Re: netdata-2.6.3 conflicts with netdata-go-0.58.1_9 (installs files into the same place)

As soon as my development machine is up and running again I will remove
netdata-go from the tree.
Thanks for noticing this!

Dries

Op vr 29 aug 2025 om 23:37 schreef Namkhai B. <nk@nkeor.me>:

> netdata-go should probably be removed
> Back in netdata 2.0 the go plugin was integrated into the the CMake build
> system, and it was extremely hard to split the build into two packages.
> Basically GOPLUGIN replaces netdata-go.
> I'm unsure who should take the decision as I don't maintain -go.
>
> Namkhai B. <nkeor>
>
> Aug 29, 2025 15:29:49 Andrew J. Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>:
>
> Namkhai,
>
> With up-to-date ports tree on 14.3-STABLE,
>
> ----8<----
> $ cd net-mgmt/netdata
> $ make
> ...
> $ sudo make install
> ===>  Installing for netdata-2.6.3
> ===>  Checking if netdata is already installed
> ===>   Registering installation for netdata-2.6.3
> Installing netdata-2.6.3...
> pkg-static: netdata-2.6.3 conflicts with netdata-go-0.58.1_9 (installs
> files into the same place).  Problematic file:
> /usr/local/lib/netdata/conf.d/go.d.conf.sample
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/net-mgmt/netdata
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/ports/net-mgmt/netdata
>
> ----8<----
>
> This isn't an error reported on Fallout[1] and GOPLUGIN is in
> OPTIONS_DEFAULT, so I suspect something local, but have no idea what
> that might be. The file go.d.conf.sample is in both pkg-plist files.
>
> Removing netdata-go-0.58.1_9 then installing net-mgmt/netdata-go fails
> the same way.
>
>
> [1] https://portsfallout.com/fallout?port=net-mgmt%2Fnetdata
>
> --
> -Andrew J. Caines-   Unix Systems Architect   A.J.Caines@halplant.com
>     "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency" - Alan Turing
>
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