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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 5467cd8cde..e325443f6c 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -30,11 +30,218 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> -<section><title>Kernel 2.13.5.4</title> +<section><title>Kernel 2.14.4</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> <item> + <p> + The send_timeout option in gen_tcp did not work properly + in active mode or with {active,once} options. This is now + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9145</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed various typos across the documentation (Thanks to + Tuncer Ayaz)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9154</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix typo in doc of rpc:pmap/3 (Thanks to Ricardo + Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9168</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A bug in inet_res, the specialized DNS resolver, has been + corrected. A late answer with unfortunate timing could + cause a runtime exception. Some code cleanup and + improvements also tagged along. Thanks to Evegeniy + Khramtsov for a pinpointing bug report and bug fix + testing.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9221 Aux Id: OTP-8712 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Types and specifications have been added. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9268</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Erlang types and specifications are used for + documentation. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9272</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Two opaque types that could cause warnings when + running Dialyzer have been modified. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9337</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.14.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>os:find_executable/{1,2}</c> will no longer return the + path of a directory that happens to be in the PATH.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8983 Aux Id: seq11749 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix -spec for file:write_file/3</p> + <p> + Change type for second parameter from binary() to + iodata(), since the function explicitly takes steps to + accept lists as well as binaries. (thanks to Magnus + Henoch).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9067</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Sanitize the specs of the code module</p> + <p> + After the addition of unicode_binary() to the + file:filename() type, dialyzer started complaining about + erroneous or incomplete specs in some functions of the + 'code' module. The culprit was hard-coded information in + erl_bif_types for functions of this module, which were + not updated. Since these functions have proper specs + these days and code duplication (pun intended) is never a + good idea, their type information was removed from + erl_bif_types.</p> + <p> + While doing this, some erroneous comments were fixed in + the code module and also made sure that the code now runs + without dialyzer warnings even when the + -Wunmatched_returns option is used.</p> + <p> + Some cleanups were applied to erl_bif_types too.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9100</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + - Add spec for function that does not return - Strenghen + spec - Introduce types to avoid duplication in specs - + Add specs for functions that do not return - Add specs + for behaviour callbacks - Simplify two specs</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9127</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.14.2</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The Erlang VM now supports Unicode filenames. The feature + is turned on by default on systems where Unicode + filenames are mandatory (Windows and MacOSX), but can be + enabled on other systems with the '+fnu' emulator option. + Enabling the Unicode filename feature on systems where it + is not default is however considered experimental and not + to be used for production. Together with the Unicode file + name support, the concept of "raw filenames" is + introduced, which means filenames provided without + implicit unicode encoding translation. Raw filenames are + provided as binaries, not lists. For further information, + see stdlib users guide and the chapter about using + Unicode in Erlang. Also see the file module manual page.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8887</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + There is now a new function inet:getifaddrs/0 modeled + after C library function getifaddrs() on BSD and LInux + that reports existing interfaces and their addresses on + the host. This replaces the undocumented and unsupported + inet:getiflist/0 and inet:ifget/2.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8926</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.14.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>In embedded mode, on_load handlers that called + <c>code:priv_dir/1</c> or other functions in <c>code</c> + would hang the system. Since the <c>crypto</c> + application now contains an on_loader handler that calls + <c>code:priv_dir/1</c>, including the <c>crypto</c> + application in the boot file would prevent the system + from starting.</p> + <p>Also extended the <c>-init_debug</c> option to print + information about on_load handlers being run to + facilitate debugging.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8902 Aux Id: seq11703 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.14.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed: inet:setopts(S, [{linger,{true,2}}]) returned + {error,einval} for SCTP sockets. The inet_drv had a bug + when checking the option size.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8726 Aux Id: seq11617 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + gen_udp:connect/3 was broken for SCTP enabled builds. It + did not detect remote end errors as it should.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8729</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>reference() has been substituted for ref() in the + documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8733</p> + </item> + <item> <p>A bug introduced in kernel-2.13.5.3 has been fixed. If running <c>net_kernel:set_net_ticktime/1</c> twice within the <c>TransitionPerod</c> the second call caused the @@ -42,6 +249,150 @@ <p> Own Id: OTP-8787 Aux Id: seq11657, OTP-8643 </p> </item> + <item> + <p> + inet:getsockopt for SCTP sctp_default_send_param had a + bug to not initialize required feilds causing random + answers. It is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8795 Aux Id: seq11655 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>For a socket in the HTTP packet mode, the return value + from <c>gen_tcp:recv/2,3</c> if there is an error in the + header will be <c>{ok,{http_error,String}}</c> instead of + <c>{error,{http_error,String}}</c> to be consistent with + <c>ssl:recv/2,3</c>.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8831</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Even when configuring erlang with --enable-native-libs, + the native code for modules loaded very early (such as + lists) would not get loaded. This has been corrected. + (Thanks to Paul Guyot.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8750</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The undocumented function inet:ifget/2 has been improved + to return interface hardware address (MAC) on platforms + supporting getaddrinfo() (such as BSD unixes). Note it + still does not work on all platforms for example not + Windows nor Solaris, so the function is still + undocumented.</p> + <p> + Buffer overflow and field init bugs for inet:ifget/2 and + inet:getservbyname/2 has also been fixed.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Michael Santos.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8816</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + As a usability improvement the 'inet6' option to + functions gen_tcp:listen/2, gen_tcp:connect/3-4, + gen_udp:open/2 and gen_sctp:open/1-2 is now implicit if + the address argument or the 'ip' option contain an IPv6 + address (8-tuple).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8822</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.14</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + os:find_executable can now be fed with the complete name + of the executable on Windows and still find it. I.e + os:find_executable("werl.exe") will work as + os:find_executable("werl").</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-3626</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The shell's line editing has been improved to more + resemble the behaviour of readline and other shells. + (Thanks to Dave Peticolas)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8635</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Under certain circumstances the net kernel could hang. + (Thanks to Scott Lystig Fritchie.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8643 Aux Id: seq11584 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The kernel DNS resolver was leaking one or two ports if + the DNS reply could not be parsed or if the resolver(s) + caused noconnection type errors. Bug now fixed. A DNS + specification borderline truncated reply triggering the + port leakage bug has also been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8652</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>As of this version, the global name server no longer + supports nodes running Erlang/OTP R11B.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8527</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The file module's functions write,read and read_line now + handles named io_servers like 'standard_io' and + 'standard_error' correctly.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8611</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The functions file:advise/4 and file:datasync/1 have been + added. (Thanks to Filipe David Manana.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8637</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When exchanging groups between nodes <c>pg2</c> did + not remove duplicated members. This bug was introduced in + R13B03 (kernel-2.13.4).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8653</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + There is a new option 'exclusive' to file:open/2 that + uses the OS O_EXCL flag where supported to open the file + in exclusive mode.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8670</p> + </item> </list> </section> |