>>>>> "AH" == Andrew Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AH> libsmi's parser is MUCH more picky than net-snmp's parser. Mostly, FYI: Yep. By design. Libsmi is designed to be a strict parser enforcing the rules of the SMI against the MIBs. This is seen as a benefit since it forces MIB authors to fix problems (and the IETF actually requires new MIBs published in standard documents to be checked with libsmi's the excellent smilint tool). Net-SNMP's parser, on the other hand, has taken the roll of trying to be helpful to the user whenever possible and accept MIBs that although not strictly legally correct could still interpreted and thus are loadable and usable. (it's highly unlikely that most end-users will know how to edit SMI documents to fix problems, after all). -- "In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find." -- Terry Pratchett _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
