From f01dc914b9b0a8315d1a61b0939b4a45151cbe78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Forster <octo@leeloo.lan.home.verplant.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 09:34:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] collectd-exec(5): Document the removed backwards
 compatibility code.

---
 src/collectd-exec.pod | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod
index 81b3a2ec..10f68290 100644
--- a/src/collectd-exec.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ to make use of collectd's more powerful interface.
 The user, the binary is executed as, may not have root privileges, i.E<nbsp>e.
 must have an UID that is non-zero. This is for your own good.
 
+=item
+
+Early versions of the plugin did not use a command but treated all lines as if
+they were arguments to the I<PUTVAL> command. When the I<PUTNOTIF> command was
+implemented, this behavior was kept for lines which start with an unknown
+command for backwards compatibility. This compatibility code has been removed
+in I<collectdE<nbsp>5>.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
-- 
2.11.0