Revision history for Ocsinventory::Agent

1.0.1   Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:48:49 +0100
       * Fix a typo in Ocsinventory::Agent::Backend::OS::AIX::Memory 

1.0    Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:14:26 +0100
       * Hide warning messages when tw_cli or hpacucli are not present on CentOS
       * Avoid unnecessary about missing 'http://' in local mode
       * Ipmi.pm: use can_run do detect ipmitool
       * LSB.pm: properly use can_run
       * Avoid a warning in CompatibilityLayer.pm in local mode
       * Improve the README file
       * Avoid a warning at runtime if rpm is not correctly installed
       * BSD: Detect AMD64 arch (David DURIEUX)
       * HP.pm: force detection even if slot 1 is 0 (Remi COLLET)
       * HP.pm minor clean up + indentation
       * HP.pm send the $model as NAME to avoid NAME == 'unknown' (Remi COLLET)
       * New backend module ServeRaid for IBM ServeRAID card (Remi COLLET)
       * Linux::Storages, fix the hdparm call (Remi COLLET)
       * OS::Generic::Dmidecode::Bios, fix for RHEL2 dmidecode (Remi COLLET)
       * launch backend modules with a 30sec timeout
       * post-inst.pl: use prompt() from ExtUtils::MakeMaker to avoid
         unexpected error with cpan
       * avoid the "No LSB modules are available." warning message
       * Backend: --debug print a warning when arun() function is not found
       * Fix the Debian/Ubuntu detection for non lsb system
       * postinst.pl also drop /etc/cron.d/ocsinventory-client is the user
         want to drop the old linux_agent
       * Backend::OS::Solaris::Memory: use the Logger instead of "print"
       * Solaris: Drop unwanted spaces around OSVERSION and STORAGES/DESCRIPTION
       * Solaris: Avoid warning is the user can't use fstyp 
       * MANIFEST.SKIP: ignore .git/ and .gitignore
       * add a workaround for http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38067 
       * build-perl-tree.sh use cpanp and perl 5.10 now
       * Backend.pm: do a eval around require File::Find
       * Add a workaround to find the backend modules for PAR::Packer
       * Backend.pm: internal change, now do eval 'use $pmodule' instead of require
       * fix serialnum detection in Lsilogic.pm and Adaptec.pm (Edouard GAMIN)
       * Makefile.PL: drop wait(), not used
       * Makefile.PL: fix a syntax error
       * add tools/makedist.sh to document the workaround used to avoid
         http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=43060
       * Fix --logfile=/somewhere.log, see
         http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=3092
       * tools/build-perl-tree.sh, add a new script
       * Don't print ugly error if next_timefile can't be saved
       * OS::Linux::Domains, improve the way it deals with multiple
         domaine entries (Remi COLLET)
       * AIX: Record the last memory Slot (Wilfried BRUNKEN)
         http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=487492&aid=2350694&group_id=58373
       * Bump 0.0.10 to 1.0 because it's the first release to be officially part
         of the OCSInventory distribution

0.0.10beta2    Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:41:21 +0200
       * README: add a not about the $PATH varible on Solaris.
       * Added extra section support for backends (Pascal DANEK)
       * Fix the way submodules are disabled with $runMeIfTheseChecksFailed
       * Linux: Use lsb_release if presents to detect the OS, this will fix
         the Ubuntu detection
       * Hide a Perl warning if the agent is run by the user want the last_state
         file is missing
       * Add Ipmi backend module (Jean PARPAILLON)
       * Drop the control characters from the inventory XML
         https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2100606&group_id=58373&atid=487492
       * Apply a little change in standalone.sh that may fix the ParserDetails.ini problem,
         thanks tharoun

