UPTIME CLIENT 5 BETA HISTORY

5.0b5
    - Changed SI_MACHINE in stats-sol.c to SI_PLATFORM, thanks to
      Robert-Jan Oosterloo. This gives more meaningful output like
      "SUNW,Ultra-5_10" instead of just "sun4u", which just describes all
      Suns since the Ultra 1.
    - New feature: re-read config file when receiving a 'kill -HUP' signal.
      Added additional checking for a valid timer interval when re-reading
      the config.
    - New: An invalid timer interval in the config is no longer considered a
      fatal error. Instead, a default value of 300s is used (or the previous
      interval if the config file was re-read due to signal HUP).
    - Fixed problem transmitting data with Solaris. The client would compile
      and run normally but no data would ever be sent and no transmission
      attempts were recorded in syslog. Thanks to Paul Theodoropoulos for
      reporting this and was instrumental in helping me track it down.
      * If you believe this problem is happening on your system email me so I
      can adjust the code to apply the same fix for your OS.
      (upclient.c: use pause() not sleep(cfg_interval).)
    - Cleaned up some syslog reporting. When the idle time and/or load are
      not sent due to the configuration set in upclient.conf, they are no
      longer logged as being sent instead of recording -1 or some other bogus
      value.
    - More informative error message when opening UDP a socket fails.
    - Now installs config file for Solaris/SunOS with defaults set to not
      transmit load and idle time (same as IRIX).

5.0b4
    - No new features since 5.0b2.
    - Test-build on several machines and cleaned up some dumb mistakes
      in the code which prevented building. Thanks to SourceForge who
      provides a compile-farm with eight different machines.

    Processor         OS                     Build Command Build Result
    ----------------- ---------------------- ------------- -----------------
    [PPC Dual-G4]     Mac OS X 10.2 & 10.2.1 make darwin   ok
                       (Darwin v6 & 6.1)
    [PPC G4]          Mac OS X 10.1 SERVER   make darwin   ok but with
                       (Darwin 5.5)                         compiler warnings
    [PPC 601]         MkLinux DR3 (2.033)    make linux    ok
    [x86]             Linux 2.4 (Debian 2.2) make linux    ok
    [x86]             Linux 2.4 (Redhat 7.3) make linux    ok
    [x86]             FreeBSD (4.7-RC)       make bsd      ok
    [PPC RS/6000]     Linux 2.4 (Debian 3.0) make linux    ok
    [Sparc R220]      Sun Solaris (8)        make solaris  ok
    [CerfCube SA1110] Linux 2.4 (Debian 3.0) make linux    ok
    [Alpha]           Linux 2.4 (Debian 3.0) make linux    fails, probably
                                                            compiler flags
    ----------------- ---------------------- ------------- -----------------
    To add your machine to this list email <carstenklapp@users.sf.net>. Send
    me your patch if you manage to compile on any of the above non-working
    systems or any unsupported system.

    Successful builds of 5.0b1/5.0b2 were previously reported on:
     o FreeBSD 4.6.2
     o IRIX 6.5.16

    Internal changes:
    - Fixed 'static' compiler errors on FreeBSD
      (problem introduced in 5.0b3).
    - Fixed typo in stats-sol.c which prevented building on Solaris
      (broken since 5.0b2).
    - Fix build problem in uplog.c & uplog.h for FreeBSD, include <stdio.h>
      (broken for some BSD systems in 5.0b2).
    - Tinkered with documentation and man file.
    - Some Makefile fixes and improvements.

5.0b3
  * Updated Makefile's config-file path for WinNT and INSTALL instructions
    for WinNT.
  * Reorganise Makefile to allow for installation of custom upclient.conf
    depending on OS (So far only SendIdleTime = 0 and SendLoadAvg = 0 for
    IRIX, there will probably need to be others added).
  * Added rcs strings for what(1) identification.
  * More descriptive error reporting and use syslog on Irix/Solaris.
  * Addressed build problem on Irix 6.5.16 `EX_OSFILE' undeclared.
    (#include <sysexits.h>).
  * Addressed build problem on FreeBSD `pid' undeclared.
    (move declarations to top of main). The fix is unconfirmed but this looks
    like the same problem as the Linux build has (see below).
  * Addressed build problem on Linux `pid' undeclared.
    (move declarations to top of main), released a patch to fix 5.0b2.
  * Minor corrections to copyright notices.

5.0b2
  * Updated INSTALL doc.
  * Added uninstall target to Makefile.
  * Provide startup status messages to stderr when manually started.
  * Rudimentary command-line arg parsing added (-h for usage and -V for
    version).
  * Morebetter syslog reporting (notably BSD & Darwin).
    - daemon PID shows in syslog (use LOG_PID for all syslog() calls)
  * syslog(3) wrapper/emulation function for WinNT (untested).
  * Internal changes and improvements:
    - base64_encode() now calculated before connecting to server to slightly.
      decrease http connection duration (protocol 4.2).
    - base64_encode() result cached (static), so it is only calculated once
      per execution instead of every time a connection is made
      (protocol 4.2).
    - Removed trailing newline from end of transmitted data (protocol 5).
    - Use sigsuspend(2) with itimer instead of obsolete pause(3) function.
    - #ifdef changes for simpler Makefile (and to encourage portability).
    - Debugging messages now use syslog (to allow debugging when fork()ed).
    - all exit() calls now use <sysexits.h> constants instead of arbitrary
      integers.
    - use "compat/sysexits.h" for WinNT & BeOS
      (is this still required for Be?).
    - More functionality "available" when compiled in paranoid+debug mode.
    - Source code reformatting.

5.0b1
  * Updated to use new protocol 5 via UDP.
  * Added Darwin 6+ / OS X 10.2 compatibility patch from fink.
  * Added man file and Protocol 5 doc.
  * Client now sends feedback to stderr when successfully started in
    background.
  * Some enhancement to syslog messages when starting and stopping.
  * Executable now installs into $prefix/sbin by default instead of
    $prefix/bin.
  * New Makefile with 'install' target (goal)
    - Makefile automatically uses pid & config file paths during build.
    - Makefile automatically inserts server name and pid file path into
      config file.
    - Makefile inserts stuff into the man file to reflect local build
      settings.
  * Internal changes and improvements:
    - Minor code cleanup.
    - Added new strings for UDP errors, so all error code numbers have
      changed.
    - Started migrating exit() codes to use <sysexits.h> constants, added
      "compat/sysexits.h" for those who have none.
    - More daemon-like behaviour (I hope).
      o program now cleans up pidfile when quitting.
      o now detaches from terminal (request new session job control when
        forking with setsid()).
      o now ignores SIGINT and SIGHUP.
      This should make it easier to add other code to check whether another
      instance of the program is already running and then take appropriate
      action (i.e. die, without clobbering pidfile).

  $Id: HISTORY-BETA,v 1.13 2002/10/10 02:36:28 carstenklapp Exp $

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