New switch to check_icmp to set the minimum required hosts for success.

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-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/
+       Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
+       Root plugins installed with world executable
+       ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
+       check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
+       check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
+
+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
+