diff --git a/debian/bin/gen_plugin_deps.pl b/debian/bin/gen_plugin_deps.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# collectd - gen_plugin_deps.pl
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Sebastian Harl
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; only version 2 of the License is applicable.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+#
+# Author:
+# Sebastian Harl <sh at tokkee.org>
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $infile = "debian/README.Debian.plugins.in";
+my $outfile = "debian/README.Debian.plugins";
+
+my ($ifile, $ofile);
+
+if (! open($ifile, "<", $infile)) {
+ print STDERR "Could not open file '$infile': $!\n";
+ exit 1;
+}
+
+if (! open($ofile, ">", $outfile)) {
+ print STDERR "Could not open file '$outfile': $!\n";
+ exit 1;
+}
+
+while (my $line = <$ifile>) {
+ if ($line !~ m/^\@PLUGIN_DEPS\@\n$/) {
+ print $ofile $line;
+ }
+ else {
+ print_plugin_deps($ofile);
+ }
+}
+
+close($ofile);
+close($ifile);
+
+sub print_plugin_deps
+{
+ my $fh = shift;
+ my $pdir = undef;
+ my $i = 0;
+
+ my $plugindir = "debian/collectd/usr/lib/collectd/";
+
+ if (! opendir($pdir, $plugindir)) {
+ print STDERR "Could not open directory '$plugindir': $!\n";
+ exit 1;
+ }
+
+ foreach my $dirent (sort readdir($pdir)) {
+ if ($dirent !~ m/^(\w+).so$/) {
+ next;
+ }
+
+ my $name = $1;
+ my $deps = `dpkg-shlibdeps -O $plugindir/$dirent`;
+
+ chomp $deps;
+
+ $deps =~ s/^shlibs:Depends=//;
+
+ my @deps = grep !m/^libc6\b/, split m/, /, $deps;
+
+ if (scalar @deps) {
+ if (0 < $i) {
+ print $fh "\n";
+ }
+
+ ++$i;
+
+ print $fh "$name:\n";
+ foreach my $dep (@deps) {
+ print $fh " * $dep\n";
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+# vim: set tw=78 sw=4 ts=4 noexpandtab :
+