[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#732224: snmpd error message does not identify file which contains invalid content

[David Goodenough]

Package: snmpd
Version: 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1+b1
Severity: normal

When I upgraded to this version of snmpd when snmpd was restarted it said:-

Setting up snmpd (5.7.2~dfsg-8.1+b1) ...
[....] Starting network management services::Error: Line 278: Parse error in 
chip name
Error: Line 283: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 284: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 285: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 286: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 287: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 288: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 289: Label statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 322: Compute statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 323: Compute statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 324: Compute statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 325: Compute statement before first chip statement
Error: Line 1073: Parse error in chip name
Error: Line 1094: Parse error in chip name
Error: Line 1104: Parse error in chip name
Error: Line 1114: Parse error in chip name
Error: Line 1124: Parse error in chip name

What this does tell me is which file contains these errors, so fixing it is
rather difficult.  Please include the file name with the line number.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages snmpd depends on:
ii  adduser                3.113+nmu3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.50
ii  libc6                  2.17-92
ii  libmysqlclient18       5.5.31+dfsg-1
ii  libsnmp-base           5.7.2~dfsg-8
ii  libsnmp30              5.7.2~dfsg-8
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-24
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian12
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

snmpd recommends no packages.

snmpd suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf'
/etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
u'/etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf'

-- debconf information:
  snmpd/upgradefrom36:
  snmpd/upgradefrom521: