Merge branch 'collectd-4.4' into collectd-4.5

[collectd.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index f41e720..e698786 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ Features
       Values gathered by a custom program or script.
       See collectd-exec(5).
 
+    - filecount
+      Count the number of files in directories.
+
     - hddtemp
       Harddisk temperatures using hddtempd.
 
@@ -132,8 +135,9 @@ Features
       Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation,
       temperature, etc. See upsd(8).
 
-    - onewire
+    - onewire (EXPERIMENTAL!)
       Read onewire sensors using the owcapu library of the owfs project.
+      Please read in collectd.conf(5) why this plugin is experimental.
 
     - perl
       The perl plugin implements a Perl-interpreter into collectd. You can
@@ -419,9 +423,11 @@ Configuring / Compiling / Installing
   disable all plugins whose requirements cannot be fulfilled (any other plugin
   will be enabled). To enable a plugin, install missing dependencies (see
   section `Prerequisites' above) and rerun `configure'. If you specify the
-  `--enable-<plugin>' configure option, you can force the plugin to be built.
-  This will most likely fail though unless you're working in a very unusual
-  setup and you really know what you're doing.
+  `--enable-<plugin>' configure option, the script will fail if the depen-
+  dencies for the specified plugin are not met. If you specify the
+  `--disable-<plugin>' configure option, the plugin will not be built. Both
+  options are meant for package maintainers and should not be used in everyday
+  situations.
 
   By default, collectd will be installed into `/opt/collectd'. You can adjust
   this setting by specifying the `--prefix' configure option - see INSTALL for