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  1. This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
  2. 1.4.9 ??
  3. Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
  4. New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
  5. check_snmp now support Counter64
  6. Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
  7. 1.4.8 11th April 2007
  8. Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
  9. check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
  10. for collective thresholds
  11. Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
  12. Various check_ntp fixes
  13. 1.4.7 29th March 2007
  14. check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
  15. Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
  16. ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
  17. Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
  18. check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
  19. check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
  20. check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
  21. Root plugins installed with world executable
  22. check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
  23. --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
  24. New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
  25. 1.4.6 5th February 2007
  26. Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
  27. Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
  28. Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
  29. Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
  30. Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
  31. Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
  32. Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
  33. Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
  34. New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
  35. Synced with latest GNUlib
  36. Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
  37. 1.4.5
  38. Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
  39. 1.4.4
  40. New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
  41. New check_apt plugin
  42. Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
  43. Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
  44. Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
  45. check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
  46. check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
  47. as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
  48. Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
  49. 1.4.3
  50. Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
  51. SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
  52. check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
  53. libtool now required for development systems
  54. Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
  55. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
  56. 1.4.2
  57. Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
  58. 1.4
  59. IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
  60. Internationalisation support
  61. Performance data added to most plugins
  62. check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
  63. New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
  64. contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
  65. check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
  66. check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
  67. check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
  68. check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
  69. check_procs -C expects no path for the command name