0.0.10beta1    Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:16:49 +0200
       * Fix a "ocs server name" => URI side effect (Pascal DANEK)
       * Download::Store: used absolute path to "cp" on STORE action (Pascal DANEK)
       * Download::Store: set -dpR flags to "cp" (Pascal DANEK)
       * Solaris: Replaced hostid in serialnumber by real serialnumber (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
                  (SUNWsneep becomes mandatory on sparc)
       * Solaris: Return only one IP address (trying to guess which one corresponds to hostname) (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
       * Solaris: return disks SERIALNUMBER and FIRMWARE as XML fields (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
       * Redirection and stderr issue on Solaris (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
         - Removed close of stderr fd
         - Modified lspci and screen check() to avoid pollution of stdout/stderr
       * fix the previous changelog entry, the 0.0.9.1 fix had been done by Nicolas DORFSMAN
       * postinst.pl checks for MANIFEST present
       * improve the backend module detection by also scanning the symlinked directory
       * add the --devlib flag to load ./lib only if wanted and remove '.' from the directory to scan
         with File::Find.
       * import the can_run, can_load and can_read functions in the Backend modules
       * the backend module can have no check function, in this case OCS assume it's ok
       * apply a patch by Etienne GUILLAUMONT to fix CPU detection on AIX 4 
       * standalone.sh checks PAR::Packer presence now
       * only inventory installed .deb
       * postinst.pl: accept another vardir if the first one was invalide
         https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=487492&aid=1961771&group_id=58373
       * postinst.pl Download.pm correctly actived in modules.conf is the user needs it
       * add MacOSX support thanks to Wes YOUNG (Wes YOUNG)
         - Added tools/darwin/ support scripts/code for OS X enterprise deployment
       * add the follow_skip==2 flag to File::Find in Backend.pm so it doesn't detect the same
         file two time
       * import of backend module for RAID controler on Linux (3ware, Adaptec, HP and Lsilogic)
         (Edouard GAMIN)
       * remove a warning in Debug mod, if a backend module has no run() function
       * don't crash in Daemon mode if the server is unreachable (Wes YOUNG)
       * Net::IP is just (strongly) suggested now
       * fix --basevardir so it really accepts a parameter, thanks Gubluts from the forum who
         pointed out the bug
       * postinst.pl use which to find ocsinventory-agent location
       * Makefile.PL, Perl 5.6 doesn't have Config::config_re, I call it from an eval now
       * Added --delaytime option as commandline / .cfg file adjustable (Wes YOUNG)
       * standalone.sh, don't use grep -v since it's not POSIX
       * doesn't die if Storable.pm is missing like with perl 5.6
       * avoid a warning with gzip -h on AIX if Compress::Zlib is missing
       * README: depends on Perl 5.8
       * README: On solaris the Makefile needs gmake
       * README: Add a note about crontab and PATH
       * Linux: redirect hdparm error to /dev/null
       * postinst.pl yes/no questions have a default value now
       * postinst.pl fix a bug in the import of the old ocsinv.adm
         https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1991668&group_id=58373&atid=487492
       * postinst.pl doesn't create two vardir directories anymore
       * do not print a wrning is --nosoftware is used. Thanks Knarfling and Remi who pointed the issue
         out.
         http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?pid=12569
       * fix the POD documentation, some mistakes were detected by Perl 5.10's perldoc.
       * the agent doesn't crash anymore if ocsinv.adm or ocsinv.conf is corrupted
       * Makefile.pl: install memconf on Solaris
       * Solaris: apply patches to use memconf for CPU, Drives and Memory (Christoph HALMES)

0.0.9.2 04/18/2008 Bug fix
       * Add /ocsinventory in the server path if the user enter just the hostname
         https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=487492&aid=1945865&group_id=58373

0.0.9.1 04/03/2008 Bug fix
       * fix a error in the previous release that was forcing the local mode (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
         https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=487492&aid=1945863&group_id=58373

