Re: 5.8 testing status

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 22:07:27 -0400 Bill wrote:
BF> >>> (The context is that the library now tries to suppress
BF> >>> converting traps from v1 to v2 or vice versa if there is no
BF> >>> trap sink of the right type, but, it does not know how to
BF> >>> treat agentx sessions so doesn't count them - so if there's
BF> >>> only an agentx session open it may not send *any* traps
BF> >>> since it "knows" there are no v1 or v2 trap sessions open) 

Drat. I should have added a log message when neither matched.

BF> It's plausible that a workaround as simple as
BF> 
BF> +    /*
BF> +     * We lie about being SNMPv3, because ...
BF> +     */
BF>      if (add_trap_session(main_session, AGENTX_MSG_NOTIFY, 1,
BF> -                         AGENTX_VERSION_1)) {
BF> +                         SNMP_VERSION_3)) {
BF> 
BF> would work.  (I picked V3 because you can't disable it, unlike
BF> v2c.)  I also didn't feel like writing the rest of the
BF> comment :-)

Hmm.. I'm not a fan of lying if it's avoidable... The fix should be
to recognize the agentx sessions properly...

Robert

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