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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
-New in 1.2.9:
-* Added support for multiplatform builds
+This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
+
+1.4.7 ??
+ 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_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
+ Root plugins installed with world executable
+ check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
+
+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
+