check_snmp: Remove that is_numeric madness

Original patch to make Timeticks works as in check_snmp v1.4.14, it turns
out is_numeric isn't so useful and treating all types as numeric works
best for backwards-compatibility. This is how it used to work in 1.4.14.

As a special case, I also make calculate_rate look up for numeric values
as it would otherwise return the last value instead.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cf4b4042..fb130ce7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
         Fix check_disk free space calculation if blocksizes differ within a disk group (Bekar - #2973603)
         check_disk_smb now handles NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED properly (Debian #601696) 
 
+        FIXES
+        Make check_snmp work more like v1.4.14 with regard to using special values (Timeticks, STRING) as numeric thresholds.
+
 1.4.15 27th July 2010
         ENHANCEMENTS
         New check_ntp_peer -m and -n options to check the number of usable time sources ("truechimers")