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

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