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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 0.16 (13 March 2008)
12 > * Fix saidar build on Solaris with Sun's compiler.
13 > * Add support for FreeBSD 8.0.
14 > * Fix build on "armel" Debian port.
15 >     (Thanks to Riku Voipio and Martin Guy)
16 > * Fix statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with no swap.
17 >     (Thanks to Tom Carlson)
18 >
19 > libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007)
20 > * Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in
21 >   the last release.
22 >     (Thanks to David Love)
23 > * Update internal string functions and some related cleanups.
24 >     (Thanks to David Love)
25 > * Fix compile warning on FreeBSD.
26 >
27 > libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007)
28 > * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD.
29 > * Add colour support to saidar.
30 >     (Thanks to Angelina Carlton)
31 > * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported.
32 > * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris.
33 >     (Thanks to Javier Donaire)
34 > * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups.
35 > * Fix process time_spent on Linux.
36 >     (Thanks to Fred Barnes)
37 > * Make interface up status check the link status as well.
38 >     (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo)
39 > * Fix build on NetBSD 3.
40 >     (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma)
41 > * Rework curses detection code in the configure script.
42 > * Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized.
43 >
44 > libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006)
45 > * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels.
46 > * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display.
47 > * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested).
48 > * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris.
49 > * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier.
50 > * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots.
51 > * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms.
52 > * A few minor build fixes.
53 >
54 > libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005)
55 > * More details added to filesystem statistics.
56 >     (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser)
57 > * Rework Linux partition detection.
58 > * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6.
59 >     (Patches provided by Scott Lampert)
60 > * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats.
61 >     NOTE: this minor change breaks the API.
62 > * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools.
63 > * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output.
64 > * Support for Solaris 10.
65 > * Support for FreeBSD 7.
66 >
67 > libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005)
68 > * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems.
69 > * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux.
70 > * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage.
71 >
72 > libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004)
73 > * Add support for HP-UX 11.11.
74 >    (Patches provided by Roy Keene)
75 > * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools.
76 > * Minor fixes to saidar.
77 > * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab.
78 >
79 > libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004)
80 >
81 > * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied
82 >   by an integer.
83 > * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes,
84 >   mebibytes or gibibytes.
85 > * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely
86 >   large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them.
87 > * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface
88 >   speeds.
89 > * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT.
90 >
91 > libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004)
92 >
93 > * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1.
94 >
95 > libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004)
96 >
97 > * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time.
98 > * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5.
99 > * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs).
100 > * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0.
101 > * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems
102 >   on Solaris.
103 > * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable
104 >   ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab.
105 > * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice.
106 > * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they
107 >   don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris).
108 > * Add error reporting function that grabs errno.
109 >
110 > libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004)
111 >
112 > * All function and structure names now follow a standardised
113 >   naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing
114 >   programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions:
115 >
116 >     #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
117 >     #include <statgrab.h>
118 >
119 > * New process stats function added to provide full details
120 >   on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats
121 >   for details.
122 > * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io
123 >   statistics. These can be used with qsort.
124 > * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and
125 >   associated functions.
126 > * Support added for NetBSD 2.0.
127 > * Lots of code tidying.
128 > * Python bindings now exist in a separate package:
129 >     http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
130 >
131 > libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
132 >
133 > * Added network interface information:
134 >     speed, duplex, up/down.
135 > * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
136 >     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
137 > * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
138 > * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
139 > * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
140 >     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
141 >     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
142 > * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
143 >
144 > * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
145 >
146 > libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
147 >
148 > * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
149 > * Python bindings available in extras directory.
150 > * Some tidying up of code.
151 >
152 > libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
153 >
154 > * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
155 >   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
156 > * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
157 > * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
158 > * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
159 > * Some incorrect #includes moved.
160 > * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
161 >   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
162 > * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
163 >
164 > libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
165 >
166 > * Support for Linux 2.6.
167 > * Support for Cygwin.
168 > * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
169 > * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
170 > * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
171 > * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
172 >   (after using the init function)
173 >
174 > libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
175 >
176 > * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
177 > * FreeBSD code optimised.
178 > * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
179 > * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
180 > * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
181 > * Minor bug fixes.
182 > * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
183 >   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
184 >
185 > libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
186 >
187 > * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
188 > * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
189 > * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
190 > * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
191 > * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
192 > * Minor packaging changes.
193 >
194 > libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
195 >
196 > * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
197 >   the current system statistics.
198 > * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
199 > * Documentation is now available in manpages.
200 > * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
201 > * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
202 >
203 > libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
204 >
205 > * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
206 > * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
207 >   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
208 > * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
209 >   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
210 > * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
211 >   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
212 >
213 > libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
214 >
215 > * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
216 > * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
217 > * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
218 >
219 > libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
220 >
221 > * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
222 >
223 > libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
224 >
225 > * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
226 >
227 > libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
228 >
229 > * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
230 >   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
231 >   connected.
232 >
233 > libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
234 >
235 > * Network statistics wraparound fix.
236 >
237 > libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
238 >
239 > * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
240 > * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
241 >
242 > libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
243 >
244 > * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
245 >
246 > libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
247 >
248 > * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
249 >

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