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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index f37433110c..c6d7b00e24 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,201 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 5.2.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>os:cmd/2</c> that takes an options map as the + second argument.</p> + <p> + Add <c>max_size</c> as an option to <c>os:cmd/2</c> that + control the maximum size of the result that + <c>os:cmd/2</c> will return.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14823</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a race during cleanup of os:cmd that would cause + os:cmd to hang indefinitely.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14232 Aux Id: seq13275 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The functions in the '<c>file</c>' module that take a + list of paths (e.g. <c>file:path_consult/2</c>) will now + continue to search in the path if the path contains + something that is not a directory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14191</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Two OTP processes that are known to receive many + messages are 'rex' (used by 'rpc') and 'error_logger'. + Those processes will now store unprocessed messages + outside the process heap, which will potentially decrease + the cost of garbage collections.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14192</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>code:add_pathsa/1</c> and command line option + <c>-pa</c> both revert the given list of directories when + adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now + documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13920 Aux Id: ERL-267 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add lost runtime dependency to erts-8.1. This should have + been done in kernel-5.1 (OTP-19.1) as it cannot run + without at least erts-8.1 (OTP-19.1).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14003</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Type and doc for gen_{tcp,udp,sctp}:controlling_process/2 + has been improved.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14022 Aux Id: PR-1208 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a memory leak when calling + seq_trace:get_system_tracer().</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13742</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix for the problem that when adding the ebin directory + of an application to the code path, the + <c>code:priv_dir/1</c> function returns an incorrect path + to the priv directory of the same application.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13758 Aux Id: ERL-195 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix code_server crash when adding code paths of two + levels.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13765 Aux Id: ERL-194 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Respect -proto_dist switch while connection to EPMD</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13770 Aux Id: PR-1129 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a bug where init:stop could deadlock if a process + with infinite shutdown timeout (e.g. a supervisor) + attempted to load code while terminating.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13802</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Close stdin of commands run in os:cmd. This is a + backwards compatiblity fix that restores the behaviour of + pre 19.0 os:cmd.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13867 Aux Id: seq13178 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>net_kernel:setopts/2</c> and + <c>net_kernel:getopts/2</c> to control options for + distribution sockets in runtime.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13564</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.0.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + When calling os:cmd from a process that has set trap_exit + to true an 'EXIT' message would be left in the message + queue. This bug was introduced in kernel vsn 5.0.1.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13813</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 5.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix a os:cmd bug where creating a background job using + & would cause os:cmd to hang until the background job + terminated or closed its stdout and stderr file + descriptors. This bug has existed from kernel 5.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13741</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 5.0</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -3447,7 +3642,7 @@ types (for instance, <c>ensure_loaded/1</c> now only accepts an atom as documented; it used to accept a string too).</p> - <p><c>Dialyzer</c> will generally emit warnings for any + <p>Dialyzer will generally emit warnings for any calls that use undocumented argument types. Even if the call happens to still work in R12B, you should correct your code. A future release will adhere to the |