[Nagiosplug-devel] check_apt feature request: No Warning on Non-Security upgrades

[Hari Sekhon]

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