Werk #17407: Support diagnostics: Fix unspecific error message when collecting RPM data

Name: checkmk
Rating: 4.7 (114 reviews)

Component

Setup

Title

Support diagnostics: Fix unspecific error message when collecting RPM data

Date

Jan 22, 2025

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.4.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0p26	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.2.0p40	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

In rare cases, the collection of RPM packages failed with the error message

warning: Found bdb_ro Packages database while attempting sqlite backend: using bdb_ro backend
error: bdb_ro error reading Packages database

This werk improves the error handling and prints out a more helpful message.