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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml50
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml80
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml5
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml8
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml167
8 files changed, 279 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
index 08ef0b1e52..47d578a339 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
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>application</title>
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
the tree.</p>
<p><c>StartType</c> defines the type of start:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item><c>normal</c> if its a normal startup.</item>
+ <item><c>normal</c> if it's a normal startup.</item>
<item><c>normal</c> also if the application is distributed and
started at the current node due to a failover from another
node, and the application specification key <c>start_phases == undefined</c>.</item>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
index 19e1d3221c..b8db509fa8 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
for and tries to load the module.</p>
</item>
</list>
- <p>To prevent accidentaly reloading modules affecting the Erlang
+ <p>To prevent accidentally reloading modules affecting the Erlang
runtime system itself, the <c>kernel</c>, <c>stdlib</c> and
<c>compiler</c> directories are considered <em>sticky</em>. This
means that the system issues a warning and rejects the request if
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
index 75dca8a85d..9a62b45d63 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
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>erl_ddll</title>
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
<name>demonitor(MonitorRef) -> ok</name>
<fsummary>Remove a monitor for a driver</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>MonitorRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Removes a driver monitor in much the same way as
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
monitors. See <seealso marker="#monitor/2">monitor/2</seealso>, <seealso marker="#try_load/3">try_load/3</seealso> and <seealso marker="#try_unload/2">try_unload/2</seealso> for details
about how to create driver monitors.</p>
<p>The function throws a <c>badarg</c> exception if the
- parameter is not a ref(). </p>
+ parameter is not a reference(). </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
<v>Item = {Name, When}</v>
<v>Name = atom() | string()</v>
<v>When = loaded | unloaded | unloaded_only</v>
- <v>MonitorRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function creates a driver monitor and works in many
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
eventually lead to one of the following messages
being sent:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><em>{'UP', ref(), driver, Name, loaded}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'UP', reference(), driver, Name, loaded}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This message is sent, either immediately if the
driver is already loaded and no reloading is
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
expected to know if reloading is demanded prior
to creating a monitor for loading.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{'UP', ref(), driver, Name, permanent}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'UP', reference(), driver, Name, permanent}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This message will be sent if reloading was
expected, but the (old) driver made itself
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
sent if the driver was permanent or statically
linked in when trying to create the monitor.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{'DOWN', ref(), driver, Name, load_cancelled}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'DOWN', reference(), driver, Name, load_cancelled}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This message will arrive if reloading was
underway, but the <seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> having requested
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
(or <c>unload/1</c>/<c>unload_driver/1</c>)
again before it was reloaded.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{'DOWN', ref(), driver, Name, {load_failure, Failure}}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'DOWN', reference(), driver, Name, {load_failure, Failure}}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This message will arrive if reloading was
underway but the loading for some reason
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
<p>A driver monitor for unload will eventually result
in one of the following messages being sent:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><em>{'DOWN', ref(), driver, Name, unloaded}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'DOWN', reference(), driver, Name, unloaded}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>The driver instance monitored is now
unloaded. As the unload might have been due to a
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
again have been loaded when this message
arrives.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{'UP', ref(), driver, Name, unload_cancelled}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'UP', reference(), driver, Name, unload_cancelled}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This message will be sent if unloading was
expected, but while the driver was waiting for
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
similar to an <c>unloaded</c> monitor, but does
never result in this message.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{'UP', ref(), driver, Name, permanent}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{'UP', reference(), driver, Name, permanent}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This message will be sent if unloading was
expected, but the driver made itself
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
<item>
<p>A monitor created as <c>unloaded_only</c> behaves
exactly as one created as <c>unloaded</c> with the
- exception that the <c>{'UP', ref(), driver, Name, unload_cancelled}</c> message will never be
+ exception that the <c>{'UP', reference(), driver, Name, unload_cancelled}</c> message will never be
sent, but the monitor instead persists until the
driver <em>really</em> gets unloaded.</p>
</item>
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
