[monit] monit 4.10

[monit user]

On Fedora 6/7/8 x86_64 I am getting :

error : Alert handler failed, retry scheduled for next cycle

for some reason. (monit 4.9 works fine)

selected portion of "strace -f monit -Iv" :

[pid 21753] select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
[pid 21753] write(7, "Monit instance changed Service 1"..., 214) = 214
[pid 21753] read(7, 0x8368284, 1024)    = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily 
unavailable)
[pid 21753] select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
[pid 21753] write(7, ".\r\n", 3)        = 3
[pid 21753] read(7, 0x8368284, 1024)    = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily 
unavailable)
[pid 21753] select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {5, 0}) = 1 (in [7], left {4, 961000})
[pid 21753] read(7, "250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 83CE76D0"..., 1024) = 36
[pid 21753] read(7, 0x83682a8, 988)     = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily 
unavailable)
[pid 21753] select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
[pid 21753] read(7, 0x8368284, 1024)    = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily 
unavailable)
[pid 21753] select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
[pid 21753] write(7, "QUIT\r\n", 6)     = 6
[pid 21753] read(7, "221 2.0.0 Bye\r\n", 1024) = 15
[pid 21753] read(7, "", 1009)           = 0
[pid 21753] shutdown(7, 2 /* send and receive */) = 0
[pid 21753] close(7)                    = 0
[pid 21753] rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
[pid 21753] write(2, "Alert handler failed, retry sche"..., 53Alert handler 
failed, retry scheduled for next cycle
) = 53
[pid 21753] time(NULL)                  = 1194351292
[pid 21753] stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2819, 
...}) = 0
[pid 21753] stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2819, 
...}) = 0
[pid 21753] stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2819, 
...}) = 0
[pid 21753] write(3, "[PST Nov  6 04:14:52] error    :"..., 33) = 33
[pid 21753] write(3, "Alert handler failed, retry sche"..., 53) = 53
[pid 21753] close(6)                    = 0
[pid 21753] munmap(0xb7f5f000, 4096)    = 0
[pid 21753] getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0
[pid 21753] close(5)                    = 0



# monit -Iv
monit: Debug: Adding credentials for user 'admin'.
Runtime constants:
 Control file       = /etc/monitrc
 Log file           = /var/log/monit/monit.log
 Pid file           = /var/run/monit.pid
 Debug              = True
 Log                = True
 Use syslog         = False
 Is Daemon          = True
 Use process engine = True
 Poll time          = 360 seconds
 Event queue        = base directory /var/lib/monit with 50 slots
 Mail server(s)     = 127.0.0.1:25
 Mail from          = (not defined)
 Mail subject       = (not defined)
 Mail message       = (not defined)
 Start monit httpd  = True
 httpd bind address = Any/All
 httpd portnumber   = 512
 httpd signature    = True
 Use ssl encryption = False
 httpd auth. style  = Basic Authentication
 Alert mail to      = address@hidden
   Alert on         = All events

The service list contains the following entries:

System Name           = 10.1.1.1
 Monitoring mode      = active
 Load avg. (1min)     = if greater than 1.0 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then 
alert else if passed 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then alert

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
monit: pidfile '/var/run/monit.pid' does not exist
Starting monit daemon with http interface at [*:512]
Starting monit HTTP server at [*:512]
monit HTTP server started
Monit started
Monit instance changed notification is sent to address@hidden
monit: Adding event to the queue file /var/lib/monit/1194350287_10.1.1.1 for 
later delivery
Processing postponed events queue
monit: processing queued event /var/lib/monit/1194350287_10.1.1.1
Monit instance changed notification is sent to address@hidden
Alert handler failed, retry scheduled for next cycle
'10.1.1.1' loadavg(1min) check passed [current loadavg(1min)=0.0]
Monit has not changed
Processing postponed events queue
monit: processing queued event /var/lib/monit/1194350287_10.1.1.1
Monit instance changed notification is sent to address@hidden
Alert handler failed, retry scheduled for next cycle
'10.1.1.1' loadavg(1min) check passed [current loadavg(1min)=0.0]