From: Sebastian Harl Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:12:28 +0000 (+0100) Subject: README.Debian{,.plugins}: Updated section about plugin dependencies. X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.8.2-1~20 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9465d4d19d4e3808c4ee96594dae473ad8f879e1;p=pkg-collectd.git README.Debian{,.plugins}: Updated section about plugin dependencies. --- diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index 0a21a91..e7c7c03 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ General notes: -------------- - Some plugins require additional libraries. To prevent you from having to - install dependencies that you don't actually need those libraries are - recommendations rather than dependencies. See README.Debian.plugins in the - "collectd-core" package for details. + install dozens of further packages that you don't actually need, there is no + strict dependency on those libraries. Rather, they are listed as recommenda- + tions ("collectd" package) or suggestions ("collectd-core" package"). See + /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/README.Debian.plugins for details. Configuring collectd: --------------------- diff --git a/debian/README.Debian.plugins.in b/debian/README.Debian.plugins.in index b1ecd67..4a3f4d2 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian.plugins.in +++ b/debian/README.Debian.plugins.in @@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ collectd plugins on Debian ========================== Some plugins require additional libraries. To prevent you from having to -install dependencies that you don't actually need those libraries are -recommendations rather than dependencies. +install dozens of further packages that you don't actually need, there is no +strict dependency on those libraries. Rather, they are listed as recommenda- +tions ("collectd" package) or suggestions ("collectd-core" package"). apt-get(8) and aptitude(8) will install recommended packages automatically by default. If you did not disable this feature you will have everything in place -to operate all plugins. Else you have to install missing dependencies manually -(see the section "Plugin dependencies" below). +to operate all plugins when installing the "collectd" package. Else you have +to install missing dependencies manually (see the section "Plugin +dependencies" below). Plugin dependencies: --------------------