[oe] Dropped libnl fix for net-snmp: Why?

[Laszlo Papp]

OK, thanks. I am just trying to make sure not to break anything for libnl
3.x.

Here is the old upstream report:
https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2238/


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Joe MacDonald <joe at deserted.net> wrote:

> [Dropped libnl fix for net-snmp: Why?] On 13.09.05 (Thu 16:43) Laszlo Papp
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Joe and co,
> >
> > what exactly is the reason for this patch having been dropped?
> >
> > http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/20563/
> >
> > This was not so thoughtful decision. The current net-snmp version will
> not
> > build against denzil, and in fact, this patch should be even upstreamed.
> I will
> > take care about that one, but is there any objection against me
> submitting this
> > change for net-snmp in meta-networking?
>
> Nope, no objection from me.  It appears to be reasonable.  I think the
> only reason it doesn't appear in meta-net today is it was sent against
> OE Classic and perhaps never sent for inclusion in meta-openembedded.
> That's just a wild guess, though, it looks like the whole thing
> may pre-date my involvement with the project.
>
> --
> -Joe MacDonald.
> :wq
>