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author | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2018-06-26 14:30:24 +0200 |
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Add release notes for OTP-18.0+
The version 18.3.4.3 is missing and seems to have had no
announcement or README, I do not know why.
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diff --git a/release-notes/OTP-20.1.README.txt b/release-notes/OTP-20.1.README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d0fca0 --- /dev/null +++ b/release-notes/OTP-20.1.README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1344 @@ +Patch Package: OTP 20.1 +Git Tag: OTP-20.1 +Date: 2017-09-26 +Trouble Report Id: OTP-10889, OTP-10927, OTP-13014, OTP-13170, + OTP-13704, OTP-14011, OTP-14078, OTP-14181, + OTP-14185, OTP-14236, OTP-14344, OTP-14378, + OTP-14386, OTP-14412, OTP-14462, OTP-14463, + OTP-14464, OTP-14471, OTP-14486, OTP-14488, + OTP-14490, OTP-14495, OTP-14499, OTP-14500, + OTP-14504, OTP-14506, OTP-14510, OTP-14511, + OTP-14512, OTP-14520, OTP-14521, OTP-14522, + OTP-14523, OTP-14526, OTP-14527, OTP-14530, + OTP-14534, OTP-14535, OTP-14536, OTP-14538, + OTP-14539, OTP-14542, OTP-14544, OTP-14546, + OTP-14549, OTP-14550, OTP-14552, OTP-14553, + OTP-14555, OTP-14556, OTP-14560, OTP-14568, + OTP-14571, OTP-14572, OTP-14574, OTP-14588, + OTP-14591, OTP-14596, OTP-14597, OTP-14598, + OTP-14600, OTP-14606, OTP-14607, OTP-14608, + OTP-14609, OTP-14612, OTP-14614, OTP-14618, + OTP-14621, OTP-9869 +Seq num: ERIERL-48, ERL-251, ERL-375, ERL-413, + ERL-432, ERL-437, ERL-439, ERL-453, ERL-461, + ERL-465, ERL-472, ERL-478, ERL-480, ERL-481, + seq13319 +System: OTP +Release: 20 +Application: asn1-5.0.3, common_test-1.15.2, + compiler-7.1.2, crypto-4.1, debugger-4.2.3, + dialyzer-3.2.2, diameter-2.1, edoc-0.9.1, + erl_docgen-0.7.1, erts-9.1, et-1.6.1, + eunit-2.3.4, hipe-3.16.1, inets-6.4.2, + kernel-5.4, mnesia-4.15.1, observer-2.5, + os_mon-2.4.3, public_key-1.5, reltool-0.7.5, + runtime_tools-1.12.2, sasl-3.1, snmp-5.2.7, + ssh-4.6, ssl-8.2.1, stdlib-3.4.2, + syntax_tools-2.1.3, tools-2.11, wx-1.8.2 +Predecessor: OTP 20.0.5 + + Check out the git tag OTP-20.1, and build a full OTP system including + documentation. Apply one or more applications from this build as + patches to your installation using the 'otp_patch_apply' tool. For + information on install requirements, see descriptions for each + application version below. + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITIES ------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + OTP-14621 Application(s): public_key + Related Id(s): ERL-480, ERL-481 + + public_key now handles elliptic curve parameters in a + consistent way so that decoded ECDSA keys can be + correctly re-encoded. + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- asn1-5.0.3 ------------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The asn1-5.0.3 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14495 Application(s): asn1 + Related Id(s): ERL-437 + + Compiling an ASN.1 module using the option {n2n, + EnumTypeName} when EnumTypeName contains a hypen like + for example Cause-Misc caused syntax errors when + compiling the generated Erlang code. This is now + corrected. + + + Full runtime dependencies of asn1-5.0.3: erts-7.0, kernel-3.0, + stdlib-2.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- common_test-1.15.2 ---------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The common_test-1.15.2 application can be applied independently of + other applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of common_test-1.15.2: compiler-6.0, + crypto-3.6, debugger-4.1, erts-7.0, inets-6.0, kernel-4.0, + observer-2.1, runtime_tools-1.8.16, sasl-2.4.2, snmp-5.1.2, ssh-4.0, + stdlib-3.4, syntax_tools-1.7, tools-2.8, xmerl-1.3.8 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- compiler-7.1.2 -------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The compiler-7.1.2 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14522 Application(s): compiler + Related Id(s): ERIERL-48 + + Fail labels on guard BIFs weren't taken into account + during an optimization pass, and a bug in the + validation pass sometimes prevented this from being + noticed when a fault occurred. + + + OTP-14526 Application(s): compiler + + When compiling from Core Erlang, an 'apply' with a + nested apply in the function position would be treated + as an invalid call. Corrected. (Thanks to Mikael + Pettersson for reporting this bug.) + + + OTP-14591 Application(s): compiler + + Fixed checking of binary matching in the beam_validator + module to ensure that potential compiler bugs are found + at compile-time instead as emulator crash at run-time. + + + OTP-14600 Application(s): compiler, stdlib + Related Id(s): ERL-478 + + There could be false warnings for + erlang:get_stacktrace/0 being used outside of a try + block when using multiple catch clauses. