| 1 | tdb | 1.21 | libstatgrab NEWS | 
 
 
 
 
 | 2 |  |  | http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/ | 
 
 
 
 
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 | 4 | tdb | 1.42 | $Id: NEWS,v 1.41 2006/03/17 19:35:40 tdb Exp $ | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 5 | tdb | 1.37 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 6 |  |  | PLANS: We're now working towards a 1.0 release which is where we plan | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 7 | ats | 1.38 | to stabilise the API. We'll be doing test releases before hand, | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 8 | tdb | 1.37 | but as always we'll like to hear about any bugs found in the | 
 
 
 
 
 | 9 |  |  | current release. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 10 | tdb | 1.40 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 11 | tdb | 1.42 | libstatgrab 0.14 (?? December 2006) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 12 |  |  | * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 13 |  |  | * Add colour support to saidar. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 14 |  |  | (Thanks to Angelina Carlton) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 15 |  |  | * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 16 |  |  | * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 17 |  |  | (Thanks to Javier Donaire) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 18 |  |  | * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 19 |  |  | * Fix process time_spent on Linux. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 20 |  |  | (Thanks to Fred Barnes) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 21 |  |  | * Make interface up status check the link status as well. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 22 |  |  | (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 23 |  |  | * Fix build on NetBSD 3. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 24 |  |  | (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 25 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 26 | tdb | 1.41 | libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 27 | tdb | 1.40 | * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 28 |  |  | * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 29 |  |  | * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested). | 
 
 
 
 
 | 30 |  |  | * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 31 |  |  | * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 32 | tdb | 1.41 | * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 33 |  |  | * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 34 |  |  | * A few minor build fixes. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 35 | tdb | 1.37 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 36 | tdb | 1.39 | libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 37 | tdb | 1.37 | * More details added to filesystem statistics. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 38 |  |  | (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 39 |  |  | * Rework Linux partition detection. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 40 |  |  | * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 41 | tdb | 1.42 | (Patches provided by Scott Lampert) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 42 | tdb | 1.37 | * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 43 | tdb | 1.42 | NOTE: this minor change breaks the API. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 44 | tdb | 1.37 | * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 45 |  |  | * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 46 |  |  | * Support for Solaris 10. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 47 |  |  | * Support for FreeBSD 7. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 48 | tdb | 1.36 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 49 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 50 |  |  | * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 51 |  |  | * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 52 |  |  | * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 53 | tdb | 1.33 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 54 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 55 | tdb | 1.34 | * Add support for HP-UX 11.11. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 56 | tdb | 1.35 | (Patches provided by Roy Keene) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 57 | tdb | 1.33 | * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 58 |  |  | * Minor fixes to saidar. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 59 | tdb | 1.34 | * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 60 | ats | 1.31 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 61 | tdb | 1.32 | libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 62 | ats | 1.31 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 63 | tdb | 1.32 | * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied | 
 
 
 
 
 | 64 |  |  | by an integer. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 65 |  |  | * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes, | 
 
 
 
 
 | 66 |  |  | mebibytes or gibibytes. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 67 |  |  | * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely | 
 
 
 
 
 | 68 |  |  | large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 69 |  |  | * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface | 
 
 
 
 
 | 70 |  |  | speeds. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 71 |  |  | * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 72 | tdb | 1.30 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 73 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 74 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 75 |  |  | * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 76 | tdb | 1.27 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 77 | tdb | 1.29 | libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 78 | tdb | 1.27 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 79 |  |  | * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 80 |  |  | * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 81 |  |  | * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs). | 
 
 
 
 
 | 82 |  |  | * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 83 | ats | 1.28 | * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 84 | tdb | 1.27 | on Solaris. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 85 |  |  | * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable | 
 
 
 
 
 | 86 |  |  | ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 87 | ats | 1.28 | * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 88 | tdb | 1.27 | * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they | 
 
 
 
 
 | 89 |  |  | don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris). | 
 
 
 
 
 | 90 |  |  | * Add error reporting function that grabs errno. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 91 | tdb | 1.26 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 92 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 93 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 94 |  |  | * All function and structure names now follow a standardised | 
 
 
 
 
 | 95 |  |  | naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing | 
 
 
 
 
 | 96 |  |  | programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions: | 
 
 
 
 
 | 97 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 98 |  |  | #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED | 
 
 
 
 
 | 99 |  |  | #include <statgrab.h> | 
 
 
 
 
 | 100 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 101 |  |  | * New process stats function added to provide full details | 
 
 
 
 
 | 102 |  |  | on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats | 
 
 
 
 
 | 103 |  |  | for details. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 104 |  |  | * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io | 
 
 
 
 
 | 105 |  |  | statistics. These can be used with qsort. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 106 |  |  | * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and | 
 
