1CHANGES 2------- 3 42.35 Feb 08 14:42 2008 5 - Patch in Perl change #33242 by Nicholas Clark 6 <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/5d6b07c5a4c042580b85248d570ee299fd102a79> 7 82.34 Dec 19 08:51 2007 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 15 echo port. 16 172.33 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 21 was lacking. 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> 26 272.32 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> 31 322.31 Jun 28 14:00 2003 33 - Win32 Compatibility fixes. 34 Patch by mhx-perl@gmx.net (Marcus Holland-Moritz) 35 - Apply bleadperl patch #22204 36 - Add ToS support. 37 Patch by martin@lorensen.dk (Martin Lorensen) 38 392.30 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). 50 512.29 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 70 712.28 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). 79 802.27 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. 110 1112.26 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. 122 1232.25 Nov 19 12:00 2002 124 - Handle condition where O_NONBLOCK tcp connects 125 immediately fail without EINPROGRESS 126 (certain platforms or SMP optimizations). 127 1282.24 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. 137 1382.23 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. 147 1482.22 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. 157 1582.21 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 (synchronous) 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 - Compatibility patches for cygwin. 169 Spot by frazee.23@osu.edu (Joseph Frazee) 170 1712.20 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) 179 1802.19 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 188 to reduce conflicts 189 1902.18 May 06 12:00 2002 191 - More RPM spec generalizations. 192 1932.17 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.) 198 1992.16 Apr 11 14:00 2002 200 - Documentation changes. 201 - Added INSTALL doc. 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" 207 2082.15 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(). 215 2162.14 Apr 01 14:00 2002 217 - Added text ip lookup feature. 218 e@arix.com (Erick Calder) 219 2202.13 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). 226 2272.12 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) 233 2342.11 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) 238 2392.10 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 245 (Jarkko Hietaniemi). 246 2472.09 Dec 06 19:00 2001 248 - Documental and test changes only. 249 - No functional changes. 250 2512.08 Dec 04 13:00 2001 252 - Faster response for Win32 tcp_connect. 253 - Better explanations in test comments. 254 2552.07 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) 264 2652.06 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 269 2702.05 Nov 18 20:00 2001 271 - Added test suite 272 2732.04 Nov 16 16:00 2001 274 - Added CHANGES and README to tarball. 275 - No functional changes. 276 2772.03 Nov 15 12:00 2001 278 - Portability adjustments to ping_tcp() 279 made by Rob Brown to work with most 280 default systems. 281 2822.02 Sep 27 12:00 1996 283 - Magic version by Russell Mosemann from CPAN 284