0.0.9 04/01/2008 April Fool release!
       * Added fallback for --lazy if no prolog freq was found and server error (Pascal DANEK)
       * Fixed accountinfos handling bugs (Pascal DANEK)
       * Changed --wait behaviour (--wait=number_of_seconds || "server") (Pascal DANEK)
       * PROLOG_FREQ is handled in prolog phase (Pascal DANEK)
       * the random value for file_nexttime is computed only if prolog_freq has changed since last prolog (Pascal DANEK)
       * import the documentation documentation by adding a description of the
         agent and pointer to the official website
       * --nosoft option renamed to --nosoftware, --nosoft still works but with a warning
       * add --basevardir to be able to use a specific place to store the var file
       * add the --lazy parameter: send an inventory only if the a random delay between 0 and PROLOG_FREQ had been run over. Usefull for package maintainer (Remi COLLET)
       * return 1 to the shell is the agent failed to contact the server
       * postinst.pl asks for the basevardir
       * postinst.pl write the modules.conf 
       * OS::Linux::Network::Networks, correctly reset the ipaddress before every loop so
         now a network can't have the address of the previous one
       * rename the key $params->{conffile} to $params->{accountconfig}
       * fix the way accountinfo information are stored
       * improve (a bit) tools/standalone.sh to avoid error if people launch it
         from the tools directory
       * --server is ignore if --local is in use
       * adjust Backend::OS::Generic::Screen to be able to use monitor-edid with DVI link (Remi COLLET)
       * OS::Linux::Storages, add NEC as a know manufacturer add assume the manifacturer is Seagate if
         the model doesn't match the others and begin with ST (rjhill)
       * fix the CPU detection on Linux Sparc64 and ARM (Linksys NSLU2)
       * improve the Solaris version detection by reading the /etc/release file (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
       * Solaris: fix the MAC addresses when the leading zeros is missing (Jean-Jacques MICHEL)
       * Solaris: Add publisher is possible in the software list (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
       * Solaris: improve the hard drive detection (Nicolas DORFSMAN)
       * postinst.pl can remove the previous linux_agent
       * postinst.pl reuse linux_agent old config file to set the default server and tag
       * return the SERIALNUMBER and the FIRMWARE on Linux with hdparm, the feature is not supported
         yet by the server (egamin)

0.0.8.1 02/20/2008
       * postinst.pl, correctly save the realm, do not override the password 
       * Added "CAPTION" field to memory (Pascal DANEK)
       * Fix a bug with "NUMSLOTS" memory field (Pascal DANEK)
       * improve the parsing of the config file to accept quote and spaces in the value
       * postinst.pl save the configfile with 0600 right since the server
         password maybe be stored in it
       * standalone.sh doesn't scan the inc/ directory anymore
       * remove the BUNDLE packages which seem to break the install process
       * change Solaris::CPU to use psrinfo -v to get the CPUs which works fine on x86
       * fix a path error in Ocsinventory::LoggerBackend::File (Remi COLLET)
       * fix: don't send the inventory if the server doesn't need it (Remi COLLET)

0.0.8 02/05/2008
       * fix the deviceid and old_deviceid handling (Pascal DANEK)
       * fix a debug message in Network.pm (Pascal DANEK)
       * different fixes on Compress.pm (Pascal DANEK)
       * fix an event message name in Option/Download.pm (Pascal DANEK)
       * fix the Compatibility Layer with prolog_read hook (Pascal DANEK)
       * merge PowerPC and PC code to detect the CPU and improve/fix the regex
       * looks for config file in /etc/ocsinventory /usr/local/etc/ocsinventory and
         /etc/ocsinventory-agent
       * add a pod documentation about the different config files and directories
       * Compress::Zlib is required but recommended now. In fact, you need it with
         ocs server prior 1.02

0.0.7.2 01/16/2008
       * fix the post installation script to avoid invalid cron time

0.0.7.1 01/14/2008
       * add setup.sh in the MANIFEST.SKIP to keep it out of the tarball

