--org(3)
|
+--dod(6)
|
+--internet(1)
|
+--directory(1)
|
+--mgmt(2)
| |
| +--mib-2(1)
| |
| +--system(1)
| | |
| | +-- -R-- String sysDescr(1)
| | | Textual Convention: DisplayString
| | | Size: 0..255
....


If I use anything other than iso with snmptranslate I get the error
about Sub-id not found, yet snmpwalk works.
Hm even curiouser (going through the examples in snmptranslate)

% snmptranslate -On -IR sysDescr
..1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1
% snmptranslate -Onf -IR sysDescr
..iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr
% snmptranslate -Td -OS system.sysDescr
No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
system.sysDescr: Unknown Object Identifier (Sub-id not found: (top) -> system)
% snmptranslate -Td -OS iso
iso
iso OBJECT-TYPE
-- FROM #-1
::= { 1 }


which points to needing a -T argument for snmptranslate to not find the
Sub-id. (This is today's cvs code under netbsd-current/i386)

Cheers,

Patrick


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