Announce: Check_Gentoo_Portage plugin

[Hari Sekhon]

Matthias Kellermann wrote:
> 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
>
I have a hard enough time getting the plugins out at the moment, I have 
some unfinished ones I can't release yet.
I think I'll try to get them out and then release a package of them, 
perhaps do an ebuild for that later in the year.

Thanks for the suggestion.

-h

-- 
Hari Sekhon


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