0.0.7 01/13/2008
       * Ocsinventory::Agent::AccountInfo does not warn accountinfofile if runned in debug mode
         without root privilege
       * fix params->{etcdir} to /etc/ocsinventory, /etc/ocsinventory-agent/modules.conf must be moved
         to /etc/ocsinventory/modules.conf
       * Solaris: Improve the CPU detection (Olivier ROUSSY)
       * AIX: Return the directory with the AIX package name (Olivier ROUSSY)
       * Ocsinventory::Agent::XML::Inventory can now write software inventory
         value of FILESIZE, FOLDER and PUBLISHER
       * processChecksum() and feedInventory() are called by Ocsinventory::Agent::XML::Inventory
         directly now
       * the server responses are not parsed in the main script anymore
       * do not create an inventory if the server doesnn't need it
       * new parameters for the backend modules (run and check functions):
         - prologresp, the Ocsinventory::Agent::XML::Response::Prolog object returned by
	   the prolog
	 - storage: an hashref stored on the harddrive at the end of the execution of the module
       * a backend module without a run function is accepted now 
       * Inventory.pm: add addIpDiscoverEntry() to add host from the same network
       * @runMeIfTheseChecksFailed: new optional setting for Backend module
       * Ipdiscover is now a backend module and nmap can be used instead of ipdiscover
       * --nosoft disable the Ocsinventory::Agent::Backend::OS::Generic::Packaging modules
       * Remove the deprecated modules Ocsinventory::Agent::Option::Ipdiscover and
            Ocsinventory::Agent::Option::Update
       * the check function of the backend accepts the same parameter than the run function
       * Linux::Archs::I386 regex are more robust
       * perldoc documentation for the ocsinventory-agent command
       * minor improvment on the Makefile.PL
       * change the way --server parameter is read. Now we can have a full URL, --remotedir
         is now useless
       * fix: correctly load the last_state
       * improve the Makefile.PL by using inc::Module::Install and adding new check 
       * add a --version parameter and improve the --help
       * come with bundled dependency to simply the build process
       * fix the login/passwd/realm authentification
       * remove Agent/Pid.pm, I've to prepare a better system to keep the pid first
       * try to read the config in /usr/local/etc/ocsinventory/ocsinventory-agent.cfg if the
         standard one is missing

0.0.6.2 07/16/2007 Bug fix release

       * remove a debug "die" in the code

0.0.6.1 06/12/2007 Bug fix release 
       * Fix an undef value in Ocsinventory::Agent::Backend::OS::BSD::Mem
       * AIX: retrieve correctly the MAC address of some FibberChannel card 
       * now standalone.sh will try to find every module before the build to
         avoid unexplicated error

0.0.6  06/07/2007
       * Enable "verbose" is debug is turned on
       * AIX: Ocsinventory::Agent::Backend::OS::AIX::Networks rewrote
       * AIX: Memory.pm, remove the spaces from the end of the DESCRIPTION
       * add standalone.sh, a script designed to prepare a stand-alone binary of the agent
       * AIX: Retrieve all the gateway of every subnet instead of just the default one
       * Config.pm renamed to AccountConfig.pm
       * New flag: --stdout to print the inventory directly on STDOUT
       * If the use want write on the system var directory, the agent create one in
         ~/.ocsinventory/var
       * The agent setting can be preinitialised with /etc/ocsinventory/ocsinventory-agent.cfg or
         ~/ocsinventory/ocsinventory-agent.cfg.
       * remove two debug messages printed during accountinfo rewrite and the
         daemon starting process
       * remove a stupid check in Ocsinventory::Agent::AccountConfig, the
         accountconfig file was not written unless the file was already present
       * add a recMkdir function in ocsinventory-agent to create directory recursivly
       * do not process checksum in local mode 

0.0.5  04/17/2007
       * AIX: use lslpp -c -l to find installed packages
       * AIX: fixes on CPU.pm, Networks.pm and Memory.pm
       * AIX: fetch the serial number with lscfg unless it was found with lsvpd
       * add the .ocs extension to local written files
       * with --local flag: don't not warn if last_state doesn't exit
       * Solaris: retrieve installed package
       * downgrade some message important from info to debug
       * read screen serial number in the EDID (DDC screen)
       * Xorg.pm replaced by Screen.pm
       * Screen.pm all the data are read from EDID now
       * Initial Linux PPC support (tested in Debian Etch).
         thanks Walid Nouh for the hardware
       * Apply patch by Remi Collet to fix an issue with Linux distro detection and Perl 5.6.1
       * Turn of STDERR during the module execution to avoid useless message (e.g: foo: not found)
         use --debug to turn them back
       * If the system side vardir can't be created. The agent try to create one in ~/.ocs-inventory-agent
       * Add a THANKS file

0.0.4 03/20/2007
       * use of gzip when Compress:Zlib is not avalaible. OCS server 1.01 and
         prior are not supported.
       * dmidecode parsing improved
       * lspci stuffs moved to generic
       * Linux: find Wifi connection
       * fix: pass correctly the logger to the modules
       * don't write the last_state is the connexion failed
       * Deals correctly with the accountinfo if it's internaly stored in a
         array ref
       * BSD support by Thierry Lacoste