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  1. This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
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  3. Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
  4. Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
  5. Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
  6. Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
  7. Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
  8. Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
  9. Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
  10. Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
  11. New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
  12. Synced with latest GNUlib
  13. 1.4.5
  14. Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
  15. 1.4.4
  16. New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
  17. New check_apt plugin
  18. Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
  19. Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
  20. Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
  21. check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
  22. check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
  23. as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
  24. Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
  25. 1.4.3
  26. Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
  27. SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
  28. check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
  29. libtool now required for development systems
  30. Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
  31. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
  32. 1.4.2
  33. Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
  34. 1.4
  35. IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
  36. Internationalisation support
  37. Performance data added to most plugins
  38. check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
  39. New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
  40. contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
  41. check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
  42. check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
  43. check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
  44. check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
  45. check_procs -C expects no path for the command name