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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 0.9 (10 March 2004)
7 +
8 + * Added network interface information:
9 +     speed, duplex, up/down.
10 + * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
11 +     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
12 + * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
13 + * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
14 + * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
15 +     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
16 +     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
17 + * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
18 +
19 + * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
20 +
21 + libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
22 +
23 + * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
24 + * Python bindings available in extras directory.
25 + * Some tidying up of code.
26 +
27 + libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
28 +
29 + * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
30 +   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
31 + * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
32 + * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
33 + * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
34 + * Some incorrect #includes moved.
35 + * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
36 +   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
37 + * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
38 +
39 + libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
40 +
41 + * Support for Linux 2.6.
42 + * Support for Cygwin.
43 + * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
44 + * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
45 + * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
46 + * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
47 +   (after using the init function)
48 +
49 + libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
50 +
51 + * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
52 + * FreeBSD code optimised.
53 + * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
54 + * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
55 + * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
56 + * Minor bug fixes.
57 + * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
58 +   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
59 +
60 + libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
61 +
62 + * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
63 + * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
64 + * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
65 + * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
66 + * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
67 + * Minor packaging changes.
68 +
69 + libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
70 +
71 + * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
72 +   the current system statistics.
73 + * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
74 + * Documentation is now available in manpages.
75 + * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
76 + * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
77 +
78 + libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
79 +
80 + * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
81 + * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
82 +   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
83 + * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
84 +   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
85 + * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
86 +   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
87 +
88 + libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
89 +
90 + * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
91 + * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
92 + * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
93 +
94 + libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
95 +
96 + * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
97 +
98   libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
99  
100   * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.

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