[Xymon] xymond_alert / alerts.cfg duration bugs or documentation issues

[SebA]

OK, thank you Henrik!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com 
> [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner
> Sent: 24 July 2012 17:28
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] xymond_alert / alerts.cfg duration bugs 
> or documentation issues
> 
> On 28-05-2012 15:28, SebA wrote:
> > 2 possible bugs or documentation errors...
> > *Summary:*
> > 1. xymond_alert interprets duration as minutes although the
> > documentation says it is specified as seconds.
> 
> Right, I'll correct the documentation so it is clear that the 
> duration 
> values are in minutes (in 4.3.9).
> 
> > 2.  > is interpreted as >= (greater than or equal to) instead of >
> > (greater than) in alerts.cfg.
> 
> Fixed in 4.3.9, so you can explicitly use ">=" or "<=" instead of ">" 
> and "<" behaving as such (you cannot actually specify ">=" in 4.3.x 
> versions prior to 4.3.9).
> 
> > *Other Suggestion:*
> > alerts.cfg should accept durations specified in seconds (with an s
> > suffix) so that alert parameters can be more accurately 
> defined as some
> > tests or status changes may be occurring more often than 
> once a minute.
> 
> Not really meaningful, IMHO. Also, the alert handler only 
> polls for new 
> alerts every 30 seconds so it would increase the load 
> significantly if 
> we had to support per-second alerts.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Henrik