[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#556788: libsnmp-base: Please provide a more clear warning that downloading MIBs can take hours

[Dennis Jørgensen]

Package: libsnmp-base
Version: 5.4.2.1~dfsg-2
Severity: normal

I gave the installation permisson to download MIBs, but it was in no way
clear to me that this process would take several hours on a fast connection.

Please provide a significantly more clear warning on how long this process
takes.

(Alternatively, find a way to speed the process up, if possible).


Kind regards


  Dennis Jørgensen

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libsnmp-base depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
pn  gawk                          <none>     (no description available)
ii  wget                          1.12-1.1   retrieves files from the web

libsnmp-base recommends no packages.

libsnmp-base suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
* libsnmp-base/download_mibs: true