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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml | 6 |
6 files changed, 47 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml index f881fd76fd..878a450f0f 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez", both strings and atoms, but a future release will probably only allow the arguments that are documented.</p> - <p>As from Erlang/OTP R12B, functions in this module generally fail with an + <p>Functions in this module generally fail with an exception if they are passed an incorrect type (for example, an integer or a tuple where an atom is expected). An error tuple is returned if the argument type is correct, but there are some other errors (for example, a non-existing directory diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml index c5f37fd036..c10f11b187 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ to update the application configurations.</p> <p>This means that specifying another <c>.config</c> file, or more <c>.config</c> files, leads to inconsistent update of application - configurations. Therefore, in Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B, the syntax of - <c>sys.config</c> was extended to allow pointing out other + configurations. There is, however, a syntax for + <c>sys.config</c> that allows pointing out other <c>.config</c> files:</p> <code type="none"> [{Application, [{Par, Val}]} | File].</code> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml index 0b6ee1e6a5..aebeacee28 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ <taglist> <tag>halt logs</tag> <item><p>Appends items to a single file, which size can - be limited by the disk log module.</p></item> + be limited by the <c>disk_log</c> module.</p></item> <tag>wrap logs</tag> <item><p>Uses a sequence of wrap log files of limited size. As a wrap log file is filled up, further items are logged on to the next @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ An item logged to an internally formatted log must not occupy more than 4 GB of disk space (the size must fit in 4 bytes).</p></item> <tag>external format</tag> - <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read the logged deep byte lists. - The disk log module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item> + <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read and interpret the logged data. + The <c>disk_log</c> module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item> </taglist> <p>For each open disk log, one process handles requests @@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ These functions log one or more Erlang terms. By prefixing each of the functions with a <c>b</c> (for "binary"), we get the corresponding <c>blog()</c> functions for the external format. - These functions log one or more deep lists of bytes or, alternatively, - binaries of deep lists of bytes. + These functions log one or more chunks of bytes. For example, to log the string <c>"hello"</c> in ASCII format, you can use <c>disk_log:blog(Log, "hello")</c>, or <c>disk_log:blog(Log, list_to_binary("hello"))</c>. The two @@ -219,9 +218,6 @@ <name name="dlog_head_opt"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="dlog_byte"/> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="dlog_mode"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -234,9 +230,6 @@ </desc> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="bytes"/> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="invalid_header"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -953,7 +946,7 @@ written first on the log file. If the log is a wrap log, the item <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is written first in each new file. <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is to be a term if the format is - <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes. Defaults to <c>none</c>, which means that no header is written first on the file. </p> @@ -965,7 +958,7 @@ The call <c>M:F(A)</c> is assumed to return <c>{ok, Head}</c>. The item <c>Head</c> is written first in each file. <c>Head</c> is to be a term if the format is - <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes. </p> </item> <tag><c>{mode, <anno>Mode</anno>}</c></tag> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml index 59a046bf4d..5b5b71e521 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml @@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ the <c>heart</c> port program is to check that the Erlang runtime system it is supervising is still running. If the port program has not received any heartbeats within <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds - (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted. Also, if - the system is equipped with a hardware watchdog timer and is - running Solaris, the watchdog can be used to supervise the entire - system.</p> + (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted.</p> <p>An Erlang runtime system to be monitored by a heart program is to be started with command-line flag <c>-heart</c> (see also <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>). @@ -51,17 +48,13 @@ or a terminated Erlang runtime system, environment variable <c>HEART_COMMAND</c> must be set before the system is started. If this variable is not set, a warning text is printed but - the system does not reboot. However, if the hardware watchdog is - used, it still triggers a reboot <c>HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY</c> - seconds later (defaults to 60 seconds).</p> + the system does not reboot.</p> <p>To reboot on Windows, <c>HEART_COMMAND</c> can be set to <c>heart -shutdown</c> (included in the Erlang delivery) or to any other suitable program that can activate a reboot.</p> - <p>The hardware watchdog is not started under Solaris if - environment variable <c>HW_WD_DISABLE</c> is set.</p> - <p>The environment variables <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> and - <c>HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY</c> can be used to configure the heart - time-outs; they can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang + <p>The environment variable <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> + can be used to configure the heart + time-outs; it can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang is started or be specified at the command line:</p> <pre> % <input>erl -heart -env HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 30 ...</input></pre> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 5bcc0b7c09..9277c2d353 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,39 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<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> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml index ba7259219d..b80e87c118 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml @@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ prev_cnt := tcurr</code> built with <c>Erl_Interface</c> only maintains one trace token, which means that the C-node appears as one process from the sequential tracing point of view.</p> - <p>To be able to perform sequential tracing between - distributed Erlang nodes, the distribution protocol has been - extended (in a backward compatible way). An Erlang node - supporting sequential tracing can communicate with an older - (Erlang/OTP R3B) node but messages passed within that node can - not be traced.</p> </section> <section> |