From 0a0be9c9b4752f4a5a8cda9dd05bf999716d2a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oetiker <oetiker@a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:51:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Generate an error message when using RRDp with graph - this
 can not work reliably. (Debian Bug#251701) -- Sebastian Harl

git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/branches/1.3@1790 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa
---
 program/bindings/perl-piped/RRDp.pm | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/program/bindings/perl-piped/RRDp.pm b/program/bindings/perl-piped/RRDp.pm
index dc79358c..14cccf46 100644
--- a/program/bindings/perl-piped/RRDp.pm
+++ b/program/bindings/perl-piped/RRDp.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ start RRDtool. The argument must be the path to the RRDtool executable
 pass commands on to RRDtool. check the RRDtool documentation for
 more info on the RRDtool commands.
 
+B<Note>: Due to design limitations, B<RRDp::cmd> does not support the
+C<graph -> command - use C<graphv -> instead.
+
 =item $answer = B<RRDp::read>
 
 read RRDtool's response to your command. Note that the $answer variable will
@@ -187,6 +190,13 @@ sub cmd (@){
   }
   $cmd =~ s/\n/ /gs;
   $cmd =~ s/\s/ /gs;
+
+  # The generated graphs aren't necessarily terminated by a newline,
+  # causing RRDp::read() to wait for a line matching '^OK' forever.
+  if ($cmd =~ m/^\s*graph\s+-\s+/) {
+    croak "RRDp does not support the 'graph -' command - "
+        . "use 'graphv -' instead";
+  }
   print RRDwriteHand "$cmd\n";
 }
 
-- 
2.30.2