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Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] how to use/build with net-snmp library in wireshark-0.99.7

From: Tetsuya MORIMOTO <tmorimoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:43:33 +0900
Hi all,

I tried to build wireshark-0.99.7 with net-snmp library.
But, the "configure" script doesn't work "--with-net-snmp" option.
(see also attached file which is "diff" of each log file)
--- config_with_net_snmp_0.99.6.log     2008-01-25 15:53:03.000000000 +0900
+++ config_with_net_snmp_0.99.7.log     2008-01-25 15:53:03.000000000 +0900
@@ -532,8 +611,9 @@
                    Use pcre library : yes
                Use kerberos library : yes (MIT)
                Use GNU ADNS library : no
+                Use SMI MIB library : no
              Use GNU crypto library : yes
              Use SSL crypto library : yes
            Use IPv6 name resolution : yes
-               Use Net-SNMP library : yes
                  Use gnutls library : yes
+                 Use libcap library : yes


I read wireshark-0.99.7 Release Notes, but I cannot find about net-snmp library.
Wireshark 0.99.7 Release Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-0.99.7.html

I found "net-snmp support has been removed in favor of libsmi" in wireshark-0.99.7 as follows.
http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/200711/msg00388.html
http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/200711/msg00389.html

However, I cannot build/use libsmi for incompatibility,
I don't know how to build/use with net-snmp library and I must build/use wireshark-0.99.7 for security.
It's face a dilemma.

Does anyone have the solution which is workaround or another thinking?
I'll welcome any comments from you.

Tetsuya
--- config_with_net_snmp_0.99.6.log	2008-01-25 15:53:03.000000000 +0900
+++ config_with_net_snmp_0.99.7.log	2008-01-25 15:53:03.000000000 +0900
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
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 checking for pod2man... /usr/bin/pod2man
 checking for pod2html... /usr/bin/pod2html
+checking for xdg-open... no
 checking for htmlview... /usr/bin/htmlview
 checking for flex... /usr/bin/flex
 checking for python... /usr/bin/python
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@
 checking for libgcrypt-config... /usr/bin/libgcrypt-config
 checking for LIBGCRYPT - version >= 1.1.42... yes
 libgcrypt found, enabling ipsec decryption
+checking for libsmi >= 2... not found
 checking for xsltproc... /usr/bin/xsltproc
 checking for xsltproc... yes
 checking for xmllint... /usr/bin/xmllint
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@
 checking for pcap_set_datalink... yes
 checking for pcap_lib_version... yes
 checking for pcap_get_selectable_fd... yes
+checking whether to build dumpcap... yes
 checking whether to use zlib for reading compressed capture files... yes
 checking zlib.h usability... yes
 checking zlib.h presence... yes
@@ -194,7 +197,9 @@
 libportaudio not found - disabling support for the rtp_player
 checking whether to enable ipv6 name resolution if available... yes
 checking ipv6 stack type... "linux-glibc, inet6"
-checking whether to install wireshark setuid... no
+checking whether to install tshark and dumpcap setuid... no
+checking whether to use the libcap capabilities library... yes
+checking for cap_set_flag in -lcap... yes
 checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
 checking direct.h usability... no
 checking direct.h presence... no
@@ -205,9 +210,15 @@
 checking fcntl.h usability... yes
 checking fcntl.h presence... yes
 checking for fcntl.h... yes
+checking grp.h usability... yes
+checking grp.h presence... yes
+checking for grp.h... yes
 checking netdb.h usability... yes
 checking netdb.h presence... yes
 checking for netdb.h... yes
+checking pwd.h usability... yes
+checking pwd.h presence... yes
+checking for pwd.h... yes
 checking stdarg.h usability... yes
 checking stdarg.h presence... yes
 checking for stdarg.h... yes
@@ -252,14 +263,6 @@
          extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
 checking whether to use SSL library... yes
 checking for EVP_md5 in -lcrypto... yes
-checking whether to use Net-SNMP library... yes
-checking for net-snmp-config... /usr/bin/net-snmp-config
-checking net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h usability... yes
-checking net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h presence... yes
-checking for net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h... yes
-checking net-snmp/library/default_store.h usability... yes
-checking net-snmp/library/default_store.h presence... yes
-checking for net-snmp/library/default_store.h... yes
 checking whether to use kerberos... yes
 checking for krb5-config... /usr/kerberos/bin/krb5-config
 checking krb5.h usability... yes
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@
 checking for strcasecmp... yes
 checking for strncasecmp... yes
 checking for mkstemp... yes
+checking for g_ascii_strcasecmp... yes
 checking for g_ascii_strtoull... yes
 checking for inet_aton... yes
 checking for library containing inet_pton... none required
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@@ -470,7 +549,7 @@
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 checking whether we can add -Wno-pointer-sign to CFLAGS... yes
 checking whether we can add -Wcast-align to CFLAGS... yes
-checking whether we should treat compiler warnings as errors... yes
+checking whether we should treat compiler warnings as errors... no
 checking for platform-specific compiler flags... none needed
 checking for platform-specific linker flags... none needed
 checking if profile builds must be generated... no
@@ -532,8 +611,9 @@
                    Use pcre library : yes
                Use kerberos library : yes (MIT)
                Use GNU ADNS library : no
+                Use SMI MIB library : no
              Use GNU crypto library : yes
              Use SSL crypto library : yes
            Use IPv6 name resolution : yes
-               Use Net-SNMP library : yes
                  Use gnutls library : yes
+                 Use libcap library : yes