From john.thurston@alaska.gov Wed Jun 24 08:23:35 2026
From: john.thurston@alaska.gov
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] 4.3.20 "description" tag in rss is now empty
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 13:24:26 -0800
Message-ID: <555CFB8A.60001@alaska.gov>
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Under 4.3.17, my rss files contained things like:
>   <item>
>     <title>xymonj.state.ak.us (xymond)</title>
>     <link>http://xymon.state.ak.us/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=3Dxymonj.sta=
te.ak.us&amp;SERVICE=3Dxymond</link>
> <description>yellow</description>

Under 4.3.20, my rss files contain similar lines _except_ the last:
> <description></description>

I'm trying to figure out why. Had I customized my rss feed somehow on=20
4.3.17 and the customization was lost?
--=20
    Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston    907-465-8591
John.Thurston at alaska.gov
Enterprise Technology Services
Department of Administration
State of Alaska


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From john.thurston@alaska.gov Wed Jun 24 08:23:35 2026
From: john.thurston@alaska.gov
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] 4.3.20 "description" tag in rss is now empty
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 13:55:15 -0800
Message-ID: <555D02C3.9090503@alaska.gov>
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On 5/20/2015 1:24 PM, John Thurston wrote:
> Under 4.3.17, my rss files contained things like:
>>   <item>
>>     <title>xymonj.state.ak.us (xymond)</title>
>>
>> <link>http://xymon.state.ak.us/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=3Dxymonj.state.=
ak.us&amp;SERVICE=3Dxymond</link>
>>
>> <description>yellow</description>
>
> Under 4.3.20, my rss files contain similar lines _except_ the last:
>> <description></description>
>
> I'm trying to figure out why. Had I customized my rss feed somehow on
> 4.3.17 and the customization was lost?

I think this may be related to a change in loaddata.c where a=20
xymondboard command used to request the field "line1" and now does not.=20
I base this on the footprints that one of the "description" tags used to be:
<description>yellow SSL Certificate Expiration:</description>
and the first line reported by my ext script on that client was:
"yellow SSL Certificate Expiration:"

I see a reference to this in http://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7647/=20
"don't pull line1 in xymondboard, as it's not currently used"
how was it determined that it wasn't used?

--=20
    Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston    907-465-8591
John.Thurston at alaska.gov
Enterprise Technology Services
Department of Administration
State of Alaska


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From cleaver@terabithia.org Wed Jun 24 08:23:35 2026
From: cleaver@terabithia.org
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] 4.3.20 "description" tag in rss is now empty
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:31:40 -0700
Message-ID: <46077699f1e8fc54f3b14930a21be52c.squirrel@mail.kkytbs.net>
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On Wed, May 20, 2015 2:55 pm, John Thurston wrote:
> On 5/20/2015 1:24 PM, John Thurston wrote:
>> Under 4.3.17, my rss files contained things like:
>>>   <item>
>>>     <title>xymonj.state.ak.us (xymond)</title>
>>>
>>> <link>http://xymon.state.ak.us/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=3Dxymonj.state=
.ak.us&amp;SERVICE=3Dxymond</link>
>>>
>>> <description>yellow</description>
>>
>> Under 4.3.20, my rss files contain similar lines _except_ the last:
>>> <description></description>
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out why. Had I customized my rss feed somehow on
>> 4.3.17 and the customization was lost?
>
> I think this may be related to a change in loaddata.c where a
> xymondboard command used to request the field "line1" and now does not.
> I base this on the footprints that one of the "description" tags used to
> be:
> <description>yellow SSL Certificate Expiration:</description>
> and the first line reported by my ext script on that client was:
> "yellow SSL Certificate Expiration:"
>
> I see a reference to this in http://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7647/
> "don't pull line1 in xymondboard, as it's not currently used"
> how was it determined that it wasn't used?
>


Sadly, it looks like I overlooked this.

I'd done a textual analysis within xymongen, but missed the read from
'shorttext' in the RSS generator. It is indeed used here (though not on
the main pages).

I'll be pushing a 4.3.21 shortly which includes this as a reversion.


Regards,

-jc



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