[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#966544: Bug#966544: snmpd: extend option broken after update

[Albertas Sileika]

Hi,

It is not acceptable to remove feature without possibility to enable it
again. This update breaks part of our monitoring system.

Albertas

On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:46:29 +1000 Craig Small <csmall at debian.org> wrote:
> Hi James,
> That would have been intentional, the EXTEND MIB has major security
> issues.
>
> - Craig
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 23:03, James Greig <james at host-it.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Package: snmpd
> > Version: 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u2
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
appropriate
> > ***
> >
> > Updating snmpd from deb9u1 to deb9u2 via apt on any stretch system
> > breaks the ability to use 'extend' in snmpd.
> >
> > After updating on any stretch system and restarting snmpd this error
will
> > appear:-
> >
> > Warning: Unknown token: extend
> >
> > It's likely the latest binary build of this package has not included
> > options to
> > enable extend and/or other extras.
> >
> > *** End of the template - remove these template lines ***
> >
> >
> > -- System Information:
> > Debian Release: 9.13
> > APT prefers oldstable-updates
> > APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable')
> > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> >
> > Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
> > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
> > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
> > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> >
> > Versions of packages snmpd depends on:
> > ii adduser 3.115
> > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61
> > ii init-system-helpers 1.48
> > ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u4
> > ii libsnmp-base 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u2
> > ii libsnmp30 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u2
> > ii lsb-base 9.20161125
> >
> > snmpd recommends no packages.
> >
> > Versions of packages snmpd suggests:
> > pn snmptrapd <none>
> >
> > -- debconf information excluded


-- 
Su pagarba,
Albertas Šileika
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