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1 + libstatgrab NEWS
2 + http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
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4 + $Id$
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6 + libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
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8 + * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
9 +   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
10 + * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
11 + * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
12 + * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
13 + * Some incorrect #includes moved.
14 + * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
15 +   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
16 +
17 + libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
18 +
19 + * Support for Linux 2.6.
20 + * Support for Cygwin.
21 + * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
22 + * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
23 + * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
24 + * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
25 +   (after using the init function)
26 +
27 + libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
28 +
29 + * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
30 + * FreeBSD code optimised.
31 + * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
32 + * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
33 + * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
34 + * Minor bug fixes.
35 + * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
36 +   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
37 +
38 + libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
39 +
40 + * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
41 + * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
42 + * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
43 + * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
44 + * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
45 + * Minor packaging changes.
46 +
47 + libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
48 +
49 + * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
50 +   the current system statistics.
51 + * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
52 + * Documentation is now available in manpages.
53 + * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
54 + * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
55 +
56 + libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
57 +
58 + * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
59 + * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
60 +   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
61 + * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
62 +   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
63 + * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
64 +   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
65 +
66 + libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
67 +
68 + * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
69 + * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
70 + * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
71 +
72   libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
73  
74   * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).

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