Making labels with this type of macro would be a lot of work, as the Nagios
code is not made this way for macros (it is an array of macros, not a hash).
But it is a good idea... for next release...
Patrick Proy
nagios AT proy.org
> [mailto:[email protected]] De la part
> de Matthew Kent
>
> I'd be nice if you could use labels in their definitions as
> well. Like
> hostmacro:inventory 244 -> $HOSTMACRO:inventory$. This also
> ties nicely
> into the next point:
> > Ofcourse, the presence of hostmacros sort of voids the
> necessity for the
> > snmp_* variables, but the decision is Ethan's, so I can only air my
> > opinions.
>
> With labels you could still get the same effect without
> adding length to
> the documentation and config checks
Plus the idea in the past seems> to have been to keep things separated to a degree like host and
> hostextinfo definitions.
> --
> Matthew Kent
> http://magoazul.com
>
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