[Mibble-users] Error parsing MIB NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB.txt

[Karl Weber]

Hi,

mibble2.8 reports an error parsing the MIB NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB.txt from the 
net-snmp project. 

The error message is:

Error: in ...../net-snmp-5.3.2/mibs/NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB.txt: line 76:
    unexpected token "::=", expected "}"

   ::= { nsCache 1 }
    ^

The content of the MIB around line 76 is:

nsCacheDefaultTimeout         OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      INTEGER   -- ???
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
      "Default cache timeout value (unless overridden
       for a particular cache entry)."
    DEFVAL { 5 --seconds-- }
    ::= { nsCache 1 }

The error disappears if the comment "--seconds--" is removed. 

Moving the comment out of the braced block also works, i.e. using

 DEFVAL { 5 } -- seconds --

I am no ASN.1 expert, but for all I understand, the comment should be legal 
ASN.1, so the error ought to be attributed to the parser, not the MIB.

Is this correct?

-Karl