[Ganglia-developers] complete snapshot?

[Matt Massie]

guys-




this latest snapshot adds
- support for "ttl" on multicast udp_send_channel definitions
- fixed a minor bug in cygwin metric collection


i've built all the file formats for a release at
http://matt-massie.com/ganglia/2.6.0/

if you want an old snapshot for some reason, they are available at
http://matt-massie.com/ganglia/2.6.0.archive/

the rpms seem to work (i installed gmond/gmetad/web and it worked).

i have a question about the rpms.

i don't know exactly how to handle the configuration file conversion.


to convert the file requires something like

  % mv /etc/gmond.conf /etc/gmond.conf.bak
  % gmond --convert /etc/gmond.conf.bak > /etc/gmond.conf





if(/etc/gmond.conf doesn't exist)
  install the rpm default /etc/gmond.conf
if(/etc/gmond.conf DOES exist)
  {
    if(/etc/gmond.conf is old format)
       convert to new format
    else
       install new rpm gmond.conf as /etc/gmond.conf.rpmnew
  }



how would you guys like the rpm to behave?  what makes sense?

i'd like to announce 2.6.0 to the users soon.

-matt

i've just built what i think it a complete snapshot (meaning all features are working as they should). - has brooks fix for preventing a memory leak on freebsd in low memory conditions currently, the rpm installs and default gmond.conf in /etc/ unless a file by that name exists and then it creates the file as /etc/gmond.conf.rpmnew. i don't know if i really want that in the rpm (other than echoing the need to run the commands to the terminal). to do this Right i'll need to build code to determine if a configuration file is version 2.5.x or 2.6.x (which i don't have yet). the logic would be something like. i always get nervous making too many things automatic (it seems it always bites you) especially given the trusted_hosts option might get mangled or something (it shouldn't but things happen). p.s. i'm working on building the windows installer. it'll be in the http://matt-massie.com/ganglia/2.6.0/ directory shortly.

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