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* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.410 1/31/2003

***	Added lock_list() method.  [written by Anton Berezin]


* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.401 8/22/2002

****	Fix tests to start the servers automatically.


* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.400 8/1/2002

**	Added pidstatd deamon and pidwatch program.
	Optional.  If running, allows for autounlocking across any hosts,
	and for any generic application to determine if a PID exists on the
	server's machine.

***	Added ping() method for determining if a server is up.

***	Added example init.d/lockerd file.


* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.300 04/03/2002

**	Added autounlock switch to locks.  This records the host
	and pid which obtained the lock, and if that PID disappears
	the lock is released to a new host.  [Stephen Adkins]

***	Fixed bug which made lockerd --port option not work.

***	Allow colon seperated hostnames for fallback hosting.


* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.200 11/15/2001

**	Allow multiple lock names on lock requests,
	and return the first one which becomes free. [Mike Lopresti]

**	A zero timeout will disable timeouts.  [James FitzGibbon]


* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.14 2/13/2000

**	Changed default port to 'lockerd' which will look up the port
	number in /etc/services.  If not found defaults to old 1751.

***	Improved detection and recovery of daemon failures.


* Changes in IPC::Locker 1.12 5/24/2000

**	Added support for Unix named sockets
	[Written by kaspar@lifosa.com]

***	Fixed bug where lock expiration timer would fire at wrong time


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