Merge branch 'collectd-4.9' into collectd-4.10

[collectd.git] / src / plugin.c

diff --git a/src/plugin.c b/src/plugin.c
index af894d5..9b7cb21 100644 (file)
--- a/src/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugin.c
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ static int plugin_load_file (char *file, uint32_t flags)
        lt_dlhandle dlh;
        void (*reg_handle) (void);
 
-       DEBUG ("file = %s", file);
-
        lt_dlinit ();
        lt_dlerror (); /* clear errors */
 
@@ -297,23 +295,35 @@ static int plugin_load_file (char *file, uint32_t flags)
        }
 #else /* if LIBTOOL_VERSION == 1 */
        if (flags & PLUGIN_FLAGS_GLOBAL)
-               ERROR ("plugin_load_file: The global flag is not supported, "
+               WARNING ("plugin_load_file: The global flag is not supported, "
                                "libtool 2 is required for this.");
        dlh = lt_dlopen (file);
 #endif
 
        if (dlh == NULL)
        {
-               const char *error = lt_dlerror ();
+               char errbuf[1024] = "";
+
+               ssnprintf (errbuf, sizeof (errbuf),
+                               "lt_dlopen (\"%s\") failed: %s. "
+                               "The most common cause for this problem are "
+                               "missing dependencies. Use ldd(1) to check "
+                               "the dependencies of the plugin "
+                               "/ shared object.",
+                               file, lt_dlerror ());
+
+               ERROR ("%s", errbuf);
+               /* Make sure this is printed to STDERR in any case, but also
+                * make sure it's printed only once. */
+               if (list_log != NULL)
+                       fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", errbuf);
 
-               ERROR ("lt_dlopen (%s) failed: %s", file, error);
-               fprintf (stderr, "lt_dlopen (%s) failed: %s\n", file, error);
                return (1);
        }
 
        if ((reg_handle = (void (*) (void)) lt_dlsym (dlh, "module_register")) == NULL)
        {
-               WARNING ("Couldn't find symbol `module_register' in `%s': %s\n",
+               WARNING ("Couldn't find symbol \"module_register\" in \"%s\": %s\n",
                                file, lt_dlerror ());
                lt_dlclose (dlh);
                return (-1);