[Nagiosplug-devel] check_apt feature request: No Warning on Non-Security upgrades
Hari Sekhon
hpsekhon at googlemail.com
Thu Apr 17 17:02:00 CEST 2008
Hi,
I'm using check_apt v1590 (nagios-plugins 1.4.11) and I'd like to
make a feature request to not go in to a warning state when there are
non-critical package upgrades available.
I tend to only patch on security updates, otherwise you just end up
upgrading lots of servers all the time unnecessarily.
Perhaps this could be implemented as a switch to enable/disable warning
on non critical package updates? I did a similar thing for my
check_gentoo_portage check, which seems to make sense, as this way the
administrator can choose which he/she prefers depending on the situation.
Personally, I don't see the point in having a warning state if the
package is not a security risk and there is no new feature you require,
it just increases admin workload and the chances of a breakage or
incompatibility with the older config.
I just don't want to have permanent warnings in nagios until I upgrade
packages just for the sake of it.
Perhaps somebody has already made this obvious request or it's
implemented in a more recent version or in the svn copy or something?
Seems so obvious I surely can't be the first to ask...?
Thanks
-h
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Hari Sekhon
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