[ net-snmp-Bugs-3058101 ] snmpset returned WrongLength under ubuntu amd64

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Bugs item #3058101, was opened at 2010-09-02 10:31
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Category: agent
Group: 64-bit
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: https://www.google.com/accounts ()
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: snmpset returned WrongLength under ubuntu amd64

Initial Comment:
version 5.6 rc1, ubuntu 9.04 amd64

Compile and start agent OK. loaded examples/scalar_int mib module. 

$ snmpget -v2c -cpublic localhost:11161 .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.2.1.1.0
NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB::netSnmpExampleInteger.0 = INTEGER: 42
$ snmpset -v2c -cpublic localhost:11161 .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.2.1.1.0 = 44
Error in packet.
Reason: wrongLength (The set value has an illegal length from what the agent expects)
Failed object: NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB::netSnmpExampleInteger.0

here is a similar bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-snmp/+bug/587828

watcher.c line 205
        } else if (((winfo->flags & WATCHER_MAX_SIZE) &&
                     requests->requestvb->val_len > winfo->max_size) ||
            ((winfo->flags & WATCHER_FIXED_SIZE) &&
                requests->requestvb->val_len != get_data_size(winfo))) {
            netsnmp_set_request_error(reqinfo, requests, SNMP_ERR_WRONGLENGTH);

requests->requestvb->val_len ===> 8
get_data_size(winfo)  ===>4

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