Check_MK Werk 2492: check_mk_agent.linux: avoid problems with crashing waitmax after Ubuntu update

ID: 2492 Title: check_mk_agent.linux: avoid problems with crashing waitmax after Ubuntu update Component: Checks & Agents Level: 2 Class: Bug Fix Version: 1.2.7i3 Some users have reported that after an update of their Ubuntu target hosts, the command <tt>/usr/bin/waitmax</tt>, which is shipped with the Check_MK Agent, actually segfaults the program being run with it. This could be related to the fact that <tt>waitmax</tt> is statically linked in order to be independent of 32/64 bits and of the libc in use. The agent now looks if <tt>/usr/bin/timeout</tt> exists and prefers that over <tt>waitmax</tt>. <tt>timeout</tt> has been introduced in the coreutils version 8+. It is missing e.g. on RedHat 5.X, so <tt>waitmax</tt> is still needed for a couple of years...