[hobbit] A different RECOVERED message problem!

[SebA]

Alan Sparks <mailto:asparks at doublesparks.net> wrote:
> SebA wrote:
>> This seems to be a bug (or at least a flaw) in the alerting system
>> (on hobbit trunk from Dec 2008):  a recovery is sent for a MAIL
>> alert that never actually sent an alert in the first place.  The
>> last two lines in the notifications.log are recoveries that were
>> sent at the exact same time.  But only 1 alert (alarm) was actually
>> sent out. 
>> 
> I have a feeling you're seeing an artifact of some oddities in how the
> alerts module matches up events and paging rules.  You can see my
> analysis writeup here (however, I never solved the problem):
> http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/07/msg00132.html
> -Alan

Yes, it looks like you're right Alan. I really think the alerts module needs
a bit of a rewrite... I've already posted about several flaws in it over the
past year... It just doesn't seem to be possible to get it doing what I want
(and expect) for several different tests / scenarios (at the same time).

SebA