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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml6
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml7
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml26
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml6
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/escript.xml9
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml4
6 files changed, 46 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 4aa3033f40..9724a1345a 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
<tag><marker id="file_name_encoding"></marker><c><![CDATA[+fnl]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The VM works with file names as if they are encoded using the ISO-latin-1 encoding, disallowing Unicode characters with codepoints beyond 255.</p>
- <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names.</p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names. Note that this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment variables (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso>).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+fnu[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
encountered. <c>w</c> is the default. Note that
<c>file:read_link/1</c> will always return an error if the
link points to an invalid file name.</p>
- <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names.</p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names. Note that this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment variables (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso>).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+fna[{w|i|e}]]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
settings cause the behavior of <c>+fnl</c> to be selected,
then <c>w</c>, <c>i</c>, or <c>e</c> will not have any
effect.</p>
- <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names.</p>
+ <p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso> for more infomation about unicode file names. Note that this value also applies to command-line parameters and environment variables (see <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_environment_and_parameters">STDLIB User's Guide</seealso>).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[+hms Size]]></c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
index 8da1836da7..ad37813ac0 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml
@@ -315,10 +315,13 @@
<c>ERL_DRV_EXTENDED_MINOR_VERSION</c> will be incremented when
new features are added. The runtime system uses the minor version
of the driver to determine what features to use.
- The runtime system will refuse to load a driver if the major
+ The runtime system will normally refuse to load a driver if the major
versions differ, or if the major versions are equal and the
minor version used by the driver is greater than the one used
- by the runtime system.</p>
+ by the runtime system. Old drivers with lower major versions
+ will however be allowed after a bump of the major version during
+ a transition period of two major releases. Such old drivers might
+ however fail if deprecated features are used.</p>
<p>The emulator will refuse to load a driver that does not use
the extended driver interface,
to allow for 64-bit capable drivers,
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 8b19725c02..6b1f4cccf8 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -316,6 +316,32 @@ ok
<p>The library initialization callbacks <c>load</c>, <c>reload</c> and
<c>upgrade</c> are all thread-safe even for shared state data.</p>
</item>
+
+ <tag><marker id="version_management"/>Version Management</tag>
+ <item><p>
+ When a NIF library is built, information about NIF API version
+ is compiled into the library. When a NIF library is loaded the
+ runtime system verifies that the library is of a compatible version.
+ <c>erl_nif.h</c> defines <c>ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION</c>, and
+ <c>ERL_NIF_MINOR_VERSION</c>. <c>ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION</c> will be
+ incremented when NIF library incompatible changes are made to the
+ Erlang runtime system. Normally it will suffice to recompile the NIF
+ library when the <c>ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION</c> has changed, but it
+ could, under rare circumstances, mean that NIF libraries have to
+ be slightly modified. If so, this will of course be documented.
+ <c>ERL_NIF_MINOR_VERSION</c> will be incremented when
+ new features are added. The runtime system uses the minor version
+ to determine what features to use.
+ </p><p>
+ The runtime system will normally refuse to load a NIF library if
+ the major versions differ, or if the major versions are equal and
+ the minor version used by the NIF library is greater than the one
+ used by the runtime system. Old NIF libraries with lower major
+ versions will however be allowed after a bump of the major version
+ during a transition period of two major releases. Such old NIF
+ libraries might however fail if deprecated features are used.
+ </p></item>
+
<tag>Dirty NIFs</tag>
<item><p><marker id="dirty_nifs"/><em>Note that the dirty NIF functionality
is experimental</em> and that you have to enable support for dirty
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index e34646eaf0..e7e9b218f2 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@
<fsummary>Print a term on standard output</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Prints a text representation of <c><anno>Term</anno></c> on the standard
- output.</p>
+ output. On OSE the term is printed to the ramlog.</p>
<warning>
<p>This BIF is intended for debugging only.</p>
</warning>
@@ -6141,8 +6141,8 @@ ok
<c>erlang:system_info()</c> argument giving the exact OTP
version. This since the exact OTP version in the general case
is hard to determine. For more information see
- <seealso marker="doc/installation_guide:otp_version">the
- documentation of the OTP version in the installation
+ <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:versions">the
+ documentation of versions in the system principles
guide</seealso>.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="system_info_port_parallelism"><c>port_parallelism</c></marker></tag>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/escript.xml b/erts/doc/src/escript.xml
index 1abbdb2180..9159d68f60 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/escript.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/escript.xml
@@ -236,8 +236,13 @@ factorial 5 = 120
<v>EmuArgs = string() | 'undefined'</v>
<v>Body = {source, SourceCode}
| {beam, BeamCode}
- | {archive, ZipArchive}</v>
- <v>SourceCode = BeamCode = ZipArchive = binary()</v>
+ | {archive, ZipArchive}
+ | {archive, ZipFiles, ZipOptions}</v>
+ <v>SourceCode = BeamCode = file:filename() | binary()</v>
+ <v>ZipArchive = <seealso marker="stdlib:zip#type-filename">zip:filename()</seealso> | binary()</v>
+ <v>ZipFiles = [ZipFile]</v>
+ <v>ZipFile = file:filename() | {file:filename(), binary()} | {file:filename(), binary(), file:file_info()}</v>
+ <v>ZipOptions = [<seealso marker="stdlib:zip#type-create_option">zip:create_option()</seealso>]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The <marker id="create_2"></marker> <c>create/2</c>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml
index d52cc7f3e2..7f7c28fc30 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/time_correction.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1999</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>1999</year><year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>