Re: Package net-mgmt/net-snmp is broken by numerous changes in DF headers

[Adrian Bocaniciu <a.bocaniciu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
> for, hasn't been cleaned up this way, so the port breaks.  I recall
> mention of net-snmp on the lists before, so it may be worth checking to
> see if anyone submitted patches that haven't been brought into a dfport
> override yet.  If you want to work on it more, you can try submitting

	I looked at the messages posted to the "submit" group and I have seen 
nothing.  Of course, I have looked at dfports at the beginning, but 
there is also nothing.

	I would not mind doing the necessary changes to net-snmp, but the 
problem is that I have no idea about the roadmap envisioned for the 
userland headers by the DF developers, as I am not aware of any 
documentation about it and I do not remember seeing anything in the mail 
lists.

	It is OK to clean up the headers, but when some functionality is 
removed, something else must be added to provide an alternate way to do 
the same thing.  Moreover, some document must be written explaining how 
to convert the old ports to the new headers.


> Or, you can run 'pkg_add -r net-snmp'.  I have it installed now, though I
> haven't explicitly tested it.  Trying a package before the port is

	Alas, that is not on option for me.  I need to build net-snmp from 
sources, because I need to add the SO_BROADCAST option to the sockets 
used by it.  I have a lot of networkimg devices that require broadcast 
SNMP packets but the maintainers of net-snmp have not foreseen this.

	Best regards !