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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes_history.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2f6ceb9d42 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes_history.xml @@ -0,0 +1,415 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2006</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>Kernel Release Notes History</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + </header> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.10</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Added documentation of configuration parameter + <c>net_setuptime</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5117 Aux Id: seq8908</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The <c>disk_log</c> module has been slightly changed for + the purpose of reducing the risk of memory problems due + to corrupt files. The <c>chunk</c> commands have been + optimized by increasing the chunk size from 8 kilobytes + to 64 kilobytes.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4530 Aux Id: seq7646</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The code server used <c>prim_file</c> for its file + operations. This made it impossible to load code from a + boot server. Now the code server uses <c>erl_prim_loader</c> + for these operations instead.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4819 Aux Id: OTP-4802, OTP-4846</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>New functions - <c>rpc:call/5</c> and + <c>rpc:block_call/5</c>. They have a timeout argument! See + the documentation for details.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4849 Aux Id: seq8250</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A new environment parameter <c>browser_cmd</c> has been + introduced which defines how to display help text (HTML + files).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4852</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The system configuration file <c>sys.config</c> can now + contain names of other configuration files as well as + application configuration data.</p> + <p>Thus, it is now possible to have several configuration + files in connection with release handling. See + <c>config(4)</c> and <em>OTP Design Principles</em> for + more information.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4867 Aux Id: OTP-1968</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to compile files with <c>erlc</c> without + getting a lot of (for compilation) unnecessary code + loaded and executed (like distribution, inet config, + etc). <c>erlc</c> now also calls <c>erl</c> with <c>-boot start_clean</c> (so that SASL is not started even if + <c>start_sasl</c> is default boot script).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4878</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Disk logs can now be opened or closed in parallel. In + particular, if some log is being repaired, other logs can + still be opened or closed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4913</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Native lookup (system calls) is now default resolver + method on all platforms. Also the user inet configuration + method has changed so that a Kernel variable, <c>inetrc</c>, + should now be used to specify the name of the user inet + config file (if it exists). This is all documented in the + ERTS User's Guide.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4983</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Previously missing documentation of + <c>erlang:system_info/1</c> and <c>erlang:system_flag/2</c> + have been added.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5038 Aux Id: seq8708</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.8</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The code server now caches <c>.app</c> files as well as + <c>.beam</c> files. Application controller calls + the function <c>code:where_is_file/1</c> to locate + the cached <c>.app</c> file so that <c>file:consult/1</c> + may be used instead of <c>file:path_consult/2</c> to read + the file. This is much more efficient.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5097 Aux Id: seq8956</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.7</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Improved setup of connection between nodes to avoid that + some nodes get lower priority (and thus times out) when + many nodes are connected simultaneously.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5116 Aux Id: seq8908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>There is now a packet size limit option for <c>gen_tcp</c> + sockets. See the manual for <c>inet:setopts/2</c>.</p> + <p>The ASN.1 BER packet decoding for <c>gen_tcp</c> sockets + can now decode indefinite length packets.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5128</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A helper for <c>global</c> would terminate if it received + unknown types of messages, causing <c>global</c> to + terminate too. Changed so that the helper process logs and + ignore strange messages.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5078 Aux Id: seq_8839</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The ability to set system wide options for TCP sockets is + added through the Kernel application variables + <c>inet_default_listen_options</c> and + <c>inet_default_connect_options</c>, see the <c>inet</c> + manual page for details.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5080</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Fixed error that made code server crash if invalid + directories were added to the path.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5070 Aux Id: OTP-5060, EABln14115</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Speed improvements in <c>code:add_path(s)[az]/1</c> when + the cache is activated.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5060 Aux Id: seq8315, EABln14115</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Remote spawn on a nonreachable node now gives warning + instead of error in the error_log.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5030 Aux Id: seq8663]</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.6.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>An error that made the code server ignore version numbers + on <c>lib</c> directories has been corrected.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5020</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A possibility to make distribution messages be queued up + during running of Erlang code, so that larger packages is + sent over the network is added.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4916</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When code loading failed it was impossible to know + exactly what caused it, only <c>{undef,[{M,F,A}|...]}</c> + would be reported. Now the primitive loader lets the + <c>error_logger</c> print an error report if a file + operation fails. All file errors except <c>enoent</c> and + <c>enotdir</c> are reported this way.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4925 Aux Id: OTP-4952</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Bugs have been fixed in the <c>disk_log</c> module: if + <c>reopen</c> failed to rename a file, a message could + erroneously be sent to the client; if requests were + queued while a log was blocked, no replies were sent to + the blocked processes should the log be closed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4880 Aux Id: seq7902</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>In rare cases, the <c>global</c> name registration could + hang during simultaneous startup of several nodes, due to a + cyclic deadlock in the <c>global:loop_the_locker</c> + processes.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4902 Aux Id: seq8275</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The Kernel variable <c>net_setuptime</c> can now be defined + in fractions of seconds (using a floating point number).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4915</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The driver for dynamically linked in drivers has been + fixed to delete loaded drivers when its Erlang server + dies. The Erlang server has also been updated to improve + the start-on-demand behaviour.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4876 Aux Id: OTP-4855 seq8272</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Starting Erlang with the <c>+Bi</c> flag (to ignore ^C), now + also disables the quit ('q') option in the JCL menu.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4897</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A STDLIB application variable, <c>shell_esc</c>, has been + introduced that controls the behaviour of ^G. If + <c>shell_esc</c> is set to <c>abort</c>, ^G restarts the + shell. If set to <c>jcl</c>, ^G invokes the JCL menu. The + latter is default.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4898 Aux Id: OTP-4897</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The boot server had become broken. Now it works again.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4846 Aux Id: OTP-4802, OTP-4819</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When loading a dynamically linked in driver through + <c>erl_ddll</c>, the server <c>ddll_server</c> that held + the port for the driver handling shared libraries got + the group leader of the invoking application. Later, when + the application was terminated, it killed all processes in + its group, also the <c>ddll_server</c>, so the driver still + had some shared libraries loaded. Finally, when + the <c>ddll_server</c> was restarted it assumed that all + shared libraries its driver knew of was statically linked, + so the dynamically linked in drivers that was loaded when + <c>ddll_server</c> was killed could neither be loaded nor + unloaded. This bug has now been fixed by setting the group + leader of <c>ddll_server</c> to something harmless and more + eternal, and by unloading all remaining dynamically linked + in drivers when <c>ddll_server</c> starts. A race condition + when starting <c>ddll_server</c> has also been fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4855 Aux Id: OTP-4876 seq8272</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Kernel 2.9.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When the emulator was started with command line arguments + <c>-run</c> or <c>-s</c> and the started code did an + uncatched <c>erlang:throw/1</c>, the emulator ignored + the throw which is rather strange. Now the init process + exits with <c>nocatch</c> as expected.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4788 Aux Id: seq8129</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The code server could hang if invoked early in the startup. + For example if the emulator was started with <c>"-s file eval Filename"</c> and <c>Filename</c> contained a + call to <c>code:add_patha/1</c> the code server accidentally + tried to execute code in an unloaded module from inside + the code that loaded a module - hence hangup. This bug has + now been fixed.</p> + <p>Note! Starting Erlang through code loading from a remote + Erlang boot server will not work after this patch. It will + be fixed in a later patch. Rumours has it that remote boot + server code loading did not work before this patch either. + It is not a commonly used feature.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4802 Aux Id: seq8314</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> +</chapter> + |