[Orca-users] dev 422 and multiple data / line_type don't work?

[Danny Howard]

Howdy,

I used to use the (0.28 release?) or Orca and for a new project I
thought I'd give the dev snapshot a try.  (I mean, the old release
version is like two years old?  I'm curious if Blair keeps all the
improvements hidden in Subversion. :)

In a previous conf, I did:

plot {    
source    FreeBSD
data      numproc-(\w+)
legend    $1
data_type GAUGE
title     %g Process Count
plot_min  0
y_legend  processes
line_type AREA
line_type LINE2
line_type LINE2
line_type LINE2
line_type LINE2 
summary_format  %5.0lf
}

So, the first numproc variable (the TOTAL) is a green backdrop, and
subsequent variables are line2 ... even better:

plot {
source    FreeBSD
data_type GAUGE
data      mem_(\w+)
legend    $1
line_type AREA
line_type STACK
line_type STACK
line_type STACK
line_type STACK
plot_min  0
title     %g Memory Use
y_legend  memory in use
base      1024
}

This stacks the various memory types together to represent total memory
use.

But on the 422 when I give multiple data arguments, only the first one
is honored, (sorry no example) and I can not for the life of me get an
area-stack graph ... only the first line_type is honored.  The mem_
graph above definitions would simply generate all-AREA graphs.

Is this a known bug?  An unknown bug?  Is there a new paradigm for doing
this stuff that hasn't been documented yet?  Do you want a patch?  Where
then, in the code, should I go?  (I've poked around bin/orca a tiny bit,
and it is legible Perl code that I can wrap my brain around.)

Should I be using the dev version?  Or just quietly use the old release
version?

Thanks,
-danny

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