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