UPDATE: net-snmp 5.3.0.1

[aschenke@…]

Updated to build on Darwin 8 and various other Portfile fixes. Specific changes:

1. Updated version to 5.3.0.1 and updated MD5 checksum.
2. Removed (broken) darwin variant and server variant.
3. Removed patch for Makefile.in.
4. Updated configure.args, including suggestions from README.osX; this allows the package to build and install correctly (at least on 10.4). --with-install-prefix is needed to destroot correctly.

[aschenke@…]

Portfile patch for net-snmp 5.3.0.1

[opendarwin.org@…]

Upgraded to 5.3.0.1, modified fixes from attached patch applied. I will close this bug in ~1 week if I don't hear back on any other changes.

[aschenke@…]

In my testing when creating the updated Portfile I discovered:

1. The single quoted arguments in configure.args, such as --mandir='\${prefix}/share/man', do not expand ${prefix} correctly. In other words, the literal string "${prefix}" is used when building.
2. --with-install-prefix must be used, or else the files will not be destrooted correctly; they will be installed directly into the DP tree during the destroot stage and not registered with DP.

In addition, the currently committed Portfile indicates a non-existent patch file (patch-agent.mibgroup.host.hr_storage.c). Thus it won't build.

The above issues are in need of correction. Unless you see something wrong with the way I have things set up, I suggest using the Portfile patch I submitted as-is. It also includes some other Mac OS X specific configure args suggested by the net-snmp documentation.

[opendarwin.org@…]

(In reply to comment #3)

In my testing when creating the updated Portfile I discovered:

1. The single quoted arguments in configure.args, such as

--mandir='\${prefix}/share/man', do not expand ${prefix} correctly. In other words, the literal string "${prefix}" is used when building.

2. --with-install-prefix must be used, or else the files will not be destrooted

correctly; they will be installed directly into the DP tree during the destroot stage and not registered with DP.

Hmm, I'll check that again to be sure I get the same results. If not we'll figure out what's different... (time passes) - Urk, yeah, not registering files. sigh, fixing...

In addition, the currently committed Portfile indicates a non-existent patch file (patch-agent.mibgroup.host.hr_storage.c). Thus it won't build.

Whups, I left that in from other work I was doing on net-snmp (to get +server building), thanks for catching that.

The above issues are in need of correction. Unless you see something wrong with the way I have things set up, I suggest using the Portfile patch I submitted as-is. It also includes some other Mac OS X specific configure args suggested by the net-snmp documentation.

I prefer the server to be a variant, though if there's a good reason not to I'd like to hear it. I left off the '--with-ldflags=-flat_namespace' for now, if that's a problem for something we can add that to the server variant (or the base config options).

[aschenke@…]

(In reply to comment #4)

I did an install of the current Portfile and it seemed to build, install and uninstall OK.

I prefer the server to be a variant, though if there's a good reason

not to I'd like to hear it. I left off the '--with-ldflags=-flat_namespace' for now, if that's a problem for something we can add that to the server variant (or the base config options).

Regarding the server variant: I'm sure you have more experience with net-snmp than I do, so please go with whatever you decide is best. As for --with-ldflags=-flat_namespace, it was suggested in the README.osX file to include this to prevent dyld errors with embedded Perl modules under 10.4.x. I haven't run into this error myself, however.

[rhwood@…]

Updates and new ports are enhancements

[aschenke@…]

Should we go ahead and close this bug now?

[markd@…]

(In reply to comment #7)

Should we go ahead and close this bug now?

Sounds fine. Closed. BTW, v5.3.1 is out now.