CHANGES

2.35 Feb 08 14:42 2008

• Patch in Perl change #33242 by Nicholas Clark

  <http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse/p/33242>

2.34 Dec 19 08:51 2007

• Release primarily to prevent problems with the Perl core in preparation for the Perl 5.10 release. No real bug fixes, but text fixes are included.
• skip test t/510_ping_udp.t on Windows Vista. Thanks to Jan Dubois for the code to test for Vista.
• t/510_ping_udp.t should check for a udp echo port, not a tcp echo port.

2.33 Jul 31 20:15 2007

• add new method port_number() rather than asking users to twiddle with the internals of Net::Ping to probe a specific port. This should resolve a few bugs where the documentation was lacking.
• apply patch from bergonz at labs.it. This patch resolves several problems logged regarding using Net::Ping in a multithreaded program. Thanks so much!

  <http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=17408>

2.32 Jul 30 21:30 2007

• new co-maintainer Steve Peters
• integrate assorted bleadperl fixes from the past four years

  <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=28348>

2.31 Jun 28 14:00 2003

• Win32 Compatibility fixes. Patch by mhx-perl@gmx.net (Marcus Holland-Moritz)
• Apply bleadperl patch #22204
• Add ToS support. Patch by martin@lorensen.dk (Martin Lorensen)

2.30 Apr 18 14:00 2003

• Fix select() bug for UDP and ICMP protocols in case packet comes from wrong source or seq.
• Allow UDP ping to different IP addresses without instantiating a new object.
• Add retrans() method to customize or disable backoff factor for udp pings. Thanks Torgny.Hofstedt@sevenlevels.se
• Let ECONNRESET be considered reachable for UDP pings. Now it works for cygwin. Spot by jhi@iki.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi).

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:
  • "the following files are missing in your kit"
  • "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