Merge branch 'collectd-5.3' into collectd-5.4

Conflicts:
	contrib/redhat/collectd.spec
	src/collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd-perl.pod b/src/collectd-perl.pod
index d5369b4..d4137bb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd-perl.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-perl.pod
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ for collectd in Perl. This is a lot more efficient than executing a
 Perl-script every time you want to read a value with the C<exec plugin> (see
 L<collectd-exec(5)>) and provides a lot more functionality, too.
 
-When loading the C<perl plugin>, the B<Globals> option should be enabled.
-Else, the perl plugin will fail to load any Perl modules implemented in C,
-which includes, amongst many others, the B<threads> module used by the plugin
-itself. See the documentation of the B<Globals> option in L<collectd.conf(5)>
-for details.
-
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
 
 =over 4

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.in b/src/collectd.conf.in
index 5088eae..04d1ab3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.in
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.in
@@ -137,18 +137,14 @@
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_ONEWIRE_TRUE@LoadPlugin onewire
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_OPENVPN_TRUE@LoadPlugin openvpn
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_ORACLE_TRUE@LoadPlugin oracle
-#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PERL_TRUE@<LoadPlugin perl>
-#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PERL_TRUE@  Globals true
-#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PERL_TRUE@</LoadPlugin>
+#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PERL_TRUE@LoadPlugin perl
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_PINBA_TRUE@LoadPlugin pinba
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_PING_TRUE@LoadPlugin ping
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_POSTGRESQL_TRUE@LoadPlugin postgresql
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_POWERDNS_TRUE@LoadPlugin powerdns
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_PROCESSES_TRUE@LoadPlugin processes
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_PROTOCOLS_TRUE@LoadPlugin protocols
-#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PYTHON_TRUE@<LoadPlugin python>
-#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PYTHON_TRUE@  Globals true
-#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PYTHON_TRUE@</LoadPlugin>
+#@BUILD_PLUGIN_PYTHON_TRUE@LoadPlugin python
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_REDIS_TRUE@LoadPlugin redis
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_ROUTEROS_TRUE@LoadPlugin routeros
 #@BUILD_PLUGIN_RRDCACHED_TRUE@LoadPlugin rrdcached

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 3c599eb..0c346ca 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ Options inside a B<LoadPlugin> block can override default settings and
 influence the way plugins are loaded, e.g.:
 
  <LoadPlugin perl>
-   Globals true
    Interval 60
  </LoadPlugin>
 
@@ -4515,6 +4514,13 @@ activating this option. The draw-back is, that data covering the specified
 amount of time will be lost, for example, if a single statement within the
 transaction fails or if the database server crashes.
 
+=item B<Instance> I<name>
+
+Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database
+name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This
+allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
+when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
+
 =item B<Host> I<hostname>
 
 Specify the hostname or IP of the PostgreSQL server to connect to. If the
@@ -4545,13 +4551,6 @@ Specify the password to be used when connecting to the server.
 Specify whether to use an SSL connection when contacting the server. The
 following modes are supported:
 
-=item B<Instance> I<name>
-
-Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database
-name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This
-allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
-when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
-
 =over 4
 
 =item I<disable>