1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_apt.c b/plugins/check_apt.c
index a639a411..c90b3df7 100644
--- a/plugins/check_apt.c
+++ b/plugins/check_apt.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ char* add_to_regexp(char *expr, const char *next);
 /* configuration variables */
 static int verbose = 0;      /* -v */
 static int do_update = 0;    /* whether to call apt-get update */
+static int only_critical = 0;    /* whether to warn about non-critical updates */
 static upgrade_type upgrade = UPGRADE; /* which type of upgrade to do */
 static char *upgrade_opts = NULL; /* options to override defaults for upgrade */
 static char *update_opts = NULL; /* options to override defaults for update */
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 
         if(sec_count > 0){
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_CRITICAL);
-        } else if(packages_available > 0){
+        } else if(packages_available > 0 && only_critical == 0){
                 result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
         } else if(result > STATE_UNKNOWN){
                 result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
@@ -148,12 +149,13 @@ int process_arguments (int argc, char **argv) {
                 {"include", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
                 {"exclude", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
                 {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+                {"only-critical", no_argument, 0, 'o'},
                 {"input-file", required_argument, 0, INPUT_FILE_OPT},
                 {0, 0, 0, 0}
         };
 
         while(1) {
-                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:u::U::d::ni:e:c:", longopts, NULL);
+                c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVvt:u::U::d::ni:e:c:o", longopts, NULL);
 
                 if(c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1) break;
 
@@ -203,6 +205,9 @@ int process_arguments (int argc, char **argv) {
                 case 'c':
                         do_critical=add_to_regexp(do_critical, optarg);
                         break;
+                case 'o':
+                        only_critical=1;
+                        break;
                 case INPUT_FILE_OPT:
                         input_filename = optarg;
                         break;
@@ -463,7 +468,11 @@ print_help (void)
   printf ("    %s\n", _("upgrades for Debian and Ubuntu:"));
   printf ("    \t\%s\n", SECURITY_RE);
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Note that the package must first match the include list before its"));
-  printf ("    %s\n\n", _("information is compared against the critical list."));
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("information is compared against the critical list."));
+  printf (" %s\n", "-o, --only-critical");
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("Only warn about upgrades matching the critical list.  The total number"));
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("of upgrades will be printed, but any non-critical upgrades will not cause"));
+  printf ("    %s\n\n", _("the plugin to return WARNING status."));
 
   printf ("%s\n\n", _("The following options require root privileges and should be used with care:"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-u, --update=OPTS");