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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. 1.4.6
  5. Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
  6. 1.4.5
  7. Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
  8. 1.4.4
  9. New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
  10. New check_apt plugin
  11. Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
  12. Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
  13. Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
  14. check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
  15. check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
  16. as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
  17. Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
  18. 1.4.3
  19. Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
  20. SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
  21. check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
  22. libtool now required for development systems
  23. Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
  24. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
  25. 1.4.2
  26. Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
  27. 1.4
  28. IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
  29. Internationalisation support
  30. Performance data added to most plugins
  31. check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
  32. New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
  33. contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
  34. check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
  35. check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
  36. check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
  37. check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
  38. check_procs -C expects no path for the command name