13767 – Proposed use of 'netsnmp' USE flag for net-snmp

Bug 13767 - Proposed use of 'netsnmp' USE flag for net-snmp

Summary: Proposed use of 'netsnmp' USE flag for net-snmp

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Unclassified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Kyle Manna (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-01-12 04:25 UTC by monkey
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:22 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description monkey 2003-01-12 04:25:20 UTC

The current 'snmp' USE flag refers to the ucd-snmp package; but for some time
this package has been reborn as net-snmp (http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/). 
I'm not a big SNMP guru but it seems that there is really no reason to use
ucd-snmp over net-snmp anymore as most SNMP-related packages now have support
for the net-snmp distribution.  Also there are ebuilds for both ucd-snmp and
net-snmp.

I propose a new USE flag of 'netsnmp' to differentiate between the two packages.
 This should solve some problems like http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12626

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-01-16 07:16:41 UTC

I'd really prefer not to add more USE flags. Raker, opinion on this?

Comment 2 Max Kalika (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-19 14:58:00 UTC

this isn't needed because we have virtual/snmp and the snmp USE flag refers to 
this -- not ucd-snmp specifically. I've also recently made ucd-snmp and 
net-snmp block virtual/snmp and the latest net-snmp provides a backward 
compatible environment for things which only know how to speak ucd-snmp (i.e. 
cyrus-imap).  I'm going to close this request.