[Xymon] RES: 4.3.28 Patch

[Japheth Cleaver]

On 3/2/2017 2:27 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
> On 3 March 2017 at 05:45, Bruno Deschamps <bruno at redix.com.br 
> <mailto:bruno at redix.com.br>> wrote:
>
>     But i need to update all my xymon server sources? Or only update
>     xymond_alert?
>
>
> You only need to replace the xymond binary. When this is compiled, it 
> includes code from the xymond_alert.c file. The patch was for the 
> xymond_alert.c file.
>
> You could either compile the 4.3.28 source code and copy the xymond 
> binary into place, or you could replace xymond_alert.c in your 4.3.11 
> code tree and recompile it (and then copy the xymond binary into place).
>
> J
>

xymond_alert *should* be okay in this regards, but it's always 
preferable to update the entire server at once when possible.

In particular: xymonnet, xymond_client and xymond_rrd should *not* be 
updated to current releases in this way for a 4.3.11 install as the 
default format of the "combo" messages generated by the internal tools 
changed in 4.3.13 in a way that's not backwards compatible for the older 
xymond. (The packed "extcombo" format is used instead, which is much 
more efficient to parse.)

Regards,
-jc
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