Revision history for Perl extension Net::OpenSSH.

0.52 May 9, 2011

• release as stable
• skip bad passwd test when IO::Pty is not available

0.51_12 May 2, 2011

• require version 2 of the SSH protocol (bug report by Jo Rhett)
• remove harmless "my $foo = ... if ..." bug

0.51_11 Apr 24, 2011

• encoding handling in sftp method was broken (bug report and solution by Todd Rinaldo)
• sftp method was broken (regression)
• better support for sharing SSH connections with children
• more tests
• add sample for usage with Net::Telnet
• bad sample in documentation corrected

0.51_10 Mar 29, 2011

• error status was not reset between calls (regression)
• remove internal line numbers from error messages
• encoding errors were not propageted in pipe_in and pipe_out methods
• minor debuging cleanup
• better messages on bad encoding errors

0.51_09 Mar 29, 2011

• add support for passphrase protected keys
• add support for passing the private key path as an explicit constructor option
• bug solved on password handling
• bug solved in filenodup_over
• remove redundant checkmaster_and_clear_error
• more tests
• some doc improvements

0.51_08 Mar 28, 2011

• pipe_in and pipe_out were not correctly setting error status on failure
• support argument_encoding in pipe_in and pipe_out
• document how to set StrictHostKeyChecking=no
• replace @error_prefix arguments by a localized stack
• use loadmodule for Encode loading
• remove no-encoding hack on masterctl

0.51_07 Mar 22, 2011

• add encoding support
• undef $SIG{CHLD} inside blocking methods

0.51_06 Mar 16, 2011

• make hostname argument to constructor optional when external_master is set
• better error handling in constructor
• s/reuse_master/external_master/. I never were happy with the old option name.
• some minor doc corrections

0.51_05 Mar 15, 2011

• implement reuse_master feature
• do not propagate extra arguments from wait_for_master to waitfor_master
• accept ssh_opts in make_remote_command

0.51_04 Mar 10, 2011

• solve "Not enough arguments for grep" bug (reported by Tom Wittbrodt)
• some documentation improvements

0.51_03 Mar 9, 2011

• error message corrected
• troubleshooting guide improved
• add pointer to OpenSSH Wikibook
• add autosudo.pl sample
• implement stdintout_dpipe_is_parent feature

0.51_02 Feb 10, 2011

• add support for test method
• add support for dpipe feature
• simplify waitfor_master code
• remove spurious warnings generated when control command failed to run (bug report by jaiieq from Perlmonks)
• timeout at object level where being ignored by _waitpid
• document how to run detached remote processes

0.51_01 Feb 1, 2011

• add support for kill_ssh_on_timeout feature and better timeout handling
• set ssh option ServerAliveInterval
• system could return -1 on error instead of false
• add change_password.pl sample
• some tests were failing when using csh as the remote shell (bug report by Scott Davis)

0.50 Nov 21, 2010

• shell_quote in t/1_run.t was escaping '' (bug report by Andreas J. König)
• some typos corrected
• initial implementation of scpcat

0.49 Aug 7, 2010

• do not kill master from forked processes (bug report by scotchie at PerlMonks)

0.48 Aug 2, 2010

• bug quoting escaped scalars as globs solved
• new faq for "can't change directory"
• support calling shell_quote and shell_quote_args as class methods
• more tests
• minor doc corrections

0.47 Apr 13, 2010

• document how to make it work under Solaris
• some docs reorganization and improvements

0.46_02 Mar 29, 2010

• add suport for default_stdin_file, default_stdin_discard and similar options
• add stdinout_socket feature and open2socket shortcut method
• rename some internal methods to more meaningfull names
• add open_tunnel and capture_tunnel methods
• add support for tunnel feature and docs
• document mod_perl/mod_perl2 integration
• document not-a-real-file-handle errors
• some minor doc updates
• run tests with StrictHostKeyChecking=no
• disable tty allocation for control commands
• better debugging for _io3

0.46_01 Mar 25, 2010

• do not depend on STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR being file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 respectively as it happens, for instance, under mod_perl (bug report by eserte via PerlMonks)
• use POSIX::dup2 to duplicate file descriptors, instead of perl open builtin
• set stdin_discard when running control commands as it may be closed or tied
• better debugging for waitpid and _io3
• error in example in documentation corrected (reported by Slaven Rezic)

