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diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml index 5304b996a4..66ec7e9035 100644 --- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2009</year> - <year>2011</year> + <year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -37,7 +37,186 @@ thus constitutes one section in this document. The title of each section is the version number of Reltool.</p> - <section><title>Reltool 0.5.7</title> + <section><title>Reltool 0.6.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A new sys level configuration parameter + <c>{excl_lib,otp_root}</c> is added. When this is set, + the target system will not contain anything from + <c>$OTP_ROOT</c>. It will only contain a releases + directory with rel, script and boot files, and a lib + directory with applications found outside of + <c>$OTP_ROOT</c> (i.e. "your own" applications).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9743</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Reltool 0.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Miscellaneous corrections: <list> <item> Start of reltool + GUI would sometimes crash with a badmatch in + reltool_sys_win:do_init. This has been corrected. </item> + <item> Minor corrections of documentation and type + specifications of app() and mod() are done. </item> + <item> If a module name is duplicated in an app file + reltool would return an error. This is now changed to a + warning. </item> <item> Reltool would earlier not + necessarily keep the order of applications as listed in + the rel specification in the configuration. This has been + corrected. </item> <item> Reltool would earlier set the + default for included applications to an empty list if it + was not set in the rel specification in the + configuration. This was correct according to + sasl/systools documentation, but not according to + sasl/systools implementation. We decided to change the + documentation and reltool to use the value of + included_applications from the .app file as default + instead of the empty list, since this seems more + intuitive and since systools always has done the same. + </item> <item> The value of included applications in the + rel specification in the configuration did not overwrite + included_applications in the .app file if it was set to + an empty list. This has been corrected. </item> <item> + Reltool would earlier add load instructions in the + script/boot files for ALL modules in the ebin directory + of an application even if mod_cond was set to app + (include only modules listed in the .app file). This has + been corrected. </item> <item> Reltool would earlier add + start instructions in the script/boot file for included + applications. This has been corrected - included + applications shall only be loaded since the including + application is responsible for starting them. </item> + <item> Status bar now indicates that reltool is working + (Processing libraries...) for all configuration changes, + and when generating target system. </item> <item> Title + of dependecies column in app and mod window is changed + from "Modules used by others" to "Modules using this". + </item> </list></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9792</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Configuration changes via the GUI had a few bugs related + to error handling, rollback and undo. A major re-write of + the reltool_server has been done in order to align the + way reltool_server updates and uses its state and tables + for all different kinds of configuration change. </p> + <p> + All configuration changes (except undo) now cause a + re-read of the file system, meaning that if something has + changed in the file system it will be reflected in the + result of the configuration change.</p> + <p> + When loading a new configuration file via the GUI, the + old configuration is now completely scratched, and only + the new is valid.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9794</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Some bug fixes related to the handling of escripts: + <list> <item> Reltool could not handle escripts with + inlined applications. This has been corrected. Inlined + applications will be visible in the GUI, but not possible + to include/exclude separately. </item> <item> Loading a + config which contains an escript via the GUI menu did not + produce the same result as when using the same + configuration at reltool start. Paths, version and label + could differ. This has been corrected. </item> <item> + Loading config with same escript (source) twice caused + reltool to add same module twice. This has been + corrected. </item> <item> Loading config with same + escript (inlined beam) twice caused reltool to fail + saying module is included by two different applications. + This has been corrected. </item> <item> Loading config + which in addition to an existing escript also adds + another escript, for which the name sorts before the + existing one, would cause reltool to fail saying + "Application name clash". This has been corrected. + </item> </list></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9968</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Reltool would sometimes generate a .app file containing + <c>{start_phases,undefined}</c>, which would cause an + exception in systools at parse time. This has been + corrected so reltool now omits the <c>start_phases</c> + entry if the value is <c>undefined</c>. (Thanks to Juan + Jose Comellas)</p> + <p> + In order to align with reltool, sasl will also omit + <c>start_phases</c> entries with value <c>undefined</c> + in .script files.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10003</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A warning list is added to the sys window of the reltool + GUI. This list will continuously show all warnings + produced by the current configuration.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9967</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + As a way of specifying one specific version of an + application, the following configuration parameter is + added on application level:</p> + <p> + {lib_dir,Dir}, Dir = string()</p> + <p> + This can be useful if the parent directory of the + application directory is not suitable to use as a lib dir + on system level.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9977</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Reltool 0.5.7.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Added recommendation about <c>RootDir</c> parameter to + <c>reltool:eval_target_spec/3</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9742</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Reltool 0.5.7</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> |