[check_postgres] [commit] Two cool new checks: new_version_cp and new_version_pg to check if you

[Guillaume Lelarge]

Le mercredi 08 avril 2009 à 09:44:04, Cédric Villemain a écrit :
> check_postgres at bucardo.org a écrit :
> > Committed by Greg Sabino Mullane <greg at endpoint.com>
> >
> > Two cool new checks: new_version_cp and new_version_pg to check if you
> > have the latest and greatest check_postgres.pl and that you are running
> > the latest revision of Postgres.
>
> Very nice !
>
> I just wonder why use the docs/ instead of the ftp/source ? Perhaps to
> check for very o(l)dd version of postgresql ?
>
> url : http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
> look for greatest <a href>: /ftp/source/v(8\.3.*)/
>
> It is then possible to issue a CRITICAL if the current server is not
> maintain anymore by PGDG (pg < 7.4).


Using the RSS feed could be a better way:

  http://www.postgresql.org/versions.rss


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