[Bug 396936] [NEW] wireshark to support SNMP decoding with SMI libraries

[Peter Valdemar Mørch]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: wireshark

I expect wireshark to be able to decode SNMP PDUs symbolically. Instead it only shows them numerically. 
E.g. I expect the more meaningful "IF-MIB::IfInOctets.12" instead of ".1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.12".

This is because current wireshark packages do not include support for
SMI ( == the ability to decode SNMP packages symbolically). If
llibsmi2-dev is installed prior to building wireshark's packages from
the source package, then wireshark does get SNMP decoding functionality.

Therefore I suggest introducing libsmi2-dev as a build dependency, so
that wireshark can decode SNMP properly. That, in turn, automatically
makes libsmi2ldbl a dependency for the binary packages.

Slightly more info:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireshark.user/8621

> lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10
> apt-cache policy wireshark
wireshark:
  Installed: 1.0.3-1ubuntu2.2
  Candidate: 1.0.3-1ubuntu2.2
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.3-1ubuntu2.2 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.3-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages

** Affects: wireshark (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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wireshark to support SNMP decoding with SMI libraries
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396936
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