Net-SNMP 5.4.1 available

I'm happy to announce the release of version 5.4.1 of Net-SNMP, which
is the newest version in the development of the project and contains
many bug fixes over the 5.4 release.

One recent change worth mentioning is that we're now distributing both
a .tar.gz and a .zip form of the sourcecode on the download site.  It
turns out that particular extraction tools on windows had issues with
the tar file.  The important thing to note is that the contents of
them are the same, so you don't need to grab them both!

Contents of this announcement
-----------------------------
  - What has Changed recently?
  - Where can I get it?
  - Are there binaries available?
  - What operating systems does it run on?
  - Which versions of the SNMP protocol are supported in this package?
  - I've found a bug or have a suggestion, how do I tell you about it?
  - What's the difference between UCD-SNMP and Net-SNMP?

What has Changed recently?
-------------------------------------------

  The NEWS file snippits from these releases are as follows:

    snmplib:
      - [BUG 1619827]: link libraries against needed external libraries
      - [PATCH 1616912]: fix memory leak in UDP transport code
      - [PATCH 1592706]: fix memory leak when cloning varbinds
      - Change snmp_sess_add_ex to consistently close and delete the
        transport argument on failure, earlier the liveness of the
        transport argument was undecided.

    snmpd:
      - [BUG 1558823]: fix ipAddressTable memory leak
      - [BUG 1596638]: fix memory leak in ipCidrRouteTable, inetCidrRouteTable
      - [BUG 1611524]: fix tcp connection table file descriptor leak
      - handle row deletion issues in dataset tables
      - [BUG 1712988]: default and configurable maximum number of
        varbinds returnable to a GETBULK request.
      - [PATCH 1666737]: include ipv6 counts in
	udpInDatagrams, udpNoPorts, udpInErrors, udpOutDatagrams
      - [PATCH 1700157]: fixes ordering of exec tokens in the resulting mib tree
      - [PATCH 1719253]: fix skipNFSInHostResources so it does not break on the
	second walk of the table.

    perl:
      - link Perl modules against the exact set of libraries needed
      - [BUG 1619827]: properly link against libperl when configured with
	--enable-as-needed
      - [PATCH 1725049]: fix bulkwalk in cases of non-repeater

    build:
      - update to libtool 1.5.24 (from 1.5.22)

    python:
      - [PATCH 1716114]: Let python build in the Net-SNMP source tree

    MacOSX:
      - [PATCH 1600522]: CPU Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
        implementation for mach/darwin
      - IF-MIB rewrite now enabled by default

    Win32:
      - fix AES support
      - [PATCH 1706344]: fix compilation with cygwin

    IRIX:
      - [PATCH 1709748]: Optimized IRIX cpu stats

    AIX:
      - Fix default shared library building instead of forcing static use

    FreeBSD:
      - [BUG 1633483]: Support CPU HAL on FreeBSD4.x

Where can I get it?
------------------

  Download:
    - http://www.net-snmp.org/download/
    - ftp://ftp.net-snmp.org/pub/sourceforge/net-snmp/
  Web page:
    - http://www.net-snmp.org/
  Sourceforge Project page:
    - http://www.net-snmp.org/project/
  Mirrors (note that sourceforge download servers are mirrored themselves):
    - US:          ftp://ftp.freesnmp.com/mirrors/net-snmp/
    - Greece:      ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/net/snmp/net-snmp/

Are there binaries available?
----------------------------

  - Binaries do appear on our download site, but often are published a
    bit later than the normal source code.  Most of the binaries that
    are available have been linked with the OpenSSL package so you'll
    need a copy of it installed in order to use them.  If you don't
    have OpenSSL installed and don't want it installed, please get the
    net-snmp source release instead and built it yourself (but you'll
    loose support for SNMPv3 with SHA1 authentication and both DES and
    AES encryption).

What operating systems does it run on?
-------------------------------------

  Both the applications and the agent have been reported as running
  (at least in part) on the following operating systems:

	* Linux (kernels 2.6 to 1.3)
	* Solaris/SPARC (11 to 2.3), Solaris/Intel (10, 9) -- see 
	  README.solaris
	* HP-UX (10.20 to 9.01 and 11.23 to 11.0 -- see README.hpux11)
	* Mac OS X (10.4 to 10.1) -- see README.osX
	* NetBSD (2.0 to 1.0)
	* FreeBSD (6.1 to 2.2)
	* OpenBSD (4.0 to 2.6)
	* BSDi (4.0.1 to 2.1)
	* AIX (5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 4.3.3, 4.1.5, 3.2.5) -- see README.aix
	* IRIX (6.5 to 5.1)
	* OSF (4.0, 3.2 and Tru64 Unix 5.1B -- see README.tru64)
	* SunOS 4 (4.1.4 to 4.1.2)
	* Ultrix (4.5 to 4.2)
	* Dynix/PTX 4.4
	* QNX 6.2.1A

  See our FAQ at http://www.Net-SNMP.org/FAQ.html for more details on
  portability of the Net-SNMP package.

Which versions of the SNMP protocol are supported in this package?
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  SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 (including user-based and kerberos-based support) 

I've found a bug or have a suggestion, how do I tell you about it?
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  Please submit the bug to our bug-tracking system at:

    http://www.net-snmp.org/bugs/

  Please submit patches (for features or bugs) to our patch-tracking
  system.  (You don't need to submit a big report as well, just a patch)

    http://www.net-snmp.org/patches/

What's the difference between UCD-SNMP and Net-SNMP?
---------------------------------------------------

  Not a great deal, really.
  Although the project originally started at UC Davis (hence the name),
  and it has always been based there, most of the contributors have had
  little or no connection with this institution.

    The move to SourceForge was intended to provide a more flexible
  environment for the project, and to distribute the administrative
  workload more evenly.  The change of name simply reflects this move,
  which was the last remaining link with UC Davis.

    The 4.2.x line is the last release line that uses the ucd-snmp name,
  and all releases under this banner will be bug-fixes only.  Release
  5.0 is the first version using the net-snmp name, and all new features
  and significant development will be released under this name.
    (Though the dividing line between a bug-fix and a new feature is
  something of a vague one, so some changes in the 4.2.x line may be
  relatively non-trivial!)

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

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