[PATCH] Fix to allow incomplete service dependency templates

[Ethan Galstad]

Jason Hoos wrote:
> The attached patch fixes a problem with parsing service dependency 
> templates that specify "hostgroups" without "dependent_hostgroups" or 
> vice versa.  The following config snippet triggers the bug:
> 
> define host {
>        use generic-host  ; generic host template omitted for brevity
>        host_name b
> }
> 
> define hostgroup {
>        hostgroup_name test-hg
>        alias test-hg
>        members a,b
> }
> 
> define servicedependency {
>        register 0
>        name base-sd
>        hostgroups test-hg
> }
> 
> Since it's not a registered object, the servicedependency template 
> should be
> valid, but Nagios reports "Could not expand dependent hostgroups and/or 
> hosts
> specified in service dependency" instead.
> 
> This patch applies to both Nagios 2.5 and 2.6.
> 
> Jason Hoos
> 

Actually, I think this should result in an error message, even though 
the template dependency isn't going to be registered.  Better to catch a 
problem earlier, rather than later when the template is being used.

Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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