Re: [Nagios-devel] Doc Patch for customobjectvars.html

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On 18 Nov 2009, at 16:13, Marc Powell wrote:

> On nagios-users, someone reported that a custom variable did not
> work when used as a macro (substitution did not occur). See the
> thread at
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.n ... ocus=65324
>
> Short story - The documentation states that custom macro names are
> case insensitive when in fact, they are case-sensitive in that they
> are converted to all upper case and must be referenced as such when
> used. This is implied by the examples but unclear due to the
> previous case insensitive statement. The one line change attached
> updates that to indicate conversion to uppercase.

Marc,

Thanks. Committed into CVS.

> p.s. Is anyone actually using the tracker (besides Ton?) I'd submit
> it there but one I added in July hasn't been touched.

I only look at the tracker occasionally. I look at this list more.

Ton


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On 18 Nov 2009, =
at 16:13, Marc Powell wrote:On =
nagios-users, someone reported that a custom variable did not work when =
used as a macro (substitution did not occur). See the thread =
athttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.nagios.user/65323/focus=3D65324=
Short story - The documentation states that custom macro =
names are case insensitive when in fact, they are case-sensitive in that =
they are converted to all upper case and must be referenced as such when =
used. This is implied by the examples but unclear due to the previous =
case insensitive statement. The one line change attached updates that to =
indicate conversion to =
uppercase.Marc,=
Thanks. Committed into CVS.p.s. Is anyone actually using the tracker (besides =
Ton?) I'd submit it there but one I added in July hasn't been =
touched.I only look at the tracker =
occasionally. I look at this list =
more.Ton=

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