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libstatgrab NEWS |
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http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/ |
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$Id: NEWS,v 1.44 2007/01/05 13:34:20 tdb Exp $ |
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PLANS: We're now working towards a 1.0 release which is where we plan |
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to stabilise the API. We'll be doing test releases before hand, |
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but as always we'll like to hear about any bugs found in the |
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current release. |
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libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007) |
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* Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in |
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the last release. |
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(Thanks to David Love) |
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* Update internal string functions and some related cleanups. |
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(Thanks to David Love) |
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* Fix compile warning on FreeBSD. |
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libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007) |
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* Fix memory stats on OpenBSD. |
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* Add colour support to saidar. |
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(Thanks to Angelina Carlton) |
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* Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported. |
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* Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris. |
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(Thanks to Javier Donaire) |
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* Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups. |
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* Fix process time_spent on Linux. |
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(Thanks to Fred Barnes) |
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* Make interface up status check the link status as well. |
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(Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo) |
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* Fix build on NetBSD 3. |
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(Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma) |
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* Rework curses detection code in the configure script. |
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* Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized. |
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libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006) |
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* Fix build problems with recent linux kernels. |
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* Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display. |
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* Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested). |
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* Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris. |
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* Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier. |
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* Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots. |
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* Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms. |
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* A few minor build fixes. |
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libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005) |
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* More details added to filesystem statistics. |
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(Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser) |
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* Rework Linux partition detection. |
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* Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6. |
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(Patches provided by Scott Lampert) |
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* Change name of duplex value in network interface stats. |
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NOTE: this minor change breaks the API. |
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* Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools. |
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* Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output. |
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* Support for Solaris 10. |
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* Support for FreeBSD 7. |
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libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005) |
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* Add NFS to list of supported filesystems. |
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* Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux. |
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* Fix saidar to support negative FS usage. |
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libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004) |
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* Add support for HP-UX 11.11. |
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(Patches provided by Roy Keene) |
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* Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools. |
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* Minor fixes to saidar. |
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* Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab. |
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libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004) |
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* Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied |
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by an integer. |
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* Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes, |
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mebibytes or gibibytes. |
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* Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely |
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large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them. |
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* Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface |
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speeds. |
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* Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. |
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libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004) |
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* Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1. |
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libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004) |
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* Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time. |
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* Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5. |
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* Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs). |
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* Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0. |
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* Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems |
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on Solaris. |
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* Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable |
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ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab. |
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* Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice. |
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* Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they |
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don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris). |
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* Add error reporting function that grabs errno. |
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libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004) |
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* All function and structure names now follow a standardised |
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naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing |
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programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions: |
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#define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED |
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#include <statgrab.h> |
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* New process stats function added to provide full details |
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on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats |
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for details. |
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* Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io |
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statistics. These can be used with qsort. |
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* Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and |
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associated functions. |
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* Support added for NetBSD 2.0. |
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* Lots of code tidying. |
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* Python bindings now exist in a separate package: |
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http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/ |
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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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(see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges) |
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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. |
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libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003) |
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* Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that |
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transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't |
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connected. |
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libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003) |
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* Network statistics wraparound fix. |
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libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003) |
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* Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below. |
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* Disk IO statistics are correctly reported. |
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libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003) |
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* Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel. |
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libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003) |
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* Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9). |
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