Is 4.2.0 Hobbitfetch more stable than snapshot?
list Charles Jones
I'm currently running a recent snapshot (4.3.0-20061124) and having lots of problems with hobbitfetch randomly crashing 10+ times per day. Needless to say this is making my graphs look terrible. On the other hand, I have another installation of Hobbit that is running 4.2.0 (plus the all-in-one patch), that uses hobbitfetch for hundreds of hosts without any problems. So my question is, will downgrading my current install to 4.2.0 fix my Hobbitfetch problems? I did a diff on the 2 hobbitfetch.c versions and there is a slight difference - looks like the newer version has some added code to handle IP settings in the pulldata tag, but it doesnt look like anything that would cause crashes. I know Henrik is aware of this problem and I'm sure he will fix it when he can. I'm looking for a temporary band-aid until then though :)
list Henrik Størner
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:39:02AM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:
So my question is, will downgrading my current install to 4.2.0 fix my Hobbitfetch problems? I did a diff on the 2 hobbitfetch.c versions and there is a slight difference - looks like the newer version has some added code to handle IP settings in the pulldata tag, but it doesnt look like anything that would cause crashes.
I'd be interested to hear if there is a difference in behaviour between the two versions. It should be OK to just downgrade hobbitfetch, leaving the rest of Hobbit as-is. Regards, Henrik
list Charles Jones
I've replaced the malfunctioning binary with the known good one from my other server (same OS and glibc version), I will report if it still crashes or not.
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On 6/7/07, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:39:02AM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:So my question is, will downgrading my current install to 4.2.0 fix my Hobbitfetch problems? I did a diff on the 2 hobbitfetch.c versions and there is a slight difference - looks like the newer version has some added code to handle IP settings in the pulldata tag, but it doesnt look like anything that would cause crashes.I'd be interested to hear if there is a difference in behaviour between the two versions. It should be OK to just downgrade hobbitfetch, leaving the rest of Hobbit as-is. Regards, Henrik
list Charles Jones
I'd like to report that after replacing the hobbitfetch binary with the one from my 4.2.0 server, I have had no crashes since. -Charles
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On 6/7/07, Charles Jones <user-dbb7b9cbc094@xymon.invalid> wrote:I've replaced the malfunctioning binary with the known good one from my other server (same OS and glibc version), I will report if it still crashes or not. On 6/7/07, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:39:02AM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:So my question is, will downgrading my current install to 4.2.0 fix my Hobbitfetch problems? I did a diff on the 2 hobbitfetch.c versions and there is a slight difference - looks like the newer version has some added code to handle IP settings in the pulldata tag, but it doesnt look like anything that would cause crashes.I'd be interested to hear if there is a difference in behaviour between the two versions. It should be OK to just downgrade hobbitfetch, leaving the rest of Hobbit as-is. Regards, Henrik