tools/perl-5.8.0/lib/5.8.0/Net/Ping/Changes

CHANGES
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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