 
 
 
 | 107 |  |  | associated functions. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 108 |  |  | * Support added for NetBSD 2.0. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 109 |  |  | * Lots of code tidying. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 110 |  |  | * Python bindings now exist in a separate package: | 
 
 
 
 
 | 111 |  |  | http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/ | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 112 | tdb | 1.24 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 113 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 114 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 115 |  |  | * Added network interface information: | 
 
 
 
 
 | 116 |  |  | speed, duplex, up/down. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 117 |  |  | * Added more statistics on network interfaces: | 
 
 
 
 
 | 118 |  |  | i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 119 |  |  | * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 120 |  |  | * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 121 |  |  | * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms: | 
 
 
 
 
 | 122 |  |  | FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 123 | tdb | 1.25 | (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 124 | tdb | 1.24 | * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 125 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 126 |  |  | * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 127 | tdb | 1.23 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 128 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 129 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 130 |  |  | * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 131 |  |  | * Python bindings available in extras directory. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 132 |  |  | * Some tidying up of code. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 133 | tdb | 1.21 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 134 | tdb | 1.20 | libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 135 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 136 |  |  | * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 137 |  |  | (the tools are still released under the GPL) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 138 |  |  | * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 139 |  |  | * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 140 |  |  | * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7). | 
 
 
 
 
 | 141 |  |  | * Some incorrect #includes moved. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 142 |  |  | * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in | 
 
 
 
 
 | 143 |  |  | statgrab_init, which improves startup time. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 144 | tdb | 1.22 | * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 145 | tdb | 1.20 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 146 | tdb | 1.19 | libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 147 | tdb | 1.17 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 148 |  |  | * Support for Linux 2.6. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 149 |  |  | * Support for Cygwin. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 150 |  |  | * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 151 |  |  | * Fixes and optimisations to saidar. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 152 |  |  | * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 153 | tdb | 1.18 | * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 154 |  |  | (after using the init function) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 155 | tdb | 1.17 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 156 | tdb | 1.16 | libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 157 | tdb | 1.15 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 158 |  |  | * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 159 |  |  | * FreeBSD code optimised. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 160 |  |  | * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD). | 
 
 
 
 
 | 161 |  |  | * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 162 |  |  | * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 163 |  |  | * Minor bug fixes. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 164 | tdb | 1.16 | * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and | 
 
 
 
 
 | 165 |  |  | Linux 2.4 on amd64. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 166 | tdb | 1.15 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 167 | tdb | 1.14 | libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 168 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 169 |  |  | * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 170 |  |  | * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 171 |  |  | * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly". | 
 
 
 
 
 | 172 |  |  | * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 173 |  |  | * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 174 |  |  | * Minor packaging changes. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 175 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 176 | tdb | 1.13 | libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 177 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 178 |  |  | * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of | 
 
 
 
 
 | 179 |  |  | the current system statistics. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 180 |  |  | * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 181 |  |  | * Documentation is now available in manpages. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 182 |  |  | * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 183 |  |  | * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 184 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 185 | tdb | 1.12 | libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 186 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 187 |  |  | * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD | 
 
 
 
 
 | 188 |  |  | * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 189 |  |  | This results in it getting data for all the disks. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 190 | tdb | 1.32 | * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 191 | tdb | 1.12 | to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 192 |  |  | * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have | 
 
 
 
 
 | 193 |  |  | been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 194 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 195 | tdb | 1.11 | libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 196 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 197 |  |  | * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 198 |  |  | * Added documentation in 'docs' directory. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 199 |  |  | * Added examples in 'examples' directory. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 200 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 201 | tdb | 1.10 | libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 202 | tdb | 1.9 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 203 |  |  | * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x). | 
 
 
 
 
 | 204 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 205 | tdb | 1.7 | libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 206 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 207 |  |  | * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 208 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 209 | tdb | 1.6 | libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 210 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 211 |  |  | * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that | 
 
 
 
 
 | 212 |  |  | transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't | 
 
 
 
 
 | 213 |  |  | connected. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 214 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 215 | tdb | 1.5 | libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 216 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 217 | tdb | 1.6 | * Network statistics wraparound fix. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 218 | tdb | 1.5 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 219 | tdb | 1.4 | libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 | 220 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 221 | tdb | 1.6 | * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below. | 
 
 
 
 
 | 222 |  |  | * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 223 | tdb | 1.4 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 | 224 |  |  | libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 225 | tdb | 1.3 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 226 | tdb | 1.6 | * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 227 | tdb | 1.3 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 228 | tdb | 1.8 | libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003) | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 229 | tdb | 1.2 |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 230 | tdb | 1.6 | * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9). | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | 231 | tdb | 1.2 |  |