[collectd] collection3 missing dependency Regexp/Common.pm

Stefan Völkel bd at bc-bd.org
Sun Dec 13 15:43:16 CET 2009


Hi,

Sebastian Harl wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 02:01:17PM +0000, bd at bc-bd.org wrote:
>> the version in debian backports also needs
>>
>> 	Regexp/Common.pm
>>
>> Can't locate Regexp/Common.pm in @INC […]
> 
> libregexp-common-perl is suggested by the collectd package in Debian.
> Since collection{3,.cgi} are optional parts that are shipped in /usr/
> share/doc/, this form of (very) soft "dependency" is the only reasonable
> approach.
> 
> Anyway, I'm thinking about a separate package for collection3 at some
> point in the future. I'd rather like collection3 to be somewhat more
> officially supported (i.e. not shipped in contrib/) for that to happen,
> though.

I was more talking about the collection3/README file, since that lists
some dependencies but not Regexp::Common.

regards

	Stefan



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