[Nagiosplug-devel] Integrating Nagios::Plugin into the distribution

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagiosplug-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagiosplug-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On 
> Behalf Of Ton Voon
> Sent: April 23, 2007 12:25
> To: Nagios Plugin Development Mailing List
> Subject: [Nagiosplug-devel] Integrating Nagios::Plugin into 
> the distribution
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I promised to start this discussion, so apologies for not 
> doing it earlier.
> 
> I think Nagios::Plugin is at a state where it is good enough 
> to start using for the plugins in distribution. The main 
> question is: how?
> 
> The current utils.pm has problems because of the parsing of 
> the location of this module. We want to fix this so it is not 
> an issue with N::P.
> 
> If N::P is installed in the perl system libraries, no paths 
> need changing. If N::P is installed elsewhere, the perl 
> plugins need to know where to find N::P.
> 
> I think it comes down to two choices:
> 
> 1. Expect N::P to be installed from an external mechanism, 
> either manually installed via CPAN, or using a OS specific 
> package. We'd have to make sure the Nagios Plugins requires 
> these packages (amend various spec files, update REQUIREMENTS 
> file, etc)
> 
> 2. Install N::P (and other dependent perl modules) in a 
> (./configure chosen) location.

My personal preference is #2, though we may need to rename it slightly to
avoid Perl complaining (AFAIK Perl complains when you have a lib with the
same name in more than one INC path).

The reason of this preference is that we can properly test all Perl plugins
with the released version so that we'll avoid bug reports due to newer/older
N::P libs and also avoid having to ask which version of N::P users have when
they report bugs. IMO this will save us a lot of time in the long run. It is
also simpler for the user to just "make install" (which should install the
lib locally) and get everything in place and will avoid possible breakages
on distro upgrades (i.e. if Perl libdir change).

Thomas
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