CHANGES
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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