4 files changed, 67 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5ddadf4d..2b257aa6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,64 @@
 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 
+2.4.0 25th Jul 2024
+        FIXES
+        * check_dbi: Compiler warning for uninitialized variable
+        * check_curl: Initialize pointer before usage
+        * check_ntp: Initialize intermediate results in any case
+        * Fixes for -Wsign-compare
+        * check_tcp: Fixes an error with using the wrong type for a variable
+        * check_mailq: exit on empty strings and exit early
+        * check_users: Change option for sanity checking arguments to avoid segfault
+        * check_users: Update help to properly show that thresholds are ranges
+        * check_users: fix segfault
+        * check_dbi: Fix compiler warning for uninitialized variable
+        * check_curl: Initialize pointer before usage
+        * check_ntp: Initialize intermediate results in any case
+        * Fix logic in is_uint64_t to fix type-limit warning
+        * check_ntp_peer: Fixes for Wmaybe-unitialized and some restructuring
+        * check_dns: Remove unused variable
+        * check_ntp_peer: Fixes for Wmaybe-unitialized and some restructuring
+        * check_dns: Remove unused variable
+        * check_disk: fix ignore-missing in combination with includes
+        * check_procs: ignore our own children
+        * Prevent -lcrypto from showing up in Makefile dependencies
+        * Change irritating NULL assignment
+        * check_http: Remove self assignment of a variable and add some comments
+        * check_snmp: Remove unused variable
+        * check_dhcp: Make implicit conversion explicit to dismiss warning
+        * check_http: Remove self assignment of a variable and add some comments
+        * check_dhcp: Make implicit conversion explicit to dismiss warning
+        * Ini Parser: Avoid freeing symbols from text section
+        * check_icmp: keep performance data order in case of none-reachable hosts
+        * check_swap: Change another fake boolean to a real one
+        * check_swap: Rename type since *_t is reserved for C standard types
+        * check_ssh: Fix a typo in "remote-protocol parameter
+        * check_ssh: Handle non-alpha software versions
+        * check_ssh: properly parse a delayed version control string
+        * check_disk: Fail on missing arguments for --warning and --critical and fix a test case
+        * check_disk: Use new test function for percentage expressions
+        * check_load: remove unused code
+        * check_curl/check_http: clarified format of POST data
+
+        ENHANCEMENTS
+        * Use C99 booleans
+        * check_mailq: remove trailing whitespaces
+        * check_mailq: unify tabs/spaces
+        * check_oracle: Shellcheck fixes
+        * check_ups: output ups.realpower if supported
+        * check_disk: add -n short option for --ignore-missing
+        * check_procs: Improve help text, mentioning excluded processes
+        * check_procs: Generalise wording, remove mentioning of nrpe
+        * check_curl: add haproxy protocol option
+        * Improve negate plugin helptext
+        * check_disk: increase alert precision
+        * check_ircd: IPv6 support
+        * check_nwstat: adds percentage used space
+        * Add new test function for percentage expressions
+        * check_swap: Possibility to run check_swap without thresholds
+        * check_ups: additional alarm conditions
+        * check_http/check_curl: added a --regex-state option to change the state of a regex check
+
 2.3.5 18th Oct 2023
         FIXES
         * Include maxfd.h in lib Makefile
diff --git a/NP-VERSION-GEN b/NP-VERSION-GEN
index c353b1d1..9bcbb734 100755
--- a/NP-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/NP-VERSION-GEN
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SRC_ROOT=`dirname $0`
 
 NPVF=NP-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=2.3git
+DEF_VER=2.4.0
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/THANKS.in b/THANKS.in
index 69b32244..66397ad1 100644
--- a/THANKS.in
+++ b/THANKS.in
@@ -420,3 +420,9 @@ Stuart Henderson
 Thoralf Rickert-Wendt
 Thorsten Kukuk
 Matthias Döhler
+Emmanuel Riviere
+Eric Knibbe
+Eunice Remoquillo
+Louis Sautier
+Sven Hartge
+Alvar Penning
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 17272e45..79123748 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.64)
-AC_INIT(monitoring-plugins,2.3git)
+AC_INIT(monitoring-plugins,2.4.0)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(NPTest.pm)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([gl/Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)