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Werk #6673: Checks from mkps did not always replace existing checks

Component Checks & agents
Title Checks from mkps did not always replace existing checks
Date Oct 30, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p8 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Check_MK precompiles check plugins, so that they can be faster reused later on. The mechanism which detects if a plugin needs to be precompiled again, missed the fact that files extracted from mkps may have an older timestamp than the precompiled one. This also applies to old check files which are moved into the local checks dir.

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