README.Debian{,.plugins}: Updated section about plugin dependencies.

diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index 0a21a9180eed44deabae32271d7cda3d1cf52875..e7c7c0371f57bcc91cdb3a910e803ce85f0fff40 100644 (file)
--- 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 b1ecd6726a90dbaa6113db2d1900bb149cfb7ddb..4a3f4d2e6e3a8c8cc3fae0eda7ee2211fbeac709 100644 (file)
--- 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:
 --------------------