Re: [IETFMIBS] Enumerations with underscores

[Dave Shield <D.T.Shield at liverpool.ac.uk>]

2009/5/1 Eduardo Cardona <e.cardona at cablelabs.com>:
> smilint 0.4.3 complains and NET-SNMP 5.1.x (aka. libsmi) complained
> about the existence of underscores in an enumeration

Just a quick clarification.
   libsmi is a product of the group at the Technical University of
Braunschweig, and hence related to (underpins?) smilint.   It has no
connection with the Net-SNMP project, which uses its own MIB parser.

As it happens, The Net-SNMP parser also (correctly) rejects
underscores within enumeration values.   But in general, our
MIB parser is not as strict as the libsmi/smilint one.

If you want to check the validity of your MIB definitions, smilint
is by far the better tool.  Please do not rely on the Net-SNMP
suite to ensure the correctness of your MIBs.  That's not really
what our software is intended for.

Dave