>>> On 7/16/2009 at 8:07 AM, in message <4a5f3430.20...@pocock.com.au>, Daniel
Pocock <dan...@pocock.com.au> wrote:

> 
> I tried to attach this solution to the bug report, but I get this error:
> 
> You did not enter a valid attachment number.
> 
> 
> Anyhow, this is a solution for bug 232:
> 
> http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232 
> 
> As a consequence of applying this patch:
> - whenever an RRD is created/updated, the hostname directory name will 
> be converted to lowercase
> - any capitalization can be used with the `h' parameter to the web interface
> - whenever gmetad receives a hostname in the XML, it will use a 
> non-case-sensitive comparison to decide if it already has data for that host
> - the XML emitted by gmetad will show the capitalization that was 
> received in the XML, not the lowercase version
> 
> Anyone applying this patch needs to rename all their hostname 
> directories to lowercase.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel

This patch seems reasonable to me.  The only part that bothers me is the fact 
that an upgrade from a previous version might break existing installs unless 
they rename all of their rrd directories.  That could be a problem for some 
users that have a large number of monitored boxes.

BTW, I attached the patch file to the bug

Brad


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