Brad Nicholes wrote: >>>> On 7/16/2009 at 8:07 AM, in message <4a5f3430.20...@pocock.com.au>, Daniel >>>> > Pocock <dan...@pocock.com.au> wrote: > > >> I tried to attach this solution to the bug report, but I get this error: >> >> You did not enter a valid attachment number. >> >> >> Anyhow, this is a solution for bug 232: >> >> http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232 >> >> As a consequence of applying this patch: >> - whenever an RRD is created/updated, the hostname directory name will >> be converted to lowercase >> - any capitalization can be used with the `h' parameter to the web interface >> - whenever gmetad receives a hostname in the XML, it will use a >> non-case-sensitive comparison to decide if it already has data for that host >> - the XML emitted by gmetad will show the capitalization that was >> received in the XML, not the lowercase version >> >> Anyone applying this patch needs to rename all their hostname >> directories to lowercase. >> >> Regards, >> >> Daniel >> > > This patch seems reasonable to me. The only part that bothers me is the fact > that an upgrade from a previous version might break existing installs unless > they rename all of their rrd directories. That could be a problem for some > users that have a large number of monitored boxes. > Maybe we just make it a part of trunk and the 3.2 release? People (should) look more closely at the readme file when going from 3.1 to 3.2.
Or maybe someone can suggest a clever way to handle existing installs? However it is done, it would involve scanning all the cluster directories, I'm not sure I would want gmetad to do that every time it starts. > BTW, I attached the patch file to the bug > > I tried to do it from iceweasel (Firefox on Debian lenny) - any idea why it worked for you and not me? Incidentally, I often find that when I'm in the bug tracking system, I have to re-enter my password each time I submit a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
