[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Noah Misch wrote:

> This patch makes Net-SNMP optional under the VC++ build process in much the same
> way that zlib and ADNS are already optional.
>
> Why bother?  The Net-SNMP binary distribution comes in the form of a static
> library with dynamic C runtime linkage (MSVCRT).  To link it to ethereal,
> ethereal must also use MSVCRT.  I cannot do this easily because I am building
> with the Visual C++ 2003 Toolkit, the no-cost distribution of the Microsoft
> compilers.  That package does not include MSVCRT.lib, and my attempts at
> generating one did not result in complete success.  Notably, the other ethereal
> dependencies all ship as DLLs, and as such do not create this problem.
>  
Well, there are other problems reported: licensing and DLL conflicts. 
See Readme.win32 for some details. There are earlier reported problems 
that some DLLs
will conflict (e.g. when opening files). Please report, if you can 
compile a completely working Ethereal :-)

However making the Net-SNMP library optional is a step in the right 
direction anyway, as it's a huge package to download,
and not required by anyone.

Regards, ULFL