[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#590941: Bug#590941: nagios-plugins-basic: check_apt -v outputs in wrong order

[Jan Wagner]

Hi Christoph,

On Friday, 30. July 2010, Christoph Martin wrote:
> The output of check_apt with the -v option is at the moment the following:
> 
> # /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_apt -v
> Inst ldap-utils [2.4.11-1+lenny1] (2.4.11-1+lenny2
> Debian-Security:5.0/stable) [] **Inst ldap-utils [2.4.11-1+lenny1]
> (2.4.11-1+lenny2 Debian-Security:5.0/stable) [] Inst libldap-2.4-2
> [2.4.11-1+lenny1] (2.4.11-1+lenny2 Debian-Security:5.0/stable) **Inst
> libldap-2.4-2 [2.4.11-1+lenny1] (2.4.11-1+lenny2
> Debian-Security:5.0/stable) Conf libldap-2.4-2 (2.4.11-1+lenny2
> Debian-Security:5.0/stable)
> Conf ldap-utils (2.4.11-1+lenny2 Debian-Security:5.0/stable)
> APT CRITICAL: 2 packages available for upgrade (2 critical updates).
> 
> Nagios displays in the Service Status Detail page for all Hosts for
> each service the *first* line of each plugins output. So it displays
> for this example:
> 
> Inst ldap-utils [2.4.11-1+lenny1] (2.4.11-1+lenny2
> Debian-Security:5.0/stable) []
> 
> instead of
> 
> APT CRITICAL: 2 packages available for upgrade (2 critical updates).
> 
> So, this last line should appear as first line of the output instead.

what exactly is the reason for calling check_apt with "-v" when you are using 
it with nagios? I mean, using just "check_apt" is providing you all 
information you need, when using it via nagios.

With kind regards, Jan.
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