diff -Naur pacemaker-Pacemaker-2.0.4.orig/extra/resources/pingd pacemaker-Pacemaker-2.0.4/extra/resources/pingd
--- pacemaker-Pacemaker-2.0.4.orig/extra/resources/pingd	2020-07-13 22:30:01.503255159 +0200
+++ pacemaker-Pacemaker-2.0.4/extra/resources/pingd	2020-07-13 22:33:27.434714056 +0200
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 : ${OCF_RESKEY_interval:="1"}
 : ${OCF_RESKEY_CRM_meta_interval:=0}
 
-ocf_log err "This agent (ocf:pacemaker:pingd) is deprecated, does not work, and"
-ocf_log err "will be removed in a future release (use ocf:pacemaker:ping instead)"
+if [ "$__OCF_ACTION" != "meta-data" ]; then
+    ocf_log err "This agent (ocf:pacemaker:pingd) is deprecated, does not work, and"
+    ocf_log err "will be removed in a future release (use ocf:pacemaker:ping instead)"
+fi
 
 case "$__OCF_ACTION" in
     start|monitor)