Announce: Check_Gentoo_Portage plugin

[Matthias Kellermann]

Hari Sekhon schrieb:
> Matthias Kellermann wrote:
>>> You can get the plugin from NagiosExchange here:
>>>
>>> http://www.nagiosexchange.org/Check_Plugins.21.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1[p_view]=1244 
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Hari for this great plugin - just what I needed! :)
>>
>> Just tested it - works fine!
>> I had to raise the DEFAULT_TIMEOUT to something like 30 on some older 
>> machines to get this to work. But on newer system 10 seconds are ok.
>>
>> Matthias
> This is one good reason for the --timeout switch. I've just used that 
> switch to increase the running timeout to 30 seconds as well just to be 
> safe from timeouts. If you're referring to the DEFAULT_TIMEOUT in the 
> plugin, it's not really needed to change the code if you use the 
> --timeout switch when you run it (or embed that in the NRPE call or 
> whatever you use for remote checks), but it's completely your choice.

You are right - the timeout switch is the better choice for changing the 
timeout. It's also more flexible to change it that way. So, next is to 
build an ebuild for that plugin, right? ;)

Matthias

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