Re: rfc: snmptrapd dependencies on agent libs

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 11:26:45AM -0700, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:08:48 +0200, Magnus Fromreide <magfr@lysator.liu.se> said:
>
> Magnus> I do not think that --disable-agent should disable the
> Magnus> subagent libraries, that should have a separate flag, let's
> Magnus> call it --disable-agentlib for now.
>
> The primary reason I created the --disable-agent flag was to reduce
> compile time for people that didn't want it. Since the snmpd app
> itself is a small compile step I'm not sure we're doing much by making
> ourselves jump through hoops to disable only a smart part of the code.

Yes, building the agent is a small step but most of the mibgroups subdirectory
could be disabled as well since the implementations of the default mibs are of
questionable value for subagent writers.

> It makes much more sense to disable entire sets of stuff instead.

This speaks against disable-snmptrapd since that is a tiny part.

/MF


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