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  1. This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
  2. 1.4.7 ??
  3. check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
  4. Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
  5. ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
  6. Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
  7. check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
  8. check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
  9. Root plugins installed with world executable
  10. check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
  11. 1.4.6 5th February 2007
  12. Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
  13. Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
  14. Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
  15. Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
  16. Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
  17. Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
  18. Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
  19. Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
  20. New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
  21. Synced with latest GNUlib
  22. Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
  23. 1.4.5
  24. Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
  25. 1.4.4
  26. New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
  27. New check_apt plugin
  28. Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
  29. Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
  30. Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
  31. check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
  32. check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
  33. as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
  34. Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
  35. 1.4.3
  36. Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
  37. SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
  38. check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
  39. libtool now required for development systems
  40. Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
  41. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
  42. 1.4.2
  43. Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
  44. 1.4
  45. IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
  46. Internationalisation support
  47. Performance data added to most plugins
  48. check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
  49. New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
  50. contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
  51. check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
  52. check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
  53. check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
  54. check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
  55. check_procs -C expects no path for the command name