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libstatgrab NEWS |
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http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/ |
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libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004) |
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* Added network interface information: |
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speed, duplex, up/down. |
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* Added more statistics on network interfaces: |
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i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions. |
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* Added support for OpenBSD 3.3. |
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* Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0. |
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* No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms: |
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FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. |
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* Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions. |
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* PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility. |
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libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004) |
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* Fixes to add support for Solaris 6. |
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* Python bindings available in extras directory. |
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* Some tidying up of code. |
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libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004) |
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* The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL. |
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(the tools are still released under the GPL) |
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* File descriptor leak fixed on Linux. |
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* strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile. |
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* statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7). |
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* Some incorrect #includes moved. |
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* Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in |
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statgrab_init, which improves startup time. |
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* Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers. |
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libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004) |
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* Support for Linux 2.6. |
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* Support for Cygwin. |
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* Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN. |
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* Fixes and optimisations to saidar. |
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* Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags. |
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* New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require. |
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(after using the init function) |
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libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003) |
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* Support for NetBSD 1.6.x. |
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* FreeBSD code optimised. |
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* Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD). |
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* saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics. |
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* List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD. |
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* Minor bug fixes. |
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* Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and |
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Linux 2.4 on amd64. |
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libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003) |
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* Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64. |
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* Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics. |
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* saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly". |
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* Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar. |
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* statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully. |
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* Minor packaging changes. |
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libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003) |
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* saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of |
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the current system statistics. |
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* Added support for FreeBSD 5.1. |
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* Documentation is now available in manpages. |
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* Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats. |
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* Added a .pc file for pkgconfig. |
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libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003) |
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* Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD |
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* Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available. |
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This results in it getting data for all the disks. |
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* An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs |
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to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab. |
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* Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have |
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been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats. |
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libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003) |
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* Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD. |
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* Added documentation in 'docs' directory. |
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* Added examples in 'examples' directory. |
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libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003) |
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* Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x). |
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libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003) |
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* Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux. |