[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#745919: snmpd: should not require a PCI bus

[Chris Boot]

Package: snmpd
Version: 5.7.2.1~dfsg-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi net-snmp maintainers,

With the latest version of net-snmp, systems without a PCI bus (e.g.
most ARM systems and amny other embedded systems) can no longer use
snmpd. When starting snmpd, one sees the following output:

vasquez ~ # snmpd
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
pcilib: Cannot find any working access method.
vasquez ~ #

There is an upstream bug[1] for this issue including a patch[2].

Cheers,
Chris

1. http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2449/
2.
http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/_discuss/thread/193dc0ef/7eb3/attachment/ifmib.patch

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500,
'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)

Kernel: Linux 3.13.6-bone8 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages snmpd depends on:
ii  adduser                3.113+nmu3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.52
ii  libc6                  2.18-4
ii  libsnmp-base           5.7.2.1~dfsg-3
ii  libsnmp30              5.7.2.1~dfsg-3
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian12

snmpd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages snmpd suggests:
pn  snmptrapd  <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/snmpd changed [not included]
/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/upgradefrom521:

-- 
Chris Boot
debian at bootc.net
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