5 - Patch in Perl change #33242 by Nicholas Clark
6 <http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse/p/33242>
9 - Release primarily to prevent problems with the Perl core in
10 preparation for the Perl 5.10 release. No real bug fixes, but
11 text fixes are included.
12 - skip test t/510_ping_udp.t on Windows Vista. Thanks to Jan
13 Dubois for the code to test for Vista.
14 - t/510_ping_udp.t should check for a udp echo port, not a tcp
17 2.33 Jul 31 20:15 2007
18 - add new method port_number() rather than asking users to
19 twiddle with the internals of Net::Ping to probe a specific
20 port. This should resolve a few bugs where the documentation
22 - apply patch from bergonz at labs.it. This patch resolves
23 several problems logged regarding using Net::Ping in a multi-
24 threaded program. Thanks so much!
25 <http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=17408>
27 2.32 Jul 30 21:30 2007
28 - new co-maintainer Steve Peters
29 - integrate assorted bleadperl fixes from the past four years
30 <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=28348>
32 2.31 Jun 28 14:00 2003
33 - Win32 Compatibility fixes.
34 Patch by mhx-perl@gmx.net (Marcus Holland-Moritz)
35 - Apply bleadperl patch #22204
37 Patch by martin@lorensen.dk (Martin Lorensen)
39 2.30 Apr 18 14:00 2003
40 - Fix select() bug for UDP and ICMP protocols
41 in case packet comes from wrong source or seq.
42 - Allow UDP ping to different IP addresses
43 without instantiating a new object.
44 - Add retrans() method to customize or disable
45 backoff factor for udp pings.
46 Thanks Torgny.Hofstedt@sevenlevels.se
47 - Let ECONNRESET be considered reachable for
48 UDP pings. Now it works for cygwin.
49 Spot by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi).
51 2.29 Apr 12 15:00 2003
52 - Implement "double send()" concept for udp pings.
53 See: <http://perlmonks.thepen.com/42898.html>
54 Thanks to rdw @ perlmonks.
55 - Send multiple udp packets in case of loss.
56 - Exponential backoff code swiped from Net::DNS
57 Thanks to mike@fuhr.org (Michael Fuhr).
58 - Also allows to capture udp ECONNREFUSED condition.
59 - Rename tcp_service_check method to service_check.
60 - Allow demo/fping -s to force service check.
61 Idea by ralijani@yahoo.com (REZA Alijani)
62 - Fix return from ping to be compatible with wantarray
63 when the host doesn't even resolve.
64 - Add udp proto test to test suite.
65 - VMS patch from Craig Berry to pre-check echo.
66 - Apply bleadperl patch (change #18904)
67 - Apply bleadperl patch as explained:
68 http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-
69 porters/2003-03/msg00992.html
71 2.28 Jan 23 18:00 2003
72 - No new features. Bug fixes only.
73 - Fixed ICMP_STRUCT to work on Big Endian platforms.
74 Thanks to danb@thelittlemacshop.com (Dan Buettner)
75 for testing on Mac OS X 10.2.3 and many others
76 for testing on Big Endian boxes.
77 - Not do binmode(). Causes more problems than helps.
78 - Perl 5.004 compatibility fixes (Spot by Honza).
80 2.27 Jan 15 23:00 2003
81 - Patch by slebedev@iwl.net (Sergey Lebedev):
82 - 1) Fixed response packet parsing offsets in ping_icmp.
83 - 2) Added icmp_result method.
84 - Patch by radu@netsoft.ro (Radu Greab):
85 - 1) Changed ping_tcp() to use non-blocking connect
86 instead of alarm() interface in order to avoid
87 conflicts with user applications.
88 - 2) Also get rid of all eval {} code in ping_tcp
89 in order to avoid catching SIGALRM trigger and
90 to avoid conflicts with other evals.
91 - 3) Avoid ioctl() syscall for more accurate error
92 detection on non-blocking tcp connects.
93 - 4) Fix fcntl() syntax usage.
94 - Patch by adelton@fi.muni.cz (Honza Pazdziora):
95 - 1) Fix icmp request pack code to be more platform
96 independent regardless of Big/Little Endian.
97 - 2) Use binmode for filehandle in case perl 5.8.0
98 tries to dink with the data stream.
99 - Other changes by Rob Brown:
100 - Fixed ack() failures under certain rare conditions.
101 - Use more appropriate \z instead of $ in regex.
102 - Resolved Cygwin "make test" problems reported by
103 h.m.brand@hccnet.nl (H.Merijn Brand).
104 - Add sending a real ICMP packet in the test suite.
105 - Add Socket to PREREQ_PM (missing on some boxes?)
106 - Adjust syn_forking IPC pipe for fatter Win32 pids.
107 - Better handling of alarm() in test suite for Win32.
108 - Add a DESTROY method to reduce chances of
109 lingering connect-choking children.
111 2.26 Dec 02 12:00 2002
112 - More compatibility fixes.
113 - Thanks for Solaris bug reports:
114 Paul.Gaborit@enstimac.fr (Paul Gaborit)
115 Jost.Krieger@ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Jost Krieger)
116 - Thanks for Solaris testing box:
117 Gunther.Heintzen@rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Gunther Heintzen)
118 - Solaris ENOTCONN select() for write choke bug.
119 - Thanks for Cygwin bug reports:
120 h.m.brand@hccnet.nl (H.Merijn Brand)
121 - Cygwin "EAGAIN instead of ECONNREFUSED" buttwag.
123 2.25 Nov 19 12:00 2002
124 - Handle condition where O_NONBLOCK tcp connects
125 immediately fail without EINPROGRESS
126 (certain platforms or SMP optimizations).
128 2.24 Oct 21 22:00 2002
129 - Compatibility fixes.
