From 81ce36f2d8dc86f91541b46345de9bbf99d6e0a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Harl Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:02:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added NEWS.Debian with notes regarding the upgrade to collectd-4. --- debian/NEWS.Debian | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ debian/collectd.templates | 2 +- debian/rules | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 debian/NEWS.Debian diff --git a/debian/NEWS.Debian b/debian/NEWS.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff1b926 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +collectd (4.0.0~rc6-1) experimental; urgency=low + + This version introduces significant changes to the layout of the RRD files + created by collectd. In order to keep your old data you have to migrate it. + This can be done by using /usr/lib/collectd/utils/migrate-3-4.px. This + script will output a series of shell commands that should do all the work + automatically. However, depending on your setup, a couple of minor changes + might be necessary to migrate all of your data. In this case, please file a + bug report so that the necessary changes can be added to the script. The + script creates the new RRD files in /tmp/collectd-4/ which can be moved to + /var/lib/collectd/ if everything went right. + + Additionally, the syntax of the configuration file has changed slightly. All + strings need to be surrounded by double quotes. See collectd.conf(5) for + details. + + -- Sebastian Harl Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:44:26 +0200 + diff --git a/debian/collectd.templates b/debian/collectd.templates index e9b8021..7a9a6ef 100644 --- a/debian/collectd.templates +++ b/debian/collectd.templates @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description: Automatically try to migrate your RRD files? can be done automatically. In this case a backup of /var/lib/collectd/ is made in /var/backups/. . - See /usr/share/doc/collectd/README.Debian for details. + See /usr/share/doc/collectd/NEWS.Debian for details. . This script is still experimental. Do not expect it to work in all cases. diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules index 9d7a0fb..dc77e81 100755 --- a/debian/rules +++ b/debian/rules @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ binary-arch: build install-arch dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_installchangelogs -a ChangeLog - dh_installdocs -A -a debian/README.Debian AUTHORS README TODO + dh_installdocs -A -a debian/README.Debian debian/NEWS.Debian \ + AUTHORS README TODO dh_installexamples -a contrib/collectd2html.pl contrib/collection.cgi \ contrib/PerlLib/ contrib/SpamAssassin/ contrib/iptables/ dh_installdebconf -a -- 2.30.2