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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
-1.4.12 or 1.5 ??
+1.4.?? ??th ??? 200?
+ 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 now sends the Host header first to fix 301s on servers with vitrual hosts (Michael Harris).
+ check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes
+ libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
+
+1.4.12 27th May 2008
Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren)
- check_tcp now returns UNKNOWN with invalid hostname
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)
+ 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
VPATH problem fixed for compiling plugins-root
1.4.10 28th September 2007
- Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects
+ 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)