[rrd-users] rrdtool 1.4.x without graphing support?

[Ulf Zimmermann]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Oetiker [mailto:tobi at oetiker.ch]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:51 PM
> To: Ulf Zimmermann
> Cc: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> Subject: RE: [rrd-users] rrdtool 1.4.x without graphing support?
> 
> Hi Ulf,
> 
> Today Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tobias Oetiker [mailto:tobi at oetiker.ch]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:46 PM
> > > To: Ulf Zimmermann
> > > Cc: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > > Subject: RE: [rrd-users] rrdtool 1.4.x without graphing support?
> > >
> > > Hi Ulf,
> > >
> > > Today Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Trying to look at the patch, I got another question.
> Configure.ac
> > > > > > is set to check for glib-2.0, by using glib_check_version,
> which
> > > > > > wasn't added until glib 2.6. EL4 unfortunatly only has glib
> > > > > > 2.4.7. Trying to determine what functions from glib 2.x are
> used.
> > > > > > Also the glib check is inside of the block of cairo and
> pango, is
> > > > > > glib used for graphing too?
> > > > >
> > > > > glib is a dependency of pango, it is not used directly by the
> > > > > graphing code ...
> > > > >
> > > > > the cached uses it though ...
> > > > >
> > > > > cheers
> > > > > tobi
> > > >
> > > > Ok, looking at this again after fighting other fires. Currently
> the
> > > configure fails due to the glib version. Configure.ac defines the
> check
> > > for glib as:
> > > >
> > > > EX_CHECK_ALL(glib-2.0,   glib_check_version,            glib.h,
> > > glib-2.0,    2.12.12, ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/glib/2.12/, "")
> > > >
> > > > Glib_check_version was added in 2.6, EL4 only has 2.4.7. Anyone
> know
> > > how to define this check for a version below 2.6?
> > >
> > > you can use another function there ... but then again if you just
> > > want rrdtool then I think glib is not even required ...
> >
> > I am right now looking for librrd, including rrdcached (as
> > client) to be used for collectd. You wrote above that cached uses
> > glib?
> 
> yes cached uses it, but only on the server ... clients do not use
> cached ...

Ok, I will patch out the check for it in configure.ac for now.