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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 0.17 (21 February 2010)
12 > * Provide iowait cpu information on Linux version 2.5.41 or later.
13 > * Display data for ZFS on Solaris.
14 > * Dynamically get list of valid filesystems on FreeBSD.
15 > * Support FreeBSD 9.
16 > * Use utmpx when available (required for FreeBSD 9).
17 >
18 > libstatgrab 0.16 (13 March 2008)
19 > * Fix saidar build on Solaris with Sun's compiler.
20 > * Add support for FreeBSD 8.0.
21 > * Fix build on "armel" Debian port.
22 >     (Thanks to Riku Voipio and Martin Guy)
23 > * Fix statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with no swap.
24 >     (Thanks to Tom Carlson)
25 >
26 > libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007)
27 > * Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in
28 >   the last release.
29 >     (Thanks to David Love)
30 > * Update internal string functions and some related cleanups.
31 >     (Thanks to David Love)
32 > * Fix compile warning on FreeBSD.
33 >
34 > libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007)
35 > * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD.
36 > * Add colour support to saidar.
37 >     (Thanks to Angelina Carlton)
38 > * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported.
39 > * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris.
40 >     (Thanks to Javier Donaire)
41 > * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups.
42 > * Fix process time_spent on Linux.
43 >     (Thanks to Fred Barnes)
44 > * Make interface up status check the link status as well.
45 >     (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo)
46 > * Fix build on NetBSD 3.
47 >     (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma)
48 > * Rework curses detection code in the configure script.
49 > * Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized.
50 >
51 > libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006)
52 > * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels.
53 > * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display.
54 > * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested).
55 > * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris.
56 > * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier.
57 > * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots.
58 > * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms.
59 > * A few minor build fixes.
60 >
61 > libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005)
62 > * More details added to filesystem statistics.
63 >     (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser)
64 > * Rework Linux partition detection.
65 > * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6.
66 >     (Patches provided by Scott Lampert)
67 > * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats.
68 >     NOTE: this minor change breaks the API.
69 > * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools.
70 > * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output.
71 > * Support for Solaris 10.
72 > * Support for FreeBSD 7.
73 >
74 > libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005)
75 > * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems.
76 > * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux.
77 > * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage.
78 >
79 > libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004)
80 > * Add support for HP-UX 11.11.
81 >    (Patches provided by Roy Keene)
82 > * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools.
83 > * Minor fixes to saidar.
84 > * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab.
85 >
86 > libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004)
87 >
88 > * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied
89 >   by an integer.
90 > * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes,
91 >   mebibytes or gibibytes.
92 > * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely
93 >   large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them.
94 > * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface
95 >   speeds.
96 > * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT.
97 >
98 > libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004)
99 >
100 > * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1.
101 >
102 > libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004)
103 >
104 > * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time.
105 > * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5.
106 > * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs).
107 > * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0.
108 > * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems
109 >   on Solaris.
110 > * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable
111 >   ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab.
112 > * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice.
113 > * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they
114 >   don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris).
115 > * Add error reporting function that grabs errno.
116 >
117 > libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004)
118 >
119 > * All function and structure names now follow a standardised
120 >   naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing
121 >   programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions:
122 >
123 >     #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
124 >     #include <statgrab.h>
125 >
126 > * New process stats function added to provide full details
127 >   on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats
128 >   for details.
129 > * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io
130 >   statistics. These can be used with qsort.
131 > * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and
132 >   associated functions.
133 > * Support added for NetBSD 2.0.
134 > * Lots of code tidying.
135 > * Python bindings now exist in a separate package:
136 >     http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
137 >
138 > libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
139 >
140 > * Added network interface information:
141 >     speed, duplex, up/down.
142 > * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
143 >     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
144 > * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
145 > * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
146 > * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
147 >     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
148 >     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
149 > * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
150 >
151 > * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
152 >
153 > libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
154 >
155 > * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
156 > * Python bindings available in extras directory.
157 > * Some tidying up of code.
158 >
159 > libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
160 >
161 > * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
162 >   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
163 > * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
164 > * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
165 > * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
166 > * Some incorrect #includes moved.
167 > * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
168 >   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
169 > * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
170 >
171 > libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
172 >
173 > * Support for Linux 2.6.
174 > * Support for Cygwin.
175 > * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
176 > * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
177 > * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
178 > * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
179 >   (after using the init function)
180 >
181 > libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
182 >
183 > * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
184 > * FreeBSD code optimised.
185 > * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
186 > * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
187 > * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
188 > * Minor bug fixes.
189 > * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
190 >   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
191 >
192 > libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
193 >
194 > * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
195 > * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
196 > * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
197 > * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
198 > * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
199 > * Minor packaging changes.
200 >
201 > libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
202 >
203 > * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
204 >   the current system statistics.
205 > * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
206 > * Documentation is now available in manpages.
207 > * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
208 > * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
209 >
210 > libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
211 >
212 > * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
213 > * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
214 >   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
215 > * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
216 >   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
217 > * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
218 >   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
219 >
220 > libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
221 >
222 > * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
223 > * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
224 > * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
225 >
226 > libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
227 >
228 > * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
229 >
230 > libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
231 >
232 > * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
233 >
234 > libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
235 >
236 > * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
237 >   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
238 >   connected.
239 >
240 > libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
241 >
242 > * Network statistics wraparound fix.
243 >
244 > libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
245 >
246 > * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
247 > * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
248 >
249 > libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
250 >
251 > * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
252 >
253 > libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
254 >
255 > * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
256 >

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