| 1 | CHANGES |
| 2 | ------- |
| 3 | |
| 4 | 2.20 Jun 20 10:00 2002 |
| 5 | - Perl 5.8.0 compatibility stuff. |
| 6 | Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck). |
| 7 | And patch by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
| 8 | - Move INSTALL doc into perldoc. |
| 9 | - Allow source_verify method to work |
| 10 | for icmp protocol as well as udp. |
| 11 | Spot by taner@taner.net (Taner Halicioglu) |
| 12 | |
| 13 | 2.19 Jun 03 19:00 2002 |
| 14 | - Add $p->source_verify method to skip source |
| 15 | endpoint verification of udp protocol pings for |
| 16 | those remote destinations with multiple interfaces |
| 17 | that may have the "reverse telnet" bug. |
| 18 | Spot by dcd@tc.fluke.com (David Dyck) |
| 19 | - Moved files to more standard locations. |
| 20 | - Less common martian used for ping test |
| 21 | to reduce conflicts |
| 22 | |
| 23 | 2.18 May 06 12:00 2002 |
| 24 | - More RPM spec generalizations. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | 2.17 May 03 18:00 2002 |
| 27 | - RPM spec generalizations. |
| 28 | michael.mclagan@linux.org (Michael McLagan) |
| 29 | - Win32 compatibility changes. |
| 30 | (Didn't compile on Win32 since v2.11.) |
| 31 | |
| 32 | 2.16 Apr 11 14:00 2002 |
| 33 | - Documentation changes. |
| 34 | - Added INSTALL doc. |
| 35 | - Added README to rpm %doc. |
| 36 | - Added neat MakeMaker constants routine. |
| 37 | - Buttwag around Makefile.PL warnings: |
| 38 | o "the following files are missing in your kit" |
| 39 | o "is not a known MakeMaker parameter name" |
| 40 | |
| 41 | 2.15 Apr 06 23:00 2002 |
| 42 | - Added ABSTRACT info. |
| 43 | - Allow for smoother upgrade from |
| 44 | from older Net::Ping versions. |
| 45 | - Change default protocol from udp to tcp |
| 46 | so it will work on most default systems |
| 47 | without any arguments to new(). |
| 48 | |
| 49 | 2.14 Apr 01 14:00 2002 |
| 50 | - Added text ip lookup feature. |
| 51 | e@arix.com (Erick Calder) |
| 52 | |
| 53 | 2.13 Apr 01 14:00 2002 |
| 54 | - Added ping time measuring feature. |
| 55 | e@arix.com (Erick Calder) |
| 56 | - Optionally allow for high resolution |
| 57 | precision for timeouts and measuring |
| 58 | using the Time::HiRes module (Erick). |
| 59 | |
| 60 | 2.12 Feb 17 19:00 2002 |
| 61 | - More general error determination for |
| 62 | better cross platform consistency and |
| 63 | foreign language support. |
| 64 | Spotted by arnaud@romeconcept.com |
| 65 | - Test changes for VMS (Craig Berry) |
| 66 | |
| 67 | 2.11 Feb 02 12:00 2002 |
| 68 | - Test changes in case echo port is not available. |
| 69 | - Fix 110_icmp_inst.t to use icmp protocol |
| 70 | Spotted by craigberry@mac.com (Craig Berry) |
| 71 | |
| 72 | 2.10 Dec 26 12:00 2001 |
| 73 | - Added bind() function useful for clients with multiple |
| 74 | network interfaces performing the ping check thanks to |
| 75 | sethb@clarkhill.com (Seth Blumberg). |
| 76 | - Execution optimizations for several constants (Seth). |
| 77 | - More test changes in case Socket module is not available |
| 78 | (Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
| 79 | |
| 80 | 2.09 Dec 06 19:00 2001 |
| 81 | - Documental and test changes only. |
| 82 | - No functional changes. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | 2.08 Dec 04 13:00 2001 |
| 85 | - Faster response for Win32 tcp_connect. |
| 86 | - Better explanations in test comments. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | 2.07 Nov 28 13:00 2001 |
| 89 | - Compatibility changes |
| 90 | - Works with UNIX and Win32 OS |
| 91 | - Works with Perl 5.005 5.6.x 5.7.x 5.8.x |
| 92 | - Applied several patches from distro |
| 93 | - External protocol added thanks to |
| 94 | colinm@cpan.org (Colin McMillen) |
| 95 | - Stream protocol added thanks to |
| 96 | bronson@trestle.com (Scott Bronson) |
| 97 | |
| 98 | 2.06 Nov 19 12:00 2001 |
| 99 | - Added Net-Ping.spec for RPM to easily |
| 100 | utilize using "rpm -ta Net-Ping*tar.gz" |
| 101 | - Moved Copyright section to perldoc |
| 102 | |
| 103 | 2.05 Nov 18 20:00 2001 |
| 104 | - Added test suite |
| 105 | |
| 106 | 2.04 Nov 16 16:00 2001 |
| 107 | - Added CHANGES and README to tarball. |
| 108 | - No functional changes. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | 2.03 Nov 15 12:00 2001 |
| 111 | - Portability adjustments to ping_tcp() |
| 112 | made by Rob Brown to work with most |
| 113 | default systems. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | 2.02 Sep 27 12:00 1996 |
| 116 | - Magic version by Russell Mosemann from CPAN |