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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/app.xml36
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml14
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/app.xml
index 7c9d6eecec..8575d94048 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/app.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/app.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
{applications, Apps},
{env, Env},
{mod, Start},
- {start_phases, Phases}]}.
+ {start_phases, Phases},
+ {runtime_dependencies, RTDeps}]}.
Value Default
----- -------
@@ -77,8 +78,10 @@ Apps [App] []
Env [{Par,Val}] []
Start {Module,StartArgs} []
Phases [{Phase,PhaseArgs}] undefined
+RTDeps [ApplicationVersion] []
Module = Name = App = Par = Phase = atom()
- Val = StartArgs = PhaseArgs = term()</code>
+ Val = StartArgs = PhaseArgs = term()
+ ApplicationVersion = string()</code>
<p><c>Application</c> is the name of the application.</p>
<p>For the application controller, all keys are optional.
The respective default values are used for any omitted keys.</p>
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ Phases [{Phase,PhaseArgs}] undefined
<c>description</c>, <c>vsn</c>, <c>modules</c>, <c>registered</c>
and <c>applications</c>. The other keys are ignored by
<c>systools</c>.</p>
+ <warning><p>The <c>RTDeps</c> type was introduced in OTP 17.0 and
+ might be subject to changes during the OTP 17 release.</p></warning>
<taglist>
<tag><c>description</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -185,6 +190,33 @@ Phases [{Phase,PhaseArgs}] undefined
start phases must be a subset of the set of phases defined
for the primary application. Refer to <em>OTP Design Principles</em> for more information.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="runtime_dependencies"><c>runtime_dependencies</c></marker></tag>
+ <item><p>A list of application versions that the application
+ depends on. An example of such an application version is
+ <c>"kernel-3.0"</c>. Application versions specified as runtime
+ dependencies are minimum requirements. That is, a larger
+ application version than the one specified in the
+ dependency satisfies the requirement. For information on
+ how to compare application versions see
+ <seealso marker="doc/system_principles:versions">the
+ documentation of versions in the system principles
+ guide</seealso>. Note that that the application version
+ specifies a source code version. An additional indirect
+ requirement is that installed binary application of
+ the specified version has been built so that it is
+ compatible with the rest of the system.</p>
+ <p>Some dependencies might only be required in specific runtime
+ scenarios. In the case such optional dependencies exist, these are
+ specified and documented in the corresponding "App" documentation
+ of the specific application.</p>
+ <warning><p>The <c>runtime_dependencies</c> key was introduced in
+ OTP 17.0. The type of its value might be subject to changes during
+ the OTP 17 release.</p></warning>
+ <warning><p>All runtime dependencies specified in OTP applications
+ during the OTP 17 release may not be completely correct. This
+ is actively being worked on. Declared runtime dependencies in OTP
+ applications are expected to be correct in OTP 18.</p></warning>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</section>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index b3ec9fd33d..8dae34431b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -642,6 +642,11 @@
<item>
<p>Symbolic links are not supported on this platform.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>eperm</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>User does not have privileges to create symbolic links
+ (<c>SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege</c> on Windows).</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -1630,6 +1635,11 @@
<desc>
<p>Sets the current working directory of the file server to
<c><anno>Dir</anno></c>. Returns <c>ok</c> if successful.</p>
+ <p>The functions in the <c>file</c> module usually treat binaries
+ as raw filenames, i.e. they are passed as is even when the encoding
+ of the binary does not agree with <c>file:native_name_encoding()</c>.
+ This function however expects binaries to be encoded according to the
+ value returned by <c>file:native_name_encoding()</c>.</p>
<p>Typical error reasons are:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>enoent</c></tag>
@@ -1654,8 +1664,8 @@
<tag><c>no_translation</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><anno>Dir</anno></c> is a <c>binary()</c> with
- characters coded in ISO-latin-1 and the VM was started
- with the parameter <c>+fnue</c>.</p>
+ characters coded in ISO-latin-1 and the VM is operating
+ with unicode file name encoding.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
<warning>