Also an option is to port check_apt to use libapt-pkg[1]. This has the advantage that libapt-pkg is providing a stable api and we don't need to parse output of apt-get/aptitude.
The easiest way to get changes into upstream is to send pull requests[2]. [1] http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libapt-pkg4.12 [2] https://github.com/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031680 Title: check_apt always report 0 critical updates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nagios-plugins/+bug/1031680/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
