Package: collectd Version: 5.1.0-3 Priority: minor Reported on Ubuntu LP #1206813 [1]. Filing against version 5.1.0-3 as that is the current downstream package in Ubuntu, but I confirmed this issue is present up to the 5.4.0-1 version in sid.
In the collectd.conf sample configuration in the Debian package there is a commented out write_mongodb plugin section that has no </Node> tag, it instead has another <Node> tag at the end (line 3149 of collectd_5.1.0-3.diff). If someone attempts to enable this module it will fail parsing the configuration file instead of because the write_mongodb plugin is not available. The simplest fix for this would be to correct the syntax error. A more comprehensive solution, which might also reduce confusion, would be to remove the write_mongodb plugin sample configuration entirely, since that plugin cannot be compiled on Debian due to missing dependencies. Thanks, Bryan [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/collectd/+bug/1206813
