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<h2>New Features in Apcupsd 3.8.2</h2>
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· Highlights of this release:
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. Detects Self Test and reports it as such rather than a
Power Failure.
. True pthreads implementation (uses less CPU and one third
the memory).
. For SmartUPSes, apcupsd does a much better job of adapting
to the actual features of the UPS and is more efficient.
. Many new ./configure options permitting much more complete
pre-configuration. Nearly every possible file and feature
is configurable.
. More complete and updated support for more systems (Caldera,
Debian, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD)
. Correction of all outstanding 3.8.0 and 3.8.1 bugs.
. Cascading Style Sheet version of multimon for user customization.
. TCP Wrapper support (untested).
. KILLDELAY configuration directive requested by users (untested).
. Reap zombies on BSD systems.
. Win32 shutdown program significantly enhanced, now shuts
down in all known configurations giving users time to save
their changes.
. Win32 version uses threads rather than Unix processes.
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<P>The software is completely developed
under Linux and will compile cleanly and will work under Linux
as well as many other operating systems and flavors of Linux.
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<P>What to do if you find bugs :</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.29in">send an email to
<a href="mailto:apcupsd-devel@apcupsd.org">apcupsd-devel@apcupsd.org</a>
(Developers mailing list) or go to one of the following sites:
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<a href="http://www.apcupsd.org">http://www.apcupsd.org</a>
<a href="http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd">http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd</a>
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<P>Change Log
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----> Release apcupsd-3.8.2 (3 July 2001)
- Additional documentation.
- Bug fix provided by Riccardo.
- Update script for making RPMs.
- Please remember that apcnetd has been renamed to
apcnisd
- Tweaked the pthreads flags for FreeBSD
- Added Linux From Scratch hint file to unknown distribution.
- Fixed Makefile in lib to use CFLAGS.
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.2Beta14 (24 Jun 2001)
- Fixed stall in Network Information Server
- Fixed possible race condition in pthreads
Network Information Server.
- Fixed a serious shutdown bug for BackUPS UPSes.
- Tightened security for some scripts (thanks Neil).
- More cleanups for --with-pwrfail-dir so it
is properly configured.
See techdocs/kes27Jun01 for more details.
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.2Beta13 (21 Jun 2001)
- Fixed bug in creation of PWRFAIL file. Thanks to
Jose for his excellent testing efforts.
- Cleaned up configuration of PWRFAILDIR in
distribution files.
- Fixed installation of multimon.css
- Implemented localtime_r() for Win32 systems.
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.2Beta12 (20 Jun 2001)
- Fixed CGI Makefile problems pointed out by Carl.
- Fixed SuSe install problem pointed out by user (and
fixed provided by Neil).
- Fixed powerflute, which has been broken for a long time.
- Upgraded powerflute to work with pthreaded apcupsd (via
TCP/IP).
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.2Beta11 (12 Jun 2001)
- Mostly documentation and small bug fixes.
- Reworked installation of CSS files in CGI directory.
- use localtime_r() to avoid potential problems in
threaded version.
- Cleaned up a few serious shutdown problems with new
apcaction code pointed out by a user (thanks!).
- Fix bug in libwrap code.
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.2Beta9 (28 Apr 2001)
- As promised with release apcupsd-3.8.1-5, I have
now added pthreads support -- well, at least it is
a first cut. The reentrant library calls must still
be added where appropriate.
- Configuration with ./configure is now much more
complete. See kes09Apr01 and kes10Apr01 in techlogs.
- See kes28Apr01 in techlogs for more details of the
pthreads implementation.
- apcaccess and powerflute need NIS running to work
with a threaded apcupsd.
- Set SO_REUSEADDR and SO_KEEPALIVE on sockets.
[ChangeLog] I
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.2Beta6 (10 Apr 2001)
- Much enhanced ./configure. Lots of new options for easier
system configuration.
- New Debian code.
- New release numbering scheme to eliminate -nn at end for
packagers.
- Shared memory initialization improvements.
- A single apcupsd.conf (built from apcupsd.conf.in) in
the /etc directory.
See techlogs/kes9Apr01 for more details.
See techlogs/kes10Apr01 for more details.
----> Released apcupsd-3.8.1-5 (6 Apr 2001)
- This version is a pre-release of version 3.8.2.
It contains fixes for most known problems.
- Major work has been done to include in this release
much of the code that will go into version 4.0.
- Addition merging of 3.8 and 4.0 will occur prior
to the final release of 3.8.2
- The only major addition that I am planning to 3.8.2
for the next prerelease (3.8.1-6) will be pthread
support (at least the first cut).
- The name of apcnetd has been changed to apcnisd
- OpenBSD fixes from Devin Reade
- Fixed Zombies that were created on BSD systems.
New Features:
- New indenting standard (see code). Not yet uniformly
applied -- work in progress.
- New NetBSD support.
- Updated Debian support.
- apccontrol now called with additional arguments.
- GNOME realtime monitoring program added in gupsc
directory (not supported).
- Improved shutdown on WinNT.
- Self test detection -- no more false power fails.
- TCP Wrapper support (untested).
- New KILLDELAY <seconds> configuration directive (untested)
that causes apcupsd to wait after issuing a shutdown, and
after the delay seconds have expired, it will issue a
kill power to the UPS. Potentially useful on systems
where apcupsd cannot regain control after completing
a system shutdown (i.e. WinNT).
- Multimon can now use css for more control by the user.
See techlogs/kes06Apr01 for details.
See techlogs/gdr01Mar01 for more details
----> Release apcupsd-3.8.1-3 (5 Mar 01)
- Added Caldera code.
- NetBSD patches.
- Modified code for handling 940-0095B cable.
- Integrated 4.0 code
See techlogs/kes05Mar01 for more details.
----> Release of 25 Feb 2001
- New NetBSD code (thanks to a number of contributors).
- Added O_NDELAY to prevent blocking on serial port opens on
BSD systems.
- Fixed a bug in the status display on BackUPS Pros that cut
the output short.
- Fixed potential DoS problem with email scripts.
- Much improved shutdown program for Win32 systems.
See techlogs/kes27Feb01 for additional details.
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