MIB warnings I don't understand

I'm trying to add to an existing, private MIB and I'm having no end of
trouble.  I was previously pointed to the "MIB lint" sort of tool at
http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/bin/smitools.cgi and it's very nice.  I
cleaned up quite a few little things that have been in my MIB for some
time.  However, I'm left with two things I don't understand.

First, smitools.cgi says:

mibs/MY-MIB.txt:171: [5] {identifier-external-redifined} warning:
redefinition of identifier `IF-MIB::ifIndex'
/usr/local/share/mibs/ietf/IF-MIB:185: [6] {previous-definition} info:
previous definition of `ifIndex'

Where I've got:

    ifIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      InterfaceIndex
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION "...."
    ::= { portTestEntry 1 }
 
I don't understand MIB scoping but I'd have expected I was creating this
object in *my* MIB, not as a "global"  Why the conflict?


Second, smitool.cgi complains:

mibs/MY-MIB.txt:82: [4] {group-membership} warning: node `p1status'
must be contained in at least one conformance group
mibs/MY-MIB.txt:94: [4] {group-membership} warning: node `p2status'
must be contained in at least one conformance group

(and 8 other objects, too).  Confirmance group?  What's that?

                                        Chris



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