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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/sasl/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml | 98 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml | 10 |
4 files changed, 138 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml index 7941e371a0..d4460d47b4 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2010</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -30,6 +30,102 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the SASL application.</p> +<section><title>SASL 2.1.9.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Remove traces of release_handler reading from filesystem + when it has Masters list</p> + <p> + There are a couple of places in release_handler and + release_handler_1 that assumed it has a disk to read + from, which in the case of an erl_prim_loader Loader + other than efile is not necessarily true</p> + <p> + Add check_paths/2 to do the equivalent of check_path/1 + for when there is a Masters list</p> + <p> + Change get_vsn to no longer get sent File paths but + instead use the Bin since beam_lib:version being sent a + file path causes it to read the local file system</p> + <p> + Add get_current_vsn/1 as an equivalent to + beam_lib:version(code:which(Mod)), but using + erl_prim_loader:get_file instead of reading from local + file system</p> + <p> + (Thanks to Steven Gravell)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9142</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + rb:stop did sometimes return {error,running}. This came + from supervisor:delete_child and happened when the + rb_server has not yet terminated when this function was + called. Instead of having a separate gen_server call to + rb_server for stopping the process, + supervisor:terminate_child is now called. This is a + synchronous function - i.e. it waits for the process to + actually terminate before it returns.</p> + <p> + A file descriptor leak in rb:scan_files is corrected. The + index file was never closed after reading.</p> + <p> + A mismatch in the behavior of rb:filter, when filter + included 'no', is corrected. Such filters will now return + *all* non-matching reports, not only the 'proplist' + reports.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9149</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Start and end date for rb:filter/2 was specified as + {{Y-M-D},...} in the help text instead of {{Y,M,D},...}. + This has been corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9166</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + If some, but not all, of the sasl environment variables + related to the log_mf_h error handler were missing sasl + would successfully start but silently skip starting + log_mf_h. This is corrected so sasl startup will now fail + if one or two of the three variables are given. If none + of the variables are given, sasl will start as before + without starting log_mf_h.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9185</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Change default behaviour to not check src code when + creating release</p> + <p> + Add new option <c>src_tests</c> to systools:make_script + and systools:make_tar. The old option + <c>no_module_tests</c> is now ignored as this is the + default behaviour.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9146 Aux Id: seq11803 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>SASL 2.1.9.3</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml index 4a973bc5ed..5ac0dc1acc 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2009</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -159,9 +159,12 @@ old reboot_old permanent <funcs> <func> <name>check_install_release(Vsn) -> {ok, OtherVsn, Descr} | {error, Reason}</name> + <name>check_install_release(Vsn,Opts) -> {ok, OtherVsn, Descr} | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Check installation of a release in the system.</fsummary> <type> <v>Vsn = OtherVsn = string()</v> + <v>Opts = [Opt]</v> + <v>Opt = purge</v> <v>Descr = term()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> @@ -179,6 +182,11 @@ old reboot_old permanent upgrade script.</p> <p>Returns the same as <c>install_release/1</c>. <c>Descr</c> defaults to "" if no <c>relup</c> file is found.</p> + <p>If the option <c>purge</c> is given, all old code that can + be soft purged will be purged after all other checks are + successfully completed. This can be useful in order to + reduce the time needed by <seealso + marker="#install_release/1">install_release</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -299,6 +307,24 @@ release_handler:set_unpacked(RelFile, [{myapp,"1.0","/home/user"},...]). <c>{update_paths,true}</c>, afterwards <c>code:lib_dir(myapp)</c> will return <c>/home/user/myapp-1.0</c>.</p> + <note> + <p>Installing a new release might be quite time consuming if + there are many processes in the system. The reason is that + each process must be checked for references to old code + before a module can be purged. This check might lead to + garbage collections and copying of data.</p> + <p>If you wish to speed up the execution of + <c>install_release</c>, then you may call <seealso + marker="#check_install_release/1">check_install_release</seealso> + first, using the option <c>purge</c>. This will do the same + check for old code, and then purge all modules that can be + soft purged. The purged modules will then no longer have any + old code, and <c>install_release</c> will not need to do the + checks.</p> + <p>Obviously, this will not reduce the overall time for the + upgrade, but it will allow checks and purge to be executed + in the background before the real upgrade is started.</p> + </note> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml index a7fecfc440..446baccb08 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <appref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2009</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ <p>This error logger writes <em>all</em> events sent to the error logger to disk. It installs the <c>log_mf_h</c> event handler in the <c>error_logger</c> process.</p> + <p>To activate this event handler, the following three sasl + configuration parameters must be set: + <c>error_logger_mf_dir</c>, <c>error_logger_mf_maxbytes</c> + and <c>error_logger_mf_maxfiles</c>. See below for more + information about the configuration parameters.</p> </item> </taglist> </section> diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml index 883c9c372b..8c1c327d74 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ <v>Name = string()</v> <v>UpFrom = DownTo = [Name | {Name,Descr}]</v> <v> Descr = term()</v> - <v>Opt = {path,[Dir]} | restart_emulator | silent | noexec | {outdir,Dir}</v> + <v>Opt = {path,[Dir]} | restart_emulator | silent | noexec | {outdir,Dir} + | warnings_as_errors</v> <v> Dir = string()</v> <v>Result = ok | error | {ok,Relup,Module,Warnings} | {error,Module,Error}</v> <v> Relup - see relup(4)</v> @@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ <p>If the option <c>noexec</c> is provided, the function returns the same values as for <c>silent</c> but no <c>relup</c> file is created.</p> + <p>If the option <c>warnings_as_errors</c> is provided, warnings + are treated as errors.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -130,7 +133,8 @@ <fsummary>Generate a boot script <c>.script/.boot</c>.</fsummary> <type> <v>Name = string()</v> - <v>Opt = src_tests | {path,[Dir]} | local | {variables,[Var]} | exref | {exref,[App]}] | silent | {outdir,Dir}</v> + <v>Opt = src_tests | {path,[Dir]} | local | {variables,[Var]} | exref | {exref,[App]}] + | silent | {outdir,Dir} | warnings_as_errors</v> <v> Dir = string()</v> <v> Var = {VarName,Prefix}</v> <v> VarName = Prefix = string()</v> @@ -232,6 +236,8 @@ Warnings and errors can be converted to strings by calling <c>Module:format_warning(Warnings)</c> or <c>Module:format_error(Error)</c>.</p> + <p>If the option <c>warnings_as_errors</c> is provided, warnings + are treated as errors.</p> </desc> </func> <func> |