130 - Avoid using 127.1.1.1 and 127.2.2.2 because
131 it breaks on some platforms (Irix).
132 - Handle condition where nonblocking tcp connects
133 immediately connect on some platforms
134 (solaris and freebsd) and to be SMP safer.
135 - Win32 $p->ack( $host ) method should now work.
136 - Add ack( $host ) test cases to test suite.
138 2.23 Oct 18 22:00 2002
139 - Fix ack() fd "each" detection bug.
140 - Add nack() method for OO interface to the
141 reason why the ack() failed.
142 - Fix premature "Timed out" side effect when a
143 different specified ack( $host ) fails.
144 - IO::Socket::INET ephemeral port buttwag
145 hack for the t/450_service.t test.
146 - Documental changes.
148 2.22 Oct 17 16:00 2002
149 - Add $p->tcp_service_check() method to enforce
150 remote tcp service availability checking.
151 Patch by jef@linuxbe.org (Jean-Francois Dive).
152 - Changed default behavior of "syn" protocol to
153 disabled tcp_service_check instead of enabled.
154 - Win32 compatibility changes ("syn" protocol).
155 - Increase timeouts for tests in case client or
156 server network(s) are busy.
158 2.21 Oct 14 12:00 2002
159 - Preserve/restore ALRM settings for tcp mode pings.
160 Spot by d@niel-berlin.de (Daniel Berlin)
161 - Can now select device for udp and icmp protocols.
162 Patch by sarfata@altern.org (Thomas Sarlandie).
163 - Add new "syn" protocol to allow for mass parallel
164 (syncronous) TCP service reachability checking.
165 - Add ack() method to utilize non-blocking connect
166 (SYN/ACK) feature of the "syn" protocol.
167 - Add demo/fping script as a "syn" demonstration.
168 - Compatibiliy patches for cygwin.
169 Spot by frazee.23@osu.edu (Joseph Frazee)
171 2.20 Jun 20 10:00 2002
172 - Perl 5.8.0 compatibility stuff.
173 Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck).
174 And patch by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi).
175 - Move INSTALL doc into perldoc.
176 - Allow source_verify method to work
177 for icmp protocol as well as udp.
178 Spot by taner@taner.net (Taner Halicioglu)
180 2.19 Jun 03 19:00 2002
181 - Add $p->source_verify method to skip source
182 endpoint verification of udp protocol pings for
183 those remote destinations with multiple interfaces
184 that may have the "reverse telnet" bug.
185 Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck)
186 - Moved files to more standard locations.
187 - Less common martian used for ping test
190 2.18 May 06 12:00 2002
191 - More RPM spec generalizations.
193 2.17 May 03 18:00 2002
194 - RPM spec generalizations.
195 michael.mclagan@linux.org (Michael McLagan)
196 - Win32 compatibility changes.
197 (Didn't compile on Win32 since v2.11.)
199 2.16 Apr 11 14:00 2002
200 - Documentation changes.
202 - Added README to rpm %doc.
203 - Added neat MakeMaker constants routine.
204 - Buttwag around Makefile.PL warnings:
205 o "the following files are missing in your kit"
206 o "is not a known MakeMaker parameter name"
208 2.15 Apr 06 23:00 2002
209 - Added ABSTRACT info.
210 - Allow for smoother upgrade from
211 from older Net::Ping versions.
212 - Change default protocol from udp to tcp
213 so it will work on most default systems
214 without any arguments to new().
216 2.14 Apr 01 14:00 2002
217 - Added text ip lookup feature.
218 e@arix.com (Erick Calder)
220 2.13 Apr 01 14:00 2002
221 - Added ping time measuring feature.
222 e@arix.com (Erick Calder)
223 - Optionally allow for high resolution
224 precision for timeouts and measuring
225 using the Time::HiRes module (Erick).
227 2.12 Feb 17 19:00 2002
228 - More general error determination for
229 better cross platform consistency and
230 foreign language support.
231 Spotted by arnaud@romeconcept.com
232 - Test changes for VMS (Craig Berry)
234 2.11 Feb 02 12:00 2002
235 - Test changes in case echo port is not available.
236 - Fix 110_icmp_inst.t to use icmp protocol
237 Spotted by craigberry@mac.com (Craig Berry)
239 2.10 Dec 26 12:00 2001
240 - Added bind() function useful for clients with multiple
241 network interfaces performing the ping check thanks to
242 sethb@clarkhill.com (Seth Blumberg).
243 - Execution optimizations for several constants (Seth).
244 - More test changes in case Socket module is not available
247 2.09 Dec 06 19:00 2001
248 - Documental and test changes only.
249 - No functional changes.
251 2.08 Dec 04 13:00 2001
252 - Faster response for Win32 tcp_connect.
253 - Better explanations in test comments.
255 2.07 Nov 28 13:00 2001
256 - Compatibility changes
257 - Works with UNIX and Win32 OS
258 - Works with Perl 5.005 5.6.x 5.7.x 5.8.x
259 - Applied several patches from distro
260 - External protocol added thanks to
261 colinm@cpan.org (Colin McMillen)
262 - Stream protocol added thanks to
263 bronson@trestle.com (Scott Bronson)
265 2.06 Nov 19 12:00 2001
266 - Added Net-Ping.spec for RPM to easily
267 utilize using "rpm -ta Net-Ping*tar.gz"
268 - Moved Copyright section to perldoc
270 2.05 Nov 18 20:00 2001
273 2.04 Nov 16 16:00 2001
274 - Added CHANGES and README to tarball.
275 - No functional changes.
277 2.03 Nov 15 12:00 2001
278 - Portability adjustments to ping_tcp()
279 made by Rob Brown to work with most
282 2.02 Sep 27 12:00 1996
283 - Magic version by Russell Mosemann from CPAN