From 7bdeece1f2fcedd3915e3a5ab962c0b602f2a8d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Harl Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:41:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added a note about perl and exec plugins to README.Debian. --- debian/README.Debian | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index d998eec..3b77e13 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Configuring collectd: Building your own plugins: -------------------------- +- Originally, plugins for collectd had to be written in C and linked as shared + objects. Starting with version 4.0.0, it is also possible to use plugins + written in the scripting language Perl or implemented as separate processes. + See section "SPECIAL PLUGINS" in collectd(1) for details. + - If you want to contribute plugins to the official distribution you should read http://collectd.org/dev-info.shtml. -- 2.30.2