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14378 Application(s): compiler, stdlib + + The Erlang code linter no longer checks that the + functions mentioned in nowarn_deprecated_function + options are declared in the module. + + + Full runtime dependencies of compiler-7.1.2: crypto-3.6, erts-9.0, + hipe-3.12, kernel-4.0, stdlib-2.5 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- crypto-4.1 ------------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The crypto-4.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14499 Application(s): crypto, erts + Related Id(s): ERL-251, ERL-439 + + On macOS, crypto would crash if observer had been + started before crypto. On the beta for macOS 10.13 + (High Sierra), crypto would crash. Both of those bugs + have been fixed. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-13704 Application(s): crypto, public_key + Related Id(s): PR838 + + Extend crypto:sign, crypto:verify, public_key:sign and + public_key:verify with: + + * support for RSASSA-PS padding for signatures and for + saltlength setting + * X9.31 RSA padding. + * sha, sha224, sha256, sha384, and sha512 for dss + signatures as mentioned in NIST SP 800-57 Part 1. + * ripemd160 to be used for rsa signatures. + + This is a manual merge of half of the pull request 838 + by potatosalad from Sept 2015. + + + OTP-14504 Application(s): crypto + + A new tuple in crypto:supports/0 reports supported MAC + algorithms. + + + Full runtime dependencies of crypto-4.1: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, + stdlib-3.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- debugger-4.2.3 -------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The debugger-4.2.3 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14464 Application(s): debugger, edoc, et, eunit, observer, + tools + + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly. + + + Full runtime dependencies of debugger-4.2.3: compiler-5.0, erts-9.0, + kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4, wx-1.2 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- dialyzer-3.2.2 -------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + Note! The dialyzer-3.2.2 application can *not* be applied + independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 20 + installation. + + On a full OTP 20 installation, also the following runtime + dependency has to be satisfied: + -- hipe-3.16.1 (first satisfied in OTP 20.1) + + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14572 Application(s): dialyzer, hipe + Related Id(s): seq13319 + + Fix a bug regarding map types that caused Dialyzer to + go into an infinite loop. A consequence of the fix is + that compound map keys such as maps and tuples + sometimes are handled with less precision than before. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + OTP-14606 Application(s): dialyzer + Related Id(s): OTP-14218 + + The check for unknown remote types is improved. + + + Full runtime dependencies of dialyzer-3.2.2: compiler-7.0, erts-9.0, + hipe-3.16.1, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4, syntax_tools-2.0, wx-1.2 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- diameter-2.1 ---------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The diameter-2.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14011 Application(s): diameter + + React to nodeup/nodedown when sharing peer connections. + + Service configuration share_peers and use_shared_peers + did not respond to the coming and going of remote + nodes. + + + OTP-14486 Application(s): diameter + + Fix inappropriate message callbacks. + + An incoming CER or DPR was regarded as discarded, + resulting in a corresponding message callback (if + configured) in diameter_tcp/sctp. + + + OTP-14512 Application(s): diameter + + Fix handling of 5009 errors + (DIAMETER_AVP_OCCURS_TOO_MANY TIMES). + + RFC 6733 says that the first AVP that exceeds the bound + should be reported, but the suggestions in the errors + field of a diameter_packet record counted AVPs from the + rear of the message, not the front. Additionally, + diameter 2.0 in OTP 20.0 broke the counting by + accepting one more AVP than the message grammar in + question allowed. + + + OTP-14535 Application(s): diameter + Related Id(s): OTP-13006 + + Match case insensitively in diameter_tcp/sctp accept + tuple. + + Matching of remote addresses when accepting connections + in a listening transport was case-sensitive, causing + the semantics to change as a consequence of (kernel) + OTP-13006. + + + OTP-14552 Application(s): diameter + + Fix backwards incompatibility of remote send when + sharing transports. + + The sending of requests over a transport connection on + a remote node running an older version of diameter was + broken by diameter 2.0 in OTP 20.0. + + + OTP-14607 Application(s): diameter + + Fix diameter_packet.avps decode of Grouped AVP errors + in Failed-AVP. + + Decode didn't produce a list of diameter_avp records, + so information about faulty component AVPs was lost. + + + OTP-9869 Application(s): diameter + + Fix handling of Proxy-Info in answer messages setting + the E-bit. + + RFC 6733 requires that Proxy-Info AVPs in an incoming + request be echoed in an outgoing answer. This was not + done in answers formulated by diameter; for example, as + a result of a handle_request callback having returned + an 'answer-message' or protocol_error tuple. