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This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.

1.4.14 ...
        check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152)
        check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >)
        Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server
        check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488)
        check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex
        check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (debian bug #387001)
        Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P)
        Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P)
        Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap
        Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections
        Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp
        Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts)
        check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata (Steve Rader)
        Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (Dieter Van de Walle - 2089159)
        check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list (Erik Welch)
        Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265)
        Re-bundled libtap as a built-in library (--enable-libtap): detects system library as pre-1.4.13 and does not install the built-in library anymore
        Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (bug #2378068)
        Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (sf.net #1460312)
        check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (sf.net #2550208)
        check_http --onredirect=stickyport also follows the same port
        Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754 - Olli Hauer)
        Fixed crash from check_nt when -H unspecified or given multiple times (sf.net #2731755, debian #521097)
        Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230 - Jan Wagner, patch by John Barbuto)
        Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765)
        Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects
        Fixed negate not printing the real timeout in ALRM handler when left to default
        negate timeout result is now configurable
        Fixed segfault in check_mysql with old slaves (#2696823 - Oskar Ahner)
        check_nt can return UNKNOWN on timeouts (-u)
        Fixed typos for check_disk (Chris Pepper)
        Fixed check_mysql* not using password set in my.cnf (#2531905 - Ben Timby) - Specify an empty password explicitly if you need to override it.

1.4.13 25th Sept 2008
        Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken (Hilko Bengen)
        Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes (Duncan Ferguson)
        Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27
        Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (sf.net #1986306)
        check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found
        check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output
        check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716)
        check_icmp now supports packet size modification
        check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes (Sven Nierlein)
        libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
        check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented
        Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets

1.4.12 27th May 2008
        Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren)
        New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address
        check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP (Matthias Urlichs)
        Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (Bug #1862300)
        check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it
        Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to bug #1348746)
        Fix help text of check_ntp* (Bug #1880095)
        Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp
        check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag
        Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function)
        check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (Bug #1878972)  
        check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array
        Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems
        If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically
        check_dig can now pass arguments to dig by using -A/--dig-arguments (#1874041/#1889453)
        check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help
        check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers)
        check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query
        check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket)
        negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute)
        Added performance data to check_ping (Christian Schneemann)
        Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help)
        Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh
        On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN.
        Fix linking against OpenSSL where libdl is required

1.4.11 13th December 2007
        Fixed check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
          relative URLs on virtual hosts failed if both "-H" and "-I" were used
        Merged two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time.
          You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer
          implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823).
        check_ntp now returns UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000)
          as long as the thresholds range include -1. If no offset threshold is specified
          and the offset is unavailable, will return UNKNOWN as well.
          NOTE: If jitter thresholds are specified as integers it will return CRITICAL if jitter
          is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output.
        Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
        check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
        Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746).
          The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c
        Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890)
        Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623)
        Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode
        Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22
        VPATH problem fixed for compiling plugins-root

1.4.10 28th September 2007
        Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects (CVE-2007-5198)
        check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
          after completion of the response
        Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
          is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
        Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
          A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
        New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
          Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
        Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
        New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions
        New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
        WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
          Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
          This is needed due to the new ignore feature
        Fix check_disk bug when mixing case sensitive and case insensitive regex arguments
        New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
          to check DHCP servers on remote networks
        New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
          address to use in the DHCP request
        The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
        Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms
        Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses
        WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands:
          - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice
          - enforce a full path for the command to run
        The "negate" utility can now remap custom states
        Check_radius now supports radiusclient-ng
        The (undocumented) positional parameter parsing which check_radius used
          instead of getopt(3) if 8 arguments were given is no longer available
        Check_by_ssh now supports multiline output
        IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6
        Fix check_ntp now honor ntp flags

1.4.9 4th June 2006
        Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
        New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
        check_snmp now supports Counter64
        Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
        check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
        Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
        Make check_http output more consistent
        Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
        check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
        Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
        New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match

1.4.8 11th April 2007
        Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
        check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
        for collective thresholds
        Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
        Various check_ntp fixes

1.4.7 29th March 2007
        check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
        Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
        ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
        Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
        check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
        check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
        check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
        Root plugins installed with world executable
        check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
        --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
        New --without-world-permissions ./configure option

1.4.6 5th February 2007
        Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
        Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
        Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
        Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
        Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
        Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
        Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
        Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
        New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
        Synced with latest GNUlib
        Fixed check_jabber always returns warning

1.4.5
        Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine

1.4.4
        New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
        New check_apt plugin
        Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
          Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
        Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
        check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
        check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
          as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
        Compile problems with check_snmp fixed

1.4.3
        Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
        SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
        check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
        libtool now required for development systems
        Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
          check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp

1.4.2
        Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig

1.4
        IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
        Internationalisation support
        Performance data added to most plugins
        check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
        New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
        contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
        check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
        check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
        check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
        check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
        check_procs -C expects no path for the command name