From 709080b35859cec90854f1c4c71590b538ba0689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Harris Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 02:12:41 +0000 Subject: Update various README and INSTALL files to reflect the requirement for UCD SNMP 4.2.2 or later if you want MIB-reading support. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4926 --- README | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index ffa344be5d..2bc4f92321 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.54 2002/01/29 09:45:55 guy Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.55 2002/03/11 02:12:41 guy Exp $ General Information ------- ----------- @@ -187,12 +187,19 @@ for those packets types. SNMP ---- -Ethereal can do some basic decoding of SNMP packets; it can also use an -external SNMP library to do more sophisticated decoding.. The configure -script will automatically determine which library you have on your -system and will use it. If you have an SNMP library but _do not_ want -to have ethereal use it, you can run configure with the "--disable-snmp" -option. +Ethereal can do some basic decoding of SNMP packets; it can also use the +UCD SNMP library, version 4.2.2 or later, to do more sophisticated +decoding, by reading MIB files and using the information in those files +to display OIDs and variable binding values in a friendlier fashion The +configure script will automatically determine whether you have the UCD +SNMP library on your system, and will use it if it's version 4.2.2 or +later. If you have an SNMP library but _do not_ want to have ethereal +use it, you can run configure with the "--disable-snmp" option. (If you +have an earlier version of the UCD SNMP library on your system, the +configure script will stop, reporting that it can't find the +"sprint_realloc_objid()" routine; you should either upgrade to version +4.2.4, as that version fixes some potential buffer overflow problems, or +should configure with "--disable-snmp".) How to Report a Bug -- cgit v1.2.1