<v>ReloadOption = pending_driver | pending</v>
<v>Status = loaded | already_loaded | PendingStatus </v>
<v>PendingStatus = pending_driver | pending_process</v>
- <v>Ref = ref()</v>
+ <v>Ref = reference()</v>
<v>ErrorDesc = ErrorAtom | OpaqueError</v>
<v>ErrorAtom = linked_in_driver | inconsistent | permanent | not_loaded_by_this_process | not_loaded | pending_reload | pending_process</v>
</type>
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
registered and a corresponding <c>try_unload</c> is
expected sometime in the future.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{ok, pending_driver}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_driver, ref()}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{ok, pending_driver}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_driver, reference()}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>The load request is registered, but the loading is
delayed due to the fact that an earlier instance of the
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
set. In other words, this return value will always need
to be handled!</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{ok, pending_process}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_process, ref()}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{ok, pending_process}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_process, reference()}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>The load request is registered, but the loading is
delayed due to the fact that an earlier instance of the
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
about when the driver is <em>actually</em> loaded. This can
be achieved by using the <c>{monitor, PendingOption}</c> option.</p>
<p>When monitoring is requested, and a corresponding <c>{ok, pending_driver}</c> or <c>{ok, pending_process}</c> would be
- returned, the function will instead return a tuple <c>{ok, PendingStatus, ref()}</c> and the process will, at a later
+ returned, the function will instead return a tuple <c>{ok, PendingStatus, reference()}</c> and the process will, at a later
time when the driver actually gets loaded, get a monitor
message. The monitor message one can expect is described in
the <seealso marker="#monitor/2">monitor/2</seealso>
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
extension suffix, i.e. <c>.so</c>). The name by which
the driver identifies itself must also be consistent
with this <c>Name</c> parameter, much as a beam-file's
- module name much correspond to it's filename.</p>
+ module name much correspond to its filename.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>OptionList</em></tag>
<item>
@@ -742,8 +742,8 @@
<tag><em>{driver_options, DriverOptionsList}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This option is to provide options that will change
- it's general behavior and will "stick" to the driver
- throughout it's lifespan.</p>
+ its general behavior and will "stick" to the driver
+ throughout its lifespan.</p>
<p>The driver options for a given driver name need
always to be consistent, <em>even when the driver is reloaded</em>, meaning that they are as much a part
of the driver as the actual name.</p>
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
<p>A <c>MonitorOption</c> tells <c>try_load/3</c> to
trigger a driver monitor under certain
conditions. When the monitor is triggered, the
- function will return a three-tuple <c>{ok, PendingStatus, ref()}</c>, where the <c>ref()</c> is
+ function will return a three-tuple <c>{ok, PendingStatus, reference()}</c>, where the <c>reference()</c> is
the monitor ref for the driver monitor.</p>
<p>Only one <c>MonitorOption</c> can be specified and
it is either the atom <c>pending</c>, which means
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
<v>MonitorOption = pending_driver | pending</v>
<v>Status = unloaded | PendingStatus </v>
<v>PendingStatus = pending_driver | pending_process</v>
- <v>Ref = ref()</v>
+ <v>Ref = reference()</v>
<v>ErrorAtom = linked_in_driver | not_loaded | not_loaded_by_this_process | permanent</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
ports using it and there are no more <seealso marker="#users">users</seealso> requiring it to be
loaded.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{ok, pending_driver}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_driver, ref()}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{ok, pending_driver}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_driver, reference()}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This return value indicates that this call removed the
last <seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> from the
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@
in that case, however transient. Monitors are as always
useful to detect when the driver is really unloaded.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{ok, pending_process}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_process, ref()}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{ok, pending_process}</em>or <em>{ok, pending_process, reference()}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>The unload request is registered, but there are still
other <seealso marker="#users">users</seealso> holding
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index f9f5443f68..2044b074ee 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
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>file</title>
@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@ time() = {{Year, Month, Day}, {Hour, Minute, Second}}
</section>
<funcs>
<func>
+ <name>advise(IoDevice, Offset, Length, Advise) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Predeclare an access pattern for file data</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>IoDevice = io_device()</v>
+ <v>Offset = int()</v>
+ <v>Length = int()</v>
+ <v>Advise = posix_file_advise()</v>
+ <v>posix_file_advise() = normal | sequential | random | no_reuse
+ | will_need | dont_need</v>
+ <v>Reason = ext_posix()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p><c>advise/4</c> can be used to announce an intention to access file
+ data in a specific pattern in the future, thus allowing the
+ operating system to perform appropriate optimizations.</p>
+ <p>On some platforms, this function might have no effect.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>change_group(Filename, Gid) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Change group of a file</fsummary>
<type>
@@ -75,6 +94,19 @@ time() = {{Year, Month, Day}, {Hour, Minute, Second}}
