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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/sasl/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml | 58 |
2 files changed, 78 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml index 85fcbed3ba..95f315d269 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <fileref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ version identifier must be specified as a binary, e.g.</p> <code type="none"><<"2\\.1\\.[0-9]+">></code> <p>will match all versions <c>2.1.x</c>, where x is any number.</p> + <p>Note that the regular expression must match the complete + version string, so the above example will work for for + e.g. <c>2.1.1</c>, but not for <c>2.1.1.1</c></p> </section> <section> @@ -339,7 +342,7 @@ restart_new_emulator version of erts, kernel, stdlib and sasl are used when the emulator restarts. Only one <c>restart_new_emulator</c> instruction is allowed in the relup, and it shall be placed - first. <seealso marker="systools#make_relup/3">systools:make_relup3,4</seealso> + first. <seealso marker="systools#make_relup/3">systools:make_relup/3,4</seealso> will ensure this when the relup is generated. The rest of the relup script is executed after the restart as a part of the boot script.</p> @@ -347,11 +350,25 @@ restart_new_emulator completed. To programatically find out if the upgrade is complete, call <seealso marker="release_handler#which_releases/0"> - release_handler:which_releases</seealso> and check if the + release_handler:which_releases/0,1</seealso> and check if the expected release has status <c>current</c>.</p> <p>The new release must still be made permanent after the upgrade is completed. Otherwise, the old emulator is started in case of an emulator restart.</p> + <warning> + <p>As stated above, the <c>restart_new_emulator</c> + instruction causes the emulator to be restarted with new + versions of <c>erts</c>, <c>kernel</c>, <c>stdlib</c> and + <c>sasl</c>. All other applications, however, will at startup + be running their old versions in this new emulator. In most + cases this is no problem, but every now and then there will be + incompatible changes to the core applications which may cause + trouble in this setting. Such incompatible changes (when + functions are removed) are normally preceded by a deprecation + over two major releases. To make sure your application is not + crashed by an incompatible change, always remove any call to + deprecated functions as soon as possible.</p> + </warning> <pre> restart_emulator </pre> diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml index 09d97cbe7b..2928a12d22 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,64 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the SASL application.</p> +<section><title>SASL 2.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The upgrade instruction 'restart_application' would + earlier ignore the restart type configured in the .rel + file and always restart the application as permanent. + This is now changed, and the restart type from the .rel + file is used. If restart type is 'load', the application + will only be loaded and not started. If the restart type + is 'none', the application will not be loaded nor + started, but all modules in the application will be + loaded. (Thanks to Tobias Schlager for reporting this + problem)</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11716</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + If <c>systools:make_script/2</c> failed with reason + <c>duplicate_modules</c>, and the <c>silent</c> flag was + not used, a crash with reason <c>function_clause</c> + would occur when <c>systools</c> tried to format the + error message. This has been corrected. (Thanks to + Jean-Sébastien Pédron)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11819</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Calls to erlang:open_port/2 with 'spawn' are updated to + handle space in the command path.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10842</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Some more documentation is added to explain the behavior + when an upgrade includes new versions of ERTS, Kernel, + STDLIB or SASL.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11717</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>SASL 2.3.4</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |