dir = plugin_get_dir ();
ret = 1;
+ /*
+ * XXX: Magic at work:
+ *
+ * Some of the language bindings, for example the Python and Perl
+ * plugins, need to be able to export symbols to the scripts they run.
+ * For this to happen, the "Globals" flag needs to be set.
+ * Unfortunately, this technical detail is hard to explain to the
+ * average user and she shouldn't have to worry about this, ideally.
+ * So in order to save everyone's sanity use a different default for a
+ * handful of special plugins. --octo
+ */
+ if ((strcasecmp ("perl", plugin_name) == 0)
+ || (strcasecmp ("python", plugin_name) == 0))
+ flags |= PLUGIN_FLAGS_GLOBAL;
+
/* `cpu' should not match `cpufreq'. To solve this we add `.so' to the
* type when matching the filename */
status = ssnprintf (typename, sizeof (typename), "%s.so", plugin_name);