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name>change_mode(Filename, Mode) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Change permissions of a file</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Filename = name()</v>
+ <v>Mode = int()</v>
+ <v>Reason = ext_posix()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Changes permissions of a file. See
+ <seealso marker="#write_file_info/2">write_file_info/2</seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>change_owner(Filename, Uid) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Change owner of a file</fsummary>
<type>
@@ -571,7 +603,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
<type>
<v>Filename = name()</v>
<v>Modes = [Mode]</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Mode = read | write | append | raw | binary | {delayed_write, Size, Delay} | delayed_write | {read_ahead, Size} | read_ahead | compressed</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;Mode = read | write | append | exclusive | raw | binary | {delayed_write, Size, Delay} | delayed_write | {read_ahead, Size} | read_ahead | compressed</v>
<v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Size = Delay = int()</v>
<v>IoDevice = io_device()</v>
<v>Reason = ext_posix() | system_limit</v>
@@ -598,6 +630,17 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
file opened with <c>append</c> will take place at
the end of the file.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>exclusive</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The file, when opened for writing, is created if it
+ does not exist. If the file exists, open will return
+ <c>{error, eexist}</c>.</p>
+ <warning><p>This option does not guarantee exclusiveness on
+ file systems that do not support O_EXCL properly,
+ such as NFS. Do not depend on this option unless you
+ know that the file system supports it (in general, local
+ file systems should be safe).</p></warning>
+ </item>
<tag><c>raw</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The <c>raw</c> option allows faster access to a file,
@@ -1186,7 +1229,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</item>
<tag><c>{no_translation, unicode, latin1}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The file is was opened with another <c>encoding</c> than <c>latin1</c> and the data on the file can not be translated to the byte-oriented data that this function returns.</p>
+ <p>The file was opened with another <c>encoding</c> than <c>latin1</c> and the data in the file can not be translated to the byte-oriented data that this function returns.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</desc>
@@ -1628,6 +1671,33 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name>datasync(IoDevice) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Synchronizes the in-memory data of a file, ignoring most of its metadata, with that on the physical medium</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>IoDevice = io_device()</v>
+ <v>Reason = ext_posix() | terminated</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Makes sure that any buffers kept by the operating system
+ (not by the Erlang runtime system) are written to disk. In
+ many ways it's resembles fsync but it not requires to update
+ some of file's metadata such as the access time. On
+ some platforms, this function might have no effect.</p>
+ <p>Applications that access databases or log files often write
+ a tiny data fragment (e.g., one line in a log file) and then
+ call fsync() immediately in order to ensure that the written
+ data is physically stored on the harddisk. Unfortunately, fsync()
+ will always initiate two write operations: one for the newly
+ written data and another one in order to update the modification
+ time stored in the inode. If the modification time is not a part
+ of the transaction concept fdatasync() can be used to avoid
+ unnecessary inode disk write operations.</p>
+ <p>Available only in some POSIX systems. This call results in a
+ call to fsync(), or has no effect, in systems not implementing
+ the fdatasync syscall.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>truncate(IoDevice) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Truncate a file</fsummary>
<type>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
index 3a8011e28b..fb09092f1c 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ client_loop(S, Peer1, Port1, AssocId1, Peer2, Port2, AssocId2) -&gt;
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<p><seealso marker="inet">inet(3)</seealso>,
<seealso marker="gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="gen_udp">gen_upd(3)</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="gen_udp">gen_udp(3)</seealso>,
<url href="http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=2960">RFC2960</url> (Stream Control Transmission Protocol),
<url href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-13">Sockets API Extensions for SCTP.</url></p>
<marker id="authors"></marker>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
index 032dcc5251..8e7192a496 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ socket()
<type>
<v>Socket = socket()</v>
<v>Length = int()</v>
- <v>Packet = [char()] | binary()</v>
+ <v>Packet = [char()] | binary() | HttpPacket</v>
<v>Timeout = int() | infinity</v>
<v>Reason = closed | posix()</v>
+ <v>HttpPacket = see the description of <c>HttpPacket</c> in <seealso marker="erts:erlang#decode_packet/3">erlang:decode_packet/3</seealso></v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function receives a packet from a socket in passive
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index f502b30c8d..2ae230152c 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
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>inet</title>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getopts(Socket, Options) -> OptionValues | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name>getopts(Socket, Options) -> {ok, OptionValues} | {error, posix()}</name>
<fsummary>Get one or more options for a socket</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = term()</v>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
index 5467cd8cde..9859183390 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -30,11 +30,32 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p>
-<section><title>Kernel 2.13.5.4</title>
+<section><title>Kernel 2.14.1</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 +63,150 @@
<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>