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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index b8db22aba7..b625ddba5d 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,96 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 4.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Host name lookups though inet_res, the Erlang DNS + resolver, are now done case insensitively according to + RFC 4343. Patch by Holger Weiß.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12836</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + IPv6 distribution handler has been updated to share code + with IPv4 so that all features are supported in IPv6 as + well. A bug when using an IPv4 address as hostname has + been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13040</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Caching of host names in the internal DNS resolver + inet_res has been made character case insensitive for + host names according to RFC 4343.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13083</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Cooked file mode buffering has been fixed so + file:position/2 now works according to Posix on Posix + systems i.e. when file:position/2 returns an error the + file pointer is unaffected.</p> <p>The Windows system + documentation, however, is unclear on this point so the + documentation of file:position/2 still does not promise + anything.</p> <p>Cooked file mode file:pread/2,3 and + file:pwrite/2,3 have been corrected to honor character + encoding like the combination of file:position/2 and + file:read/2 or file:write/2 already does. This is + probably not very useful since the character + representation on the caller's side is latin1, + period.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13155 Aux Id: PR#646 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add {line_delim, byte()} option to inet:setopts/2 and + decode_packet/3</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12837</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 4.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>A mechanism for limiting the amount of text that the + built-in error logger events will produce has been + introduced. It is useful for limiting both the size of + log files and the CPU time used to produce them.</p> + <p>This mechanism is experimental in the sense that it + may be changed if it turns out that it does not solve the + problem it is supposed to solve. In that case, there may + be backward incompatible improvements to this + mechanism.</p> + <p>See the documentation for the config parameter + <c>error_logger_format_depth</c> in the Kernel + application for information about how to turn on this + feature.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12864</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 4.0</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -159,6 +249,22 @@ </section> +<section><title>Kernel 3.2.0.1</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The 'raw' socket option could not be used multiple times + in one call to any e.g gen_tcp function because only one + of the occurrences were used. This bug has been fixed, + and also a small bug concerning propagating error codes + from within inet:setopts/2.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-11482 Aux Id: seq12872 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section><title>Kernel 3.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -423,8 +529,7 @@ Erlang/OTP has been ported to the realtime operating system OSE. The port supports both smp and non-smp emulator. For details around the port and how to started - see the User's Guide in the <seealso - marker="ose:ose_intro">ose</seealso> application. </p> + see the User's Guide in the ose application. </p> <p> Note that not all parts of Erlang/OTP has been ported. </p> <p> @@ -1192,7 +1297,7 @@ </item> <item> <p> Fix returned error from gen_tcp:accept/1,2 when - running out of ports + running out of ports.</p> <p> The {error, enfile} return value is badly misleading and confusing for this case, since the Posix ENFILE errno @@ -1201,7 +1306,7 @@ {error, system_limit}, which is consistent with e.g. various file(3) functions. inet:format_error/1 has also been updated to support system_limit in the same manner - as file:format_error/1. (Thanks to Per Hedeland)</p></p> + as file:format_error/1. (Thanks to Per Hedeland)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9990</p> </item> @@ -1396,7 +1501,6 @@ Own Id: OTP-9764</p> </item> <item> - <p> <list> <item><p>Correct callback spec in application module</p></item> <item><p>Refine warning about callback specs with extra ranges</p></item> <item><p>Cleanup @@ -1407,7 +1511,7 @@ analysis</p></item> <item><p>Fix crash in Dialyzer</p></item> <item><p>Variable substitution was not generalizing any unknown variables.</p></item> - </list></p> + </list> <p> Own Id: OTP-9776</p> </item> |