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-10889 Application(s): diameter + + Let unordered delivery be configured in diameter_sctp. + + With option {unordered, boolean() | pos_integer()}, + with false the default, and N equivalent to OS =< N, + where OS is the number of outbound streams negotiated + on the association in question. If configured, + unordered sending commences upon reception of a second + message, outgoing messages being sent on stream 0 + before this. + + The default false is for backwards compatibility, but + false or 1 should be set to follow RFC 6733's + recommendation on the use of unordered sending to avoid + head-of-line blocking. There is typically no meaningful + order to preserve, since the order in which outgoing + messages are received by a transport process isn't + known to the sender. + + + OTP-10927 Application(s): diameter + + Complete/simplify Standards Compliance in User's Guide. + + + OTP-14511 Application(s): diameter + Related Id(s): OTP-14343 + + Add service option decode_format. + + To allow incoming messages to be decoded into maps or + lists instead of records. Messages can be presented in + any of the formats for encode. + + Decode performance has also been improved. + + + OTP-14521 Application(s): diameter + + Add service option traffic_counters. + + To let message-related counters be disabled, which can + be a performance improvement in some usecases. + + + OTP-14544 Application(s): diameter + + Allow loopback/any as local addresses in + diameter_tcp/sctp. + + The atoms were implied by documentation, but not + handled in code. + + + OTP-14546 Application(s): diameter + + Add transport option strict_capx. + + To allow the RFC 6733 requirement that a transport + connection be closed if a message is received before + capabilities exchange to be relaxed. + + + OTP-14555 Application(s): diameter + + Be consistent with service/transport configuration. + + For options for which it's meaningful, defaults values + for transport options can now be configured on a + service. This was previously the case only for an + arbitrary subset of options. + + + OTP-14588 Application(s): diameter + + Add service/transport option avp_dictionaries. + + To provide better support for AVPs that are not defined + in the application dictionary: configuring additional + dictionaries in an avp_dictionaries tuple allows their + AVPs to be encoded/decoded in much the same fashion as + application AVPs. + + The motivation is RFC 7683 Diameter Overload, Indicator + Conveyance (DOIC), that defines AVPs intended to be + piggybacked onto arbitrary messages. A DOIC dictionary + has been included in the installation, in module + diameter_gen_doic_rfc7683. + + + OTP-14596 Application(s): diameter + + Decode application AVPs in answers setting the E-bit. + + AVPs defined in the application of the message being + sent were previously not decoded, only those in the + common application that defines the answer-message + grammar. + + + Full runtime dependencies of diameter-2.1: erts-6.4, kernel-3.2, + ssl-6.0, stdlib-2.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- edoc-0.9.1 ------------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The edoc-0.9.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14464 Application(s): debugger, edoc, et, eunit, observer, + tools + + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly. + + + Full runtime dependencies of edoc-0.9.1: erts-6.0, inets-5.10, + kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5, syntax_tools-1.6.14, xmerl-1.3.7 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- erl_docgen-0.7.1 ------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The erl_docgen-0.7.1 application can be applied independently of + other applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of erl_docgen-0.7.1: edoc-0.7.13, erts-9.0, + stdlib-3.4, xmerl-1.3.7 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- erts-9.1 -------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The erts-9.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14490 Application(s): erts + Related Id(s): ERL-432 + + Changed erlang:apply/2 to raise a badarg exception if + the second argument is not a proper list. Previous + behavior was a misleading undef exception. + + + OTP-14499 Application(s): crypto, erts + Related Id(s): ERL-251, ERL-439 + + On macOS, crypto would crash if observer had been + started before crypto. On the beta for macOS 10.13 + (High Sierra), crypto would crash. Both of those bugs + have been fixed. + + + OTP-14523 Application(s): erts + + Fixed bug in enif_whereis_pid/port that could cause + heap corruption in rare cases. + + + OTP-14538 Application(s): erts + + Fix so that trace messages generated when in a dirty + nif are flushed