0.45 Feb 17, 2010

• support for taint mode
• use better IPv6 regexp
• bug in glob_quoter incorrectly handling empty strings solved
• document how $SIG{CHLD} can break some methods and add FAQ
• some typos corrected
• update copyright notices

0.44 Jan 26, 2010

• solve bug on rsync methods not correctly handling pass-through options carrying an argument (bug report by Daiju Kito)
• support several verbose levels in rsync methods
• document spurious warnings that appear when tty => 1 is given and stdin is not attached to a tty

0.43 Dec 14, 2009

• call ssh with -tt instead of -t to force remote tty allocation even when stdin is not attached to one locally (bug report by Todd E. Rinaldo)

0.42 Dec 5, 2009

• add FAQ section
• add commercial support offering
• add pointer to my wishlist :-)

0.41_03 Nov 16, 2009

• add testing known_hosts to MANIFEST
• some bits where missing from 0.40
• allow also keyboard-interactive authentication when password is given (bug report by Todd E. Rinaldo)

0.40 Nov 14, 2009

• DESTROY was clobbering $@ (bug report by Todd E. Rinaldo)
• when password authentication is requested add flags to ssh master command to disable other auth. options
• document how to integrate Net::OpenSSH with Expect

0.39 Oct 10, 2009

• use SIGTERM instead of SIGHUP to kill lazy SSH master
• on 1_run.t remote commands could be aliased bug (report and patch by Danijel Tasov)
• add methods for external master PID handling
• add 'all' tag to Net::OpenSSH::Constants
• check SSH client version from Makefile.PL
• work around L<Foo::Bar> links in POD being rendered as "the Foo::Bar manpage" by some POD backends.

0.38 Sep 25, 2009

• remove alpha-status warning from docs!
• add debug support to master killing
• DESTROY was generating warnings when called before the master connection had been established successfully
• add variable expansion feature
• minor doc corrections

0.37 Sep 15, 2009

• add support for stdout_file, stderr_file and stdin_file options

0.36 Jul 8, 2009

• open2pty, open3 and open3pty where not handling transparent options for open_ex, and other minor bugs
• pty handling in open_ex was broken
• expect sample added

0.35 Jun 30, 2009

• strict_mode was not working (bug report by wardmw@perlmonks)
• documentation correction (error reported by Kevin Mulholland)
• Document that the SSH client bundled with your operative system may not be good enough (report by Arun Rajamari).
• Add pointer to SSH::Batch in the docs

0.34 Mar 26, 2009

• pipe_out was broken (bug report by Matthew Merhar)

0.33 Mar 24, 2009

• password obfuscation was failing on '%' (bug report by Sawyer X)

0.32 Mar 18, 2009

• async mode was not working in constructor (bug report by Niels Larsen)

0.31 Mar 3, 2009

• password authentication was not working on OS/X (bug report by Niels Larsen)
• module loader was generating warnings on development versions (bug report by Todd E. Rinaldo)

0.30 Feb 13, 2009

• make sftp open_ex based and add support for stderr_fh and stderr_discard
• croak on unaceptable sftp options
• delete SSH_ASKPASS and SSH_AUTH_SOCK from env. when password authentication is requested

0.29 Feb 12, 2009

• sftp method was broken, regression introduced on 0.11 (bug report by Todd E. Rinaldo)

0.28 Feb 11, 2009

• scp methods were broken, regression introduced on 0.24 (bug report by Ryan Schumacher)
• doc chapter about 3rd party module integration

0.27 Feb 5, 2009

• better tty feature handling in open_ex, now it defaults to ssh default behaviour
• support for \ and \\ quoting escapes added
• minor doc corrections
• document ssh_opts (bug report by Graham Knop)

0.26 Feb 3, 2009

• docs reorganized and simplified
• new std(in|out|err)discard options added
• new masterstd(out|err)_(fh|discard) options added (feature request by Michael Courtney)
• async support in system

