Re: SNMP.pm status

Hi Stuart.

Stuart Kendrick wrote:
> hi,
> 
> what's the status of the perl module bundled with net-snmp?  what are the 
> chances that one of the current net-snmp developers will have time to 
> address current bugs?  is joe marzot out of the picture?  [i've poked 
> around a bit, looking for him ... i don't think he works at nortel anymore 
> ... but i haven't figured out where he has landed]

The Perl module is still being supported and has even had new features 
added such as the TrapReceiver module in V5.2.

Right now Wes Hardaker is our main Perl guru.  I don't think Joe has 
been around for a while.  I do some work on the Perl modules when needed.

> i'm not trying to whine here ... just trying to figure out my next step.  
> i rely on this module heavily ... i've written ~30,000 lines of perl code 
> over the last few years which depend entirely upon SNMP.pm ... we run 
> these scripts hourly, using them to monitor and manage our collection of 
> switches, routers, firewalls, remote access servers, and, more recently, 
> hosts running general purpose OSes (running the net-snmp agent!).  i'm 
> very grateful for the net-snmp project and for the SNMP perl module -- 
> this package has made my life way easier.
> 
> however, i'm increasing finding it difficult to code around the bugs in 
> SNMP.pm.
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1206712&group_id=12694&atid=112694
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1206613&group_id=12694&atid=112694

I can take a look at both bugs.  If I find anything, I'll update the bug 
report.

> along with others which i haven't posted ... e.g. increasingly, as i 
> enlarge my MIB file collection, SNMP.pm is unable to translate Object 
> Values into OIDs.  i would prefer not to walk thru all my code and 
> manually translate Object Value strings into numeric OIDs ...

Your two bug reports look great.  The detail you posted should help a 
lot with finding the problem.  Can you post a bug report for your other 
problems?

Alex


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