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Werk #6064: Fixed possible hanging updates from 1.5 versions

Component Site management
Title Fixed possible hanging updates from 1.5 versions
Date May 14, 2018
Level Prominent Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0b4 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When the "omd update" is executed as root user for a site, the update might hang in case the default OMD version on the system is a 1.5 version.

To workaround this issue you may execute the "omd update" command as site user.

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