2008-03-04, Version 4.2.5
* apache plugin: Improved initialization and error messages.
+ * exec plugin: Set supplementary group IDs.
* network plugin:
+ Create separate threads for reading from the socket and parsing
and dispatching incoming packets. Versions prior to this may have
problems in high-load situations, where the socket receive buffers
overflows, resulting in gaps in the data.
- + Use `memcpy' when constructing a package to avoid alignment
- problems.
+ + Use `memcpy' when constructing/parsing a package to avoid
+ alignment problems on weird architectures, such as Sparc.
+ Translate doubles to/from the x86 byte representation to ensure
cross-platform compatibility.
+ * ping plugin: Correct the handling of the `TTL' setting.
* rrdtool plugin: Ensure correct handling of the `RRATimespan' option.
- * exec plugin: Set supplementary group IDs.
* swap plugin: Reapply a patch for Solaris.
- * ping plugin: Correct the handling of the `TTL' setting.
* tcpconns plugin: Portability improvements.
2008-01-21, Version 4.2.4