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- 2.31 Jun 28 14:00 2003
- - Win32 Compatibility fixes.
- Patch by mhx-perl@gmx.net (Marcus Holland-Moritz)
- - Apply bleadperl patch #22204
- - Add ToS support.
- Patch by martin@lorensen.dk (Martin Lorensen)
-
- 2.30 Apr 18 14:00 2003
- - Fix select() bug for UDP and ICMP protocols
- in case packet comes from wrong source or seq.
- - Allow UDP ping to different IP addresses
- without instantiating a new object.
- - Add retrans() method to customize or disable
- backoff factor for udp pings.
- Thanks Torgny.Hofstedt@sevenlevels.se
- - Let ECONNRESET be considered reachable for
- UDP pings. Now it works for cygwin.
- Spot by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi).
-
- 2.29 Apr 12 15:00 2003
- - Implement "double send()" concept for udp pings.
- See: <http://perlmonks.thepen.com/42898.html>
- Thanks to rdw @ perlmonks.
- - Send multiple udp packets in case of loss.
- - Exponential backoff code swiped from Net::DNS
- Thanks to mike@fuhr.org (Michael Fuhr).
- - Also allows to capture udp ECONNREFUSED condition.
- - Rename tcp_service_check method to service_check.
- - Allow demo/fping -s to force service check.
- Idea by ralijani@yahoo.com (REZA Alijani)
- - Fix return from ping to be compatible with wantarray
- when the host doesn't even resolve.
- - Add udp proto test to test suite.
- - VMS patch from Craig Berry to pre-check echo.
- - Apply bleadperl patch (change #18904)
- - Apply bleadperl patch as explained:
- http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-
- porters/2003-03/msg00992.html
-
- 2.28 Jan 23 18:00 2003
- - No new features. Bug fixes only.
- - Fixed ICMP_STRUCT to work on Big Endian platforms.
- Thanks to danb@thelittlemacshop.com (Dan Buettner)
- for testing on Mac OS X 10.2.3 and many others
- for testing on Big Endian boxes.
- - Not do binmode(). Causes more problems than helps.
- - Perl 5.004 compatibility fixes (Spot by Honza).
-
- 2.27 Jan 15 23:00 2003
- - Patch by slebedev@iwl.net (Sergey Lebedev):
- - 1) Fixed response packet parsing offsets in ping_icmp.
- - 2) Added icmp_result method.
- - Patch by radu@netsoft.ro (Radu Greab):
- - 1) Changed ping_tcp() to use non-blocking connect
- instead of alarm() interface in order to avoid
- conflicts with user applications.
- - 2) Also get rid of all eval {} code in ping_tcp
- in order to avoid catching SIGALRM trigger and
- to avoid conflicts with other evals.
- - 3) Avoid ioctl() syscall for more accurate error
- detection on non-blocking tcp connects.
- - 4) Fix fcntl() syntax usage.
- - Patch by adelton@fi.muni.cz (Honza Pazdziora):
- - 1) Fix icmp request pack code to be more platform
- independent regardless of Big/Little Endian.
- - 2) Use binmode for filehandle in case perl 5.8.0
- tries to dink with the data stream.
- - Other changes by Rob Brown:
- - Fixed ack() failures under certain rare conditions.
- - Use more appropriate \z instead of $ in regex.
- - Resolved Cygwin "make test" problems reported by
- h.m.brand@hccnet.nl (H.Merijn Brand).
- - Add sending a real ICMP packet in the test suite.
- - Add Socket to PREREQ_PM (missing on some boxes?)
- - Adjust syn_forking IPC pipe for fatter Win32 pids.
- - Better handling of alarm() in test suite for Win32.
- - Add a DESTROY method to reduce chances of
- lingering connect-choking children.
-
- 2.26 Dec 02 12:00 2002
- - More compatibility fixes.
- - Thanks for Solaris bug reports:
- Paul.Gaborit@enstimac.fr (Paul Gaborit)
- Jost.Krieger@ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Jost Krieger)
- - Thanks for Solaris testing box:
- Gunther.Heintzen@rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Gunther Heintzen)
- - Solaris ENOTCONN select() for write choke bug.
- - Thanks for Cygwin bug reports:
- h.m.brand@hccnet.nl (H.Merijn Brand)
- - Cygwin "EAGAIN instead of ECONNREFUSED" buttwag.
-
- 2.25 Nov 19 12:00 2002
- - Handle condition where O_NONBLOCK tcp connects
- immediately fail without EINPROGRESS
- (certain platforms or SMP optimizations).
-
- 2.24 Oct 21 22:00 2002
- - Compatibility fixes.
- - Avoid using 127.1.1.1 and 127.2.2.2 because
- it breaks on some platforms (Irix).
- - Handle condition where nonblocking tcp connects
- immediately connect on some platforms
- (solaris and freebsd) and to be SMP safer.
- - Win32 $p->ack( $host ) method should now work.
- - Add ack( $host ) test cases to test suite.
-
- 2.23 Oct 18 22:00 2002
- - Fix ack() fd "each" detection bug.
- - Add nack() method for OO interface to the
- reason why the ack() failed.
- - Fix premature "Timed out" side effect when a
- different specified ack( $host ) fails.