0.25 Feb 2, 2009

• remove obsolete FAQ

0.24 Feb 2, 2009

        WARNING!!! backward incompatible changes in this release:
        ===============================================================
        - system method now returns true on success and undef otherwise
        - errors OSSH_SLAVE_SCP_FAILED and OSSH_SLAVE_RSYNC_FAILED
          replaced by generic OSSH_SLAVE_CMD_FAILED
        - multiplexing_socket_path method renamed to get_ctl_path
        ===============================================================
        - new make_remote_command method
        - troubleshooting guide added
        - ask for help in Perlmonks!
        - check multiplexing socket before any command
        - more robust waitpid used
        - detect old OpenSSH versions of ssh (bug report and patch by
          David Markham)

0.23 Jan 25, 2009

• don't quote ~ when globing (bug report by Niels Larsen)
• IPv6 addresses are not required inside brackets (feature request by Ryan Kruse)
• better IPv6 regexp from Regexp::IPv6
• some doc corrections

0.22 Jan 22, 2009

• use better regexp for IPv6 addresses

0.21 Jan 22, 2009

• recognize IPv6 addresses (bug report by Ryan Kruse)

0.20 Jan 22, 2009

• default_stderr_fh was wrongly handled (bug report by Sawyer X).
• add getters for user, host and port properties (feature request by Niels Larsen)
• doc errors corrected

0.19 Jan 20, 2009

• shell_quote_glob method added
• rsync has its own quoting rules (bug report by Niels Larsen)
• implement copy_attrs feature for rsync methods (bug report by Niels Larsen)

0.18 Jan 20, 2009

• several documentation corrections and improvements contributed by Niels Larsen.
• add support for open_ex stdout_fh, stderr_fh and stderr_to_stdout options to rsync methods (bug report by Niels Larsen)
• example of asynchronous usage of scp added

0.17 Jan 19, 2009

• localize $SIG{__DIE__}, $SIG{__WARN__} and $@ for evals (bug report by Niels Larsen)
• quote empty arguments correctly
• add support for new constructor options default_std(in|out|err)_fh
• some doc improvements

0.16 Jan 11, 2009

• add support for bwlimit, copy_attrs, stderr_fh, stdout_fh and stderr_to_stdout to scp methods
• correct bug in option checking for spawn and open2

0.15 Jan 9, 2009

• do not escape dots when quoting args
• some shell quoting tests added
• better glob quoting
• informative rsync error messages
• doc improvements and typos

0.14 Jan 9, 2009

• add experimental support for rsync file transfers
• rework scp implementation in order to share as much as possible with rsync methods

0.13 Jan 8, 2009

• when globing in scp_get, quote spaces only
• add quote_spaces_only feature to quoteargs method
• some scp_put and scp_get problems solved (bug report and patch by Maxim Yemelyanov).
• quoteargs was returning wrong result in scalar context (bug report and solution also by Maxim Yemelyanov).
• set umask when creating ctl_dir (bug report by Maxim Yemelyanov).

0.12 Jan 7, 2009

• support timeout option on capture methods (bug report by Pete Emerson).
• remove broken perl 5.6.x workarounds

0.11 Dec 24, 2008

• new shell_quote method
• add scp_get and scp_put methods
• add spawn method
• add support for ssh_opts in several methods
• makecall_ex renamed to makecall
• makecall removed
• fix doc errors

0.10 Dec 17, 2008

• require OpenSSH > 4.7 for alternative testing aproach
• use correct ps args when testing on Solaris
• new mux_socket_path method
• more tests

0.09 Dec 10, 2008

• fallback testing method when ssh'ing to localhost is not enabled
• add support for master_opts constructor argument

0.08 Dec 10, 2008

• require 5.8.x and remove compatibility hacks for older versions
• solve bug in open_ex when pty is requested
• perform sanity checks on child file handles on open_ex

0.07 Dec 9, 2008

• remove >>& incompatibility for perl 5.6.x
• in tests, sort "ls" output, as it seems that it can change between two consecutive runs in some OSs

0.06 Dec 3, 2008

• open_ex API redesigned
• better bad options handling
• support for async connections
• shell metacharacter quoting
• improved debugging
• improved documentation

0.01 Fri Nov 14 01:02:40 2008

• original version; created by h2xs 1.23 with options

  -AXn Net::OpenSSH