Re: Features

[Wes H. <har...@us...>]

>>>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:55:44 +0100, Dave Shield <D.T...@li...> said:

DS> Request for clarification:
DS> What is the idea behind "minimalist"   (?minimialist?!?),
DS> and how does this compare with the traditional "--enable-mini-agent" ?

To quote:

  http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Feature_Marking_and_Selection

  "Many components of Net-SNMP are present to support certain features
  in the code. But if the code that requires a feature isn't compiled
  in, the supporting code still is and needlessly adds to the size of
  the running executable and libraries. "

The minimalist support simply removes the code that "needless adds to
the size oft the running executable and libraries".

It also allows you to turn off features that are "optional", but all
features "wanted by code somewhere else but aren't marked as a
hard-require" are currently included.

This discussion is about how to turn off all the "wants" as well so you
really strip it down to even the bare minimals without even the
"nice-to-haves".
-- 
Wes Hardaker
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