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ntrack 015

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Project:: ntrack

Series:: main

Version:: 015

Released:: 2011-11-12

Registrant:: Alexander Sack

Release registered:: 2011-11-12

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Release notes

2011-11-12 Alexander Sack <asac@jwsdot.com>

ntrack version 015 released!

        Homepage: https://launchpad.net/ntrack
        Release: https://launchpad.net/ntrack/main/015
        Download: http://launchpad.net/ntrack/main/015/+download/ntrack-015.tar.gz
        TODO: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ntrack

        ntrack 015 is a long expected release that started low, but ended up coming out
        strong. This is not only because a first experimental revision of our next gen
        backend for linux, rtnetlink, got included.

        Early testing indicates that rtnetlink really has the potential to leave out
        the flaky libnl middleware alltogether and get network state info first hand
        from the kernel. Once stabilized and properly field tested, This will clearly
        contribute to a more complete, consistent and reliable ntrack experience.

        Nevertheless, ntrack 015 also grows more complete libnl support and can now
        build backends for libnl 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 (NEW), 3.2.x (NEW) and latest git
        (NEW).

See below for info what bugs were fixed on top for this release.

        Fixed Bugs:
         * lp:750554 - nl modules are not linked with libntrack even if they use symbols from it
         * lp:755608 - Ntrack dead loop in function get_nl_link_by_index
         * lp:834639 - Build failure with -Werror=strict-aliasing
         * lp:774690 - Build error in a fresh environment
         * lp:785119 - ntrack can get into endless poll loop if no backend modules found
         * lp:801407 - ntrack-014 compilation fails if all libnl[123] are present together
         * lp:448400 - add pure rtnetlink backend for linux
         * lp:879141 - support libnl 3.1

Known Issues:
* no Qt python wrappers yet - lp:505672

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2011-11-12 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

Release 015

2011-11-12 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

update NEWS for 015 release

2011-11-12 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

implement --enable-backend=backend1,backend2 configure option to enable one or many backends

* update README info accordingly
* drop --enable/disable-module-XXX options from configure

2011-10-29 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

glib[test]: dump 'Initial state' in mtest-gsource before entering mainloop

2011-10-23 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

modules[rtnetlink]: fix strict-aliasing violation in newroute addr parsing code

2011-10-23 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

modules: use -Wno-variadic-macros to allow variadic macros; fix build failures on gcc < 4.6

2011-10-22 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

rename netlink to rtnetlink in configure.ac and modules/Makefile.am

- changes configure option to --disable-module-rtnetlink
- fix name mismatch of module and configure/makefile switches; we
use 'rtnetlink' everywhere now

2011-10-22 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

introduce configure switch AC_ARG_ENABLE([module-libnl], ...; disables building libnl modules

2011-10-22 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

add 'Selecting Backend Module (Build)' and '... (Runtime)' sections to README

2011-10-22 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

list rtnetlink module in README

2011-10-22 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

document availability of libnl3 libnl3.1 and libnl3.x ntrack modules

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

fix copyright years in 'Licensing' of README

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

ship 3rd-party files in source; add to top-level Makefile.am EXTRA_DIST

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

3rd-party[libnl-3.1]: add license info for patches against libnl component

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

common: don't ignore return value of pipe(...) in _builtin_noop_monitor_new

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

modules[libnl]: add libnl3.x backend for libnl-3.x (v3.2 or later)

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

libnl has broken .pc versioning after 3.1; build LIBNL3 backend only for libnl-3.0 = 3.0

libnl 3.2 release and git head bounce back to version 3.0 in .pc files even though
SONAME was changed; this causes problem building one backend for all libnl releases
that have a libnl-3.0 .pc file.

To prepare introduction of 3.2 and later libnl support we have to constraint
building LIBNL3 backend variant for libnl-3.0 = 3.0 so we can introduce a LIBNL3_2
in the future that matches libnl-3.0 > 3.1

2011-10-21 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

modules[libnl]: support libnl v3.1 - lp:879141

+ add build infrastructure to configure.ac
+ add a new backend major version to modules/Makefile.am
+ add code (ifdefs) to modules/ntrack-libnl.c; use 2.0/3.0 codepaths
+ add patch fixing crash in recycle unit test caused by dangling
pointer in libnl. If make check fails, remember to check if your libnl
has this patch
+ dump a prominent warning in configure if libnl 3.1 is found

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

gobject[test]: beautify mtest-gmonitor ntrack banner output by using g_print

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

modules[rtnetlink]: topmostr has to obey monitor lifecycle; move to global var to instance struct

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

glib: minor coding style tweak in test-gsource-recycle.c

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

common: fix noop monitor crash caused by double free of pipe fd buffer; hand out copy of rfds

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

modules[libnl]: add support to build all libnl version backends in one shot lp:801407

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

common: fix poll problems for noop monitor; use pipe to get valid rfds; thx to Alex Merry (randomguy3) lp:785119

2011-10-16 Alexander Sack <email address hidden>

call aclocal in autogen.sh; thx to Sanjaya Karunasena (sanjayak) lp:774690