correctly when the dirty nif is done + executing. + + + OTP-14549 Application(s): erts + Related Id(s): PR1536 + + Fix escape code handling when using ANSI color codes in + the shell. + + + OTP-14574 Application(s): erts + + Upgraded the ERTS internal PCRE library from version + 8.40 to version 8.41. See + http://pcre.org/original/changelog.txt for information + about changes made to PCRE. This library implements + major parts of the re regular expressions module. + + + OTP-14597 Application(s): erts + Related Id(s): ERL-465 + + Fixed a bug causing statistics(runtime) to produce + negative values and a bug in statistics(wall_clock) + causing it to produce values one second too long. + + statistics(runtime) now also use getrusage() as source + when available preventing the returned value from + wrapping as frequent as before. + + + OTP-14609 Application(s): erts + + Fixed small memory leak that could occur when sending + to a terminating port. + + + OTP-14612 Application(s): erts + + Fix bug causing VM crash when a module with -on_load + directive is loaded while erlang:trace(on_load, ...) is + enabled. + + + OTP-14614 Application(s): erts + Related Id(s): ERL-453 + + A warning that the compiler may optimize away atoms + have been added to the documentation of + list_to_existing_atom/1 and binary_to_existing_atom/2. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-13170 Application(s): erts, kernel, tools + + Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in + the lock counting emulator (-emu_type lcnt). Everything + is enabled by default to match the old behavior, but + specific categories can be toggled at will with minimal + runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the + documentation on lcnt:rt_mask/1 for details. + + + OTP-14185 Application(s): erts + + The zlib module has been refactored and all its + operations will now yield appropriately, allowing them + to be used freely in concurrent applications. + + The following functions have been deprecated, but will + not produce compiler warnings until OTP 21: + zlib:adler32, zlib:crc32, zlib:inflateChunk, + zlib:getBufSize, zlib:setBufSize. + + The behavior of throwing an error when a dictionary is + required for decompression has also been deprecated. + Refer to the documentation on inflateSetDictionary/2 + for details. + + + OTP-14412 Application(s): erts, kernel, tools + + lcnt:collect and lcnt:clear will no longer block all + other threads in the runtime system. + + + OTP-14520 Application(s): erts, tools + + Add erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1, which converts an + iolist() to an erlang:iovec(), which suitable for use + with enif_inspect_iovec. + + + OTP-14527 Application(s): erts + + When provided with bad arguments, the zlib module will + now raise named exceptions instead of just badarg. For + example, not_initialized when using zlib:inflate/2 with + an uninitialized stream. + + + OTP-14553 Application(s): erts + + erlang:halt/2 allows any Unicode string as slogan for + the crash dump. + + + OTP-14598 Application(s): erts + + Add new nif API functions for managing an I/O Queue. + The added functions are: + + -- enif_ioq_create() + + -- enif_ioq_destroy() + + -- enif_ioq_enq_binary() + + -- enif_ioq_enqv() + + -- enif_ioq_deq() + + -- enif_ioq_peek() + + -- enif_inspect_iovec() + + -- enif_free_iovec() + + + Full runtime dependencies of erts-9.1: kernel-5.0, sasl-3.0.1, + stdlib-3.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- et-1.6.1 -------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The et-1.6.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14464 Application(s): debugger, edoc, et, eunit, observer, + tools + + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly. + + + Full runtime dependencies of et-1.6.1: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, + runtime_tools-1.10, stdlib-3.4, wx-1.2 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- eunit-2.3.4 ----------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The eunit-2.3.4 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14464 Application(s): debugger, edoc, et, eunit, observer, + tools + + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly. + + + Full runtime dependencies of eunit-2.3.4: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, + stdlib-3.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- hipe-3.16.1 ----------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The hipe-3.16.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14572 Application(s): dialyzer, hipe + Related Id(s): seq13319 + + Fix a bug regarding map types that caused Dialyzer to + go into an infinite loop. A consequence of the fix is + that compound map keys such as maps and tuples + sometimes are handled with less precision than before. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of hipe-3.16.1: compiler-5.0, erts-9.0, + kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4, syntax_tools-1.6.14 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- inets-6.4.2 ----------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The inets-6.4.2 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14510 Application(s): inets + + Make sure mod_log uses the correct status code + + + OTP-14530 Application(s): inets + + Correct behaviour of mod_disk_log to proparly handle + repair options + + + Full runtime dependencies of inets-6.4.2: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, + mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, ssl-5.3.4, stdlib-2.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- kernel-5.4 ------------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + Note! The kernel-5.4 application can *not* be applied independently + of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 20 installation. + + On a full OTP 20 installation, also the following runtime + dependency has to be satisfied: + -- erts-9.1 (first satisfied in OTP 20.1) + + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14571 Application(s): kernel + Related Id(s): ERL-472 + + Processes which did output after switching jobs + (Ctrl+G) could be left forever stuck in the io request. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-13170 Application(s): erts, kernel, tools + + Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in + the lock counting emulator (-emu_type lcnt). Everything + is enabled by default to match the old behavior, but + specific categories can be toggled at will with minimal + runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the + documentation on lcnt:rt_mask/1 for details. + + + OTP-14412 Application(s): erts, kernel, tools + + lcnt:collect and lcnt:clear will no longer block all + other threads in the runtime system. + + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of kernel-5.4: erts-9.1, sasl-3.0, + stdlib-3.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- mnesia-4.15.1 --------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The mnesia-4.15.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of mnesia-4.15.1: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, + stdlib-3.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- observer-2.5 ---------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The observer-2.5 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14386 Application(s): observer + + The following improvements are done to Crashdump + Viewer: + + -- Reading of crash dumps with many binaries is + optimized. + + -- A progress bar is shown when the detail view for a + process is opened. + + -- The cdv script now sets ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=0 to + avoid generating a new crash dump from the node running + the Crashdump Viewer. + + -- A warning dialog is shown if the node running the + Crashdump Viewer could potentially overwrite the crash + dump under inspection. + + -- Bugfix: In some situations, Crashdump Viewer could + not find the end of the 'Last calls' section in a crash + dump, and would erroneously mark the crash dump as + truncated. This is now corrected. + + -- Bugfix: In some situations, process info for a + specific process would be marked as truncated by + Crashdump Viewer, even if the crash dump was truncated + in the binary section - and not related to the process + in question. This is now corrected. + + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + OTP-14464 Application(s): debugger, edoc, et, eunit, observer, + tools + + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly. + + + OTP-14536 Application(s): observer + + Add system statistics and limits to frontpage in + observer. + + + Full runtime dependencies of observer-2.5: erts-7.0, et-1.5, + inets-5.10, kernel-3.0, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-3.4, wx-1.2 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- os_mon-2.4.3 ---------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The os_mon-2.4.3 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14560 Application(s): os_mon + Related Id(s): ERL-461 + + On macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), disksup could not grab + information for any disks that used the new APFS file + system. That has been corrected. + + + Full runtime dependencies of os_mon-2.4.3: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, + mnesia-4.12, otp_mibs-1.0.9, sasl-2.4, snmp-4.25.1, stdlib-2.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- public_key-1.5 -------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The public_key-1.5 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14621 Application(s): public_key + Related Id(s): ERL-480, ERL-481 + + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** + + public_key now handles elliptic curve parameters in a + consistent way so that decoded ECDSA keys can be + correctly re-encoded. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-13704 Application(s): crypto, public_key + Related Id(s): PR838 + + Extend crypto:sign, crypto:verify, public_key:sign and + public_key:verify with: + + * support for RSASSA-PS padding for signatures and for + saltlength setting + * X9.31 RSA padding. + * sha, sha224, sha256, sha384, and sha512 for dss + signatures as mentioned in NIST SP 800-57 Part 1. + * ripemd160 to be used for rsa signatures. + + This is a manual merge of half of the pull request 838 + by potatosalad from Sept 2015. + + + OTP-14181 Application(s): public_key + + Add API function pkix_test_data/1 for facilitating + automated testing. This is useful for applications that + preform X509-certifcate path validation of so called + certificate chains, such as TLS. + + + OTP-14236 Application(s): public_key, ssl + + Improved error propagation and reports + + + OTP-14534 Application(s): public_key + + RSAPrivateKey version is set to 'two-prime' instead of + using the underlying enumeration value directly. + + + OTP-14608 Application(s): public_key + + Deprecated function crypto:rand_uniform/2 is replaced + by rand:uniform/1. + + + Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.5: asn1-3.0, crypto-3.8, + erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- reltool-0.7.5 --------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The reltool-0.7.5 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14463 Application(s): reltool, sasl + + Files generated by release_handler and reltool, which + might contain Unicode characters, are now encoded as + UTF-8 and written with format "~tp" or "~ts". If the + file is to be read by file:consult/1, an encoding + comment is added. + + + Full runtime dependencies of reltool-0.7.5: erts-7.0, kernel-3.0, + sasl-2.4, stdlib-3.4, tools-2.6.14, wx-1.2 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- runtime_tools-1.12.2 -------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The runtime_tools-1.12.2 application can be applied independently of + other applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of runtime_tools-1.12.2: erts-8.0, + kernel-5.0, mnesia-4.12, stdlib-3.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- sasl-3.1 -------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The sasl-3.1 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + OTP-14463 Application(s): reltool, sasl + + Files generated by release_handler and reltool, which + might contain Unicode characters, are now encoded as + UTF-8 and written with format "~tp" or "~ts". If the + file is to be read by file:consult/1, an encoding + comment is added. + + + OTP-14618 Application(s): sasl + + The SASL error logger event handler, + sasl_report_file_h, will now by default open its log + file with encoding UTF-8. This can be overridden when + configuring SASL, see configuration parameter + sasl_error_logger in the SASL reference manual. + + + Full runtime dependencies of sasl-3.1: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, + stdlib-3.4, tools-2.6.14 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- snmp-5.2.7 ------------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The snmp-5.2.7 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-13014 Application(s): snmp + Related Id(s): ERL-375 + + A bug in the SNMP MIB compiler has been fixed. An + AUGMENTS referring to a table defined later in the MIB + did not work. + + + Full runtime dependencies of snmp-5.2.7: crypto-3.3, erts-6.0, + kernel-3.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.5 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- ssh-4.6 --------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The ssh-4.6 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14506 Application(s): ssh + Related Id(s): PR1503 + + Enables the ssh_io module to also accept binary values + when reading standard_io instead of getting stuck in + the receive clause. + + + OTP-14550 Application(s): ssh + Related Id(s): PR1533 + + Previously, the file owner access permission in + response to ssh_sftp:read_file_info/2 function was + always read_write. With this fix, the actual value of + file owner access permission is added to the returning + record. That value is calculated from file mode value. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14568 Application(s): ssh + + A new option modify_algorithms is implemented. It + enables specifying changes on the default algorithms + list. See the reference manual and the SSH User's Guide + chapter "Configuring algorithms in SSH". + + + Full runtime dependencies of ssh-4.6: crypto-3.7.3, erts-6.0, + kernel-3.0, public_key-1.4, stdlib-3.3 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- ssl-8.