- - IO::Socket::INET ephemeral port buttwag
- hack for the t/450_service.t test.
- - Documental changes.
-
- 2.22 Oct 17 16:00 2002
- - Add $p->tcp_service_check() method to enforce
- remote tcp service availability checking.
- Patch by jef@linuxbe.org (Jean-Francois Dive).
- - Changed default behavior of "syn" protocol to
- disabled tcp_service_check instead of enabled.
- - Win32 compatibility changes ("syn" protocol).
- - Increase timeouts for tests in case client or
- server network(s) are busy.
-
- 2.21 Oct 14 12:00 2002
- - Preserve/restore ALRM settings for tcp mode pings.
- Spot by d@niel-berlin.de (Daniel Berlin)
- - Can now select device for udp and icmp protocols.
- Patch by sarfata@altern.org (Thomas Sarlandie).
- - Add new "syn" protocol to allow for mass parallel
- (syncronous) TCP service reachability checking.
- - Add ack() method to utilize non-blocking connect
- (SYN/ACK) feature of the "syn" protocol.
- - Add demo/fping script as a "syn" demonstration.
- - Compatibiliy patches for cygwin.
- Spot by frazee.23@osu.edu (Joseph Frazee)
-
- 2.20 Jun 20 10:00 2002
- - Perl 5.8.0 compatibility stuff.
- Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck).
- And patch by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi).
- - Move INSTALL doc into perldoc.
- - Allow source_verify method to work
- for icmp protocol as well as udp.
- Spot by taner@taner.net (Taner Halicioglu)
-
- 2.19 Jun 03 19:00 2002
- - Add $p->source_verify method to skip source
- endpoint verification of udp protocol pings for
- those remote destinations with multiple interfaces
- that may have the "reverse telnet" bug.
- Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck)
- - Moved files to more standard locations.
- - Less common martian used for ping test
- to reduce conflicts
-
- 2.18 May 06 12:00 2002
- - More RPM spec generalizations.
-
- 2.17 May 03 18:00 2002
- - RPM spec generalizations.
- michael.mclagan@linux.org (Michael McLagan)
- - Win32 compatibility changes.
- (Didn't compile on Win32 since v2.11.)
-
- 2.16 Apr 11 14:00 2002
- - Documentation changes.
- - Added INSTALL doc.
- - Added README to rpm %doc.
- - Added neat MakeMaker constants routine.
- - Buttwag around Makefile.PL warnings:
- o "the following files are missing in your kit"
- o "is not a known MakeMaker parameter name"
-
- 2.15 Apr 06 23:00 2002
- - Added ABSTRACT info.
- - Allow for smoother upgrade from
- from older Net::Ping versions.
- - Change default protocol from udp to tcp
- so it will work on most default systems
- without any arguments to new().
-
- 2.14 Apr 01 14:00 2002
- - Added text ip lookup feature.
- e@arix.com (Erick Calder)
-
- 2.13 Apr 01 14:00 2002
- - Added ping time measuring feature.
- e@arix.com (Erick Calder)
- - Optionally allow for high resolution
- precision for timeouts and measuring
- using the Time::HiRes module (Erick).
-
- 2.12 Feb 17 19:00 2002
- - More general error determination for
- better cross platform consistency and
- foreign language support.
- Spotted by arnaud@romeconcept.com
- - Test changes for VMS (Craig Berry)
-
- 2.11 Feb 02 12:00 2002
- - Test changes in case echo port is not available.
- - Fix 110_icmp_inst.t to use icmp protocol
- Spotted by craigberry@mac.com (Craig Berry)
-
- 2.10 Dec 26 12:00 2001
- - Added bind() function useful for clients with multiple
- network interfaces performing the ping check thanks to
- sethb@clarkhill.com (Seth Blumberg).
- - Execution optimizations for several constants (Seth).
- - More test changes in case Socket module is not available
- (Jarkko Hietaniemi).
-
- 2.09 Dec 06 19:00 2001
- - Documental and test changes only.
- - No functional changes.
-
- 2.08 Dec 04 13:00 2001
- - Faster response for Win32 tcp_connect.
- - Better explanations in test comments.
-
- 2.07 Nov 28 13:00 2001
- - Compatibility changes
- - Works with UNIX and Win32 OS
- - Works with Perl 5.005 5.6.x 5.7.x 5.8.x
- - Applied several patches from distro
- - External protocol added thanks to
- colinm@cpan.org (Colin McMillen)
- - Stream protocol added thanks to
- bronson@trestle.com (Scott Bronson)
-
- 2.06 Nov 19 12:00 2001
- - Added Net-Ping.spec for RPM to easily
- utilize using "rpm -ta Net-Ping*tar.gz"
- - Moved Copyright section to perldoc
-
- 2.05 Nov 18 20:00 2001
- - Added test suite
-
- 2.04 Nov 16 16:00 2001
- - Added CHANGES and README to tarball.
- - No functional changes.
-
- 2.03 Nov 15 12:00 2001
- - Portability adjustments to ping_tcp()
- made by Rob Brown to work with most
- default systems.
-
- 2.02 Sep 27 12:00 1996
- - Magic version by Russell Mosemann from CPAN
-