Hi Richard: I'm confused here - Ganglia does not include the libraries you mentioned - this discussion is about the libraries that ships with Ganglia in the srclib directory:
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ganglia/trunk/monitor-core/srclib/ Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 8:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-developers] 3.0.4 and srclib > > Fair enough, > > although I did not realise you were talking about apr. > I was talking about autoconf, freetype, libart, rrdtool etc, > and all of those are installed in /opt/ganglia. > > kind regards, > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marcus Rueckert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 September 2006 16:00 > > To: Grevis, Richard: IT (LDN) > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-developers] 3.0.4 and srclib > > > > > > > > First all you go way too far with my approach. > > > > On 2006-09-04 15:41:32 +0100, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > your envionment certainly sounds like it is under control, but in > > > mine, the engineered Linux build has packages that in some > > instances > > > are really quite old. Old enough for the Ganglia build to barf. > > > > > > In some cases a fix would have been easy because the > > package was not > > > there at all. And because I control the Ganglia servers > > they were not > > > too much trouble > > > with them anyway. > > > > > > But we are an investment bank. Some of our monitored hosts > > are related > > > to trading, pricing, and quants (HPC for risk etc). If > the ganglia > > > agent is provably self contained, > > > placing it on these system is OK. But if we wanted to > upgrade a 3rd > > > party package > > > we would need to ensure the packages/libraries were not > > used by the apps > > > teams, > > > and if they were, go through a build, test, release cycle > > for the app > > > code. > > > work work work. > > > > > > So while I head what you say, I prefer static (Or dynamic > but using > > > the copies of the 3rd party libraries stored in the ganglia tree). > > > > lets say you stuff all your stuff in /opt/ganglia to avoid > > conflicts with system libraries > > > > cd expat*/ > > ./configure --prefix=/opt/ganglia && make && make install > > cd ../confuse*/ > > ./configure --prefix=/opt/ganglia && make && make install > > cd ../apr*/ > > ./configure --with-expat=/opt/ganglia --prefix=/opt/ganglia > > && make && make install cd ../ganglia*/ ./configure > > --with-expat=/opt/ganglia --prefix=/opt/ganglia > > --with-apr=/opt/ganglia --with-confuse=/opt/ganglia > > --enable-static --disable-shared \ && make && make install cd > > .. ; echo done > > > > that is not a bit harder for you. > > now you could also implement the same logic as found in the > > svn configure. it tries to find system libraries (in standard > > searchpaths or via configure params.), if nothing is found > > than it falls back to the intree copy. > > > > from a packagers side it sucks atm. because you either have > > to live with intree copies or patch the build heavily to > > avoid that. atm i dont update the package as i have no time > > for the build system and i dont want to have the intree libraries. > > > > darix > > > > -- > > openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux > > openSUSE is good for you > > www.opensuse.org > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our > web site at http://www.barcap.com. > > Internet communications are not secure and therefore the > Barclays Group does not accept legal responsibility for the > contents of this message. Although the Barclays Group > operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept > responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by > viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent > those of the Barclays Group. Replies to this email may be > monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on > Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-developers mailing list > Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers >