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + Note! The ssl-8.2.1 application can *not* be applied independently of + other applications on an arbitrary OTP 20 installation. + + On a full OTP 20 installation, also the following runtime + dependency has to be satisfied: + -- public_key-1.5 (first satisfied in OTP 20.1) + + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14556 Application(s): ssl + + Max session table works correctly again + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14078 Application(s): ssl + + Customize alert handling for DTLS over UDP to mitigate + DoS attacks + + + OTP-14236 Application(s): public_key, ssl + + Improved error propagation and reports + + + Full runtime dependencies of ssl-8.2.1: crypto-3.3, erts-7.0, + inets-5.10.7, kernel-3.0, public_key-1.5, stdlib-3.2 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- stdlib-3.4.2 ---------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The stdlib-3.4.2 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14488 Application(s): stdlib + Related Id(s): PR-1489 + + Fix a bug in the Erlang shell where recursively defined + records with typed fields could cause a loop. + + + OTP-14542 Application(s): stdlib + + Make edlin handle grapheme clusters instead of + codepoints to improve the handling multi-codepoints + characters. + + + OTP-14600 Application(s): compiler, stdlib + Related Id(s): ERL-478 + + There could be false warnings for + erlang:get_stacktrace/0 being used outside of a try + block when using multiple catch clauses. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14378 Application(s): compiler, stdlib + + The Erlang code linter no longer checks that the + functions mentioned in nowarn_deprecated_function + options are declared in the module. + + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of stdlib-3.4.2: compiler-5.0, crypto-3.3, + erts-9.0, kernel-5.0, sasl-3.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- syntax_tools-2.1.3 ---------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The syntax_tools-2.1.3 application can be applied independently of + other applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + OTP-14471 Application(s): syntax_tools + Related Id(s): ERL-413 + + A process trapping exits and calling erl_tidy no longer + hangs if an error occurs. + + + Full runtime dependencies of syntax_tools-2.1.3: compiler-7.0, + erts-9.0, kernel-5.0, stdlib-3.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- tools-2.11 ------------------------------------------------------ + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + Note! The tools-2.11 application can *not* be applied independently + of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 20 installation. + + On a full OTP 20 installation, also the following runtime + dependencies have to be satisfied: + -- erts-9.1 (first satisfied in OTP 20.1) + -- kernel-5.4 (first satisfied in OTP 20.1) + + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14344 Application(s): tools + + The predefined Xref analysis locals_not_used no longer + reports unused functions with the -on_load() attribute. + + The new predefined Xref variable OL holds all functions + with the -on_load() attribute. + + + OTP-14500 Application(s): tools + + In fprof when sampling multiple processes and analyzing + with totals set to true, the output now sums together + all caller and callee entries which concerns the same + function. Previous behaviour was to report each + contributing entry separately. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-13170 Application(s): erts, kernel, tools + + Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in + the lock counting emulator (-emu_type lcnt). Everything + is enabled by default to match the old behavior, but + specific categories can be toggled at will with minimal + runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the + documentation on lcnt:rt_mask/1 for details. + + + OTP-14412 Application(s): erts, kernel, tools + + lcnt:collect and lcnt:clear will no longer block all + other threads in the runtime system. + + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + OTP-14464 Application(s): debugger, edoc, et, eunit, observer, + tools + + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly. + + + OTP-14520 Application(s): erts, tools + + Add erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1, which converts an + iolist() to an erlang:iovec(), which suitable for use + with enif_inspect_iovec. + + + Full runtime dependencies of tools-2.11: compiler-5.0, erts-9.1, + kernel-5.4, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-3.4 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --- wx-1.8.2 -------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The wx-1.8.2 application can be applied independently of other + applications on a full OTP 20 installation. + + --- Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions --- + + OTP-14539 Application(s): wx + + Do not deprecate + wxGraphicsContext:createLinearGradientBrush/7 and + wxGraphicsContext:createRadialGradientBrush/8 which are + still available in wxWidgets-3.0. + + + --- Improvements and New Features --- + + OTP-14462 Application(s): common_test, dialyzer, erl_docgen, + hipe, kernel, mnesia, observer, runtime_tools, sasl, + stdlib, syntax_tools, tools, wx + + General Unicode improvements. + + + Full runtime dependencies of wx-1.8.2: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, + stdlib-2.0 + + + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + |