diff options
author | elie <elie> | 2002-10-03 06:16:18 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | elie <elie> | 2002-10-03 06:16:18 +0000 |
commit | a14fddaf68fc8b34173bf159f34a4f0c8a7f2d42 (patch) | |
tree | 0afca9c1ff00e49989156fba2d1c1de1c10901cd | |
parent | d8083a84634285773cef365f38e79b23074b5bbd (diff) | |
download | pysnmp-a14fddaf68fc8b34173bf159f34a4f0c8a7f2d42.tar.gz |
Backward compatibility notes with previous PySNMP revisions added
-rw-r--r-- | README | 17 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -SNMP engine for Python, version 3.0.0 -------------------------------------- +SNMP engine for Python, version 3.x +----------------------------------- This is a Python implementation of SNMP v.1/v.2c engine. Its general functionality is to assemble/disassemble SNMP messages from/into @@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ license. See the LICENSE file for details. PRECAUTIONS ----------- -In its 3.x revision, the PySNMP software underwent a major re-write for -a more accurate, standards compliant and extensible implementation, -although [hopefully] complete compatibility with all previous PySNMP -implementations is preserved by means of compatibility sub-packages. -Please, refer to package documentation for more information. +For notes on backward compatibility with previous PySNMP revisions, please, +refer to the COMPATIBILITY file in the PySNMP distribution. Since MIB support is not integrated into PySNMP package at the moment, this software accept and report Object IDs only in a non-symbolic (dotted) notation. @@ -42,13 +39,13 @@ directory in the following way (assuming your Python distribution resides under /usr/local/lib/python): $ cd /usr/local/lib/python/site-packages -$ tar xvf /tmp/pysnmp-3.0.0.tar -$ echo pysnmp-3.0.0 > pysnmp.pth +$ tar xvf /tmp/pysnmp-3.0.1.tar +$ echo pysnmp-3.0.1 > pysnmp.pth Alternatively, the $PYTHONPATH environment variable can be updated to point to your PySNMP package location (assuming your UNIX shell is bash): -export PYTHONPATH=/home/ilya/src/py/pysnmp-3.0.0:$PYTHONPATH +export PYTHONPATH=/home/ilya/src/py/pysnmp-3.0.1:$PYTHONPATH The latter trick is also known to work on Windows. |