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authorSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2011-09-30 17:56:21 +0100
committerSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2011-09-30 17:56:21 +0100
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Explain what we actually mean by explicitly / implicitly enabled.
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<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- <command>rabbitmq-plugins</command> is a command line tool for
- managing RabbitMQ broker plugins. It allows one to enable,
- disable and browse plugins. Note that it must be run by a user
- with write permissions to the RabbitMQ configuration directory.
+ <command>rabbitmq-plugins</command> is a command line tool for managing
+ RabbitMQ broker plugins. It allows one to enable, disable and browse
+ plugins. It must be run by a user with write permissions to the RabbitMQ
+ configuration directory.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Some plugins are dependent on others to work
+ correctly. <command>rabbitmq-plugins</command> will traverse these
+ dependencies and enable all required plugins. Plugins listed on
+ the <command>rabbitmq-plugins</command> command line are marked as
+ explicitly enabled; dependent plugins are marked as implicitly
+ enabled. Implicitly enabled plugins will be automatically disabled again
+ when they are no longer required.
</para>
</refsect1>