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This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.

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	Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
	Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
	Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
	Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
	Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
	Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
	Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
	Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
	New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
	Synced with latest GNUlib

1.4.5
	Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine

1.4.4
	New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
	New check_apt plugin
	Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
	  Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
	Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
	check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
	check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
	  as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
	Compile problems with check_snmp fixed

1.4.3
	Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
	SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
	check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
	libtool now required for development systems
	Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release. 
	  check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp

1.4.2
	Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig

1.4
	IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
	Internationalisation support
	Performance data added to most plugins
	check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
	New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
	contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
	check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
	check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
	check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
	check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
	check_procs -C expects no path for the command name