From 952db27ba0a5b87a2a47f3a7034a9bf92e3651e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erlang/OTP Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 11:52:49 +0200 Subject: Prepare release --- erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 349 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 349 insertions(+) (limited to 'erts/doc/src') diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 221960253b..cdb72b2b98 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,355 @@

This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.

+
Erts 5.9.2 + +
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions + + +

+ Fix erl_prim_loader errors in handling of primary + archive. The following errors have been corrected:

+

+ If primary archive was named "xxx", then a + file in the same directory named "xxxyyy" would be + interpreted as a file named "yyy" inside the archive. + erl_prim_loader did not correctly create + and normalize absolute paths for primary archive and + files inside it, so unless given with exact same path + files inside the archive would not be found. E.g. if + escript was started as /full/path/to/xxx then + "./xxx/file" would not be found since erl_prim_loader + would try to match /full/path/to/xxx with + /full/path/to/./xxx. Same problem with ../. + Depending on how the primary archive was built, + erl_prim_loader:list_dir/1 would sometimes return an + empty string inside the file list. This was a virtual + element representing the top directory of the archive. + This has been removed.

+

+ Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz and Shunichi Shinohara for + reporting and co-authoring corrections.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10071

+ + +

Fix: Add port-I/O statistics for active once and true + and not only active false.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10073

+ + +

+ The 64-bit windows installer did not look in the right + directories for 64-bit version of Microsoft Visual C++ + 2010 Redistibutable Package and hence took the wrong + decision about having to install the redistributable + package if the 32-bit version was installed but not the + 64-bit and vice versa. This bug has now been fixed + Furthermore the sub-installer for the redistributable + package is now run in silent mode if the erlang installer + is.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10096

+ + +

+ epmd would fail to start automatically when starting a + distributed erlang node installed in a location with a + whitespace in the path.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10106

+ + +

+ A more or less harmless bug that sometimes caused memory + deallocations to be delayed longer than intended has been + fixed.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10116

+ + +

+ Fix bug causing emulator crash when running HiPE on ARM. + Bug has existed since R15B.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10137

+ + +

A bug regarding spaces in C function prototypes has + been fixed. (Thanks to Richard O'Keefe.)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10138

+ + +

+ Corrected dtrace pid length in message related probes. + (Thanks to Zheng Siyao)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10142

+ + +

+ Correct formating in exit error messages

+

+ Ensure displayed sizes are not negative. (Thanks to + Michael Santos)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10148

+ + +

+ fix escript/primary archive reloading

+

+ If the mtime of an escript/primary archive file changes + after being added to the code path, correctly reload the + archive and update the cache. (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10151

+ + +

+ Doc fix: link from erlang:now/0 to os:timestamp/0

+

+ Sometimes os:timestamp/0 is more appropriate than + erlang:now/0. The documentation for the former has a link + to the latter; this patch adds a link in the other + direction to make os:timestamp/0 more visible. Thanks to + Magnus Henoch

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10180

+ + +

+ The caret in the werl window (on Windows) could appear at + the wrong place after regaining focus. This is now + corrected.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10181

+ + +

+ Fix bug that in some cases could cause corrupted binaries + in ETS tables with compressed option.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10182

+ + +

+ Fix use of "clever" mktime

+

+ Commit 1eef765 introduced regression (conditional + _always_ evaluates to true) in which + erlang:localtime_to_universaltime/2 stopped working on + systems configured with timezone without DST (i.e. UTC) + on *BSD platforms: 1> + erlang:localtime_to_universaltime({{2012,1,1},{0,0,0}}, + true). ** exception error: bad argument Thanks to Piotr + Sikora

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10187

+ + +

+ Relocate bodies of DTrace probes to the statically-linked + VM.

+

+ Due to various operating systems (in both the DTrace and + SystemTap worlds) not fully supporting DTrace probes (or + SystemTap-compatibility mode probes) in shared libraries, + we relocate those probes to the statically-linked virtual + machine. This could be seen as pollution of the pristine + VM by a (yet) experimental feature. However:

+

+ 1. This code can be eliminated completely by the C + preprocessor. 2. Leaving the probes in the dyntrace NIF + shared library simply does not work correctly on too many + platforms. *Many* thanks to Macneil Shonle at Basho for + assisting when my RSI-injured fingers gave out. (note: + Solaris 10 and FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE can take a long time + to compile)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10189

+ + +

+ Fix bug in ets:test_ms/2 that could cause emulator + crash when using '$_' in match spec.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10190

+ + +

+ Supplying a filename longer than the operating system + MAX_PATH to file:read_link/1 would cause a crash + (Segemntation fault/Critical Error) on all platforms. + This is now corrected.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10200

+ + +

+ If Perl was configured to interpret files as being + encoded in UTF-8, the build would crash in + make_preload. (Thanks to Aaron Harnly for noticing + this issue.)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10201

+ + +

+ Fix the erlc -MP flag

+

+ Because of a copy-and-paste error in erlc.c, the -MP flag + had the same effect as -MG. As a workaround, you had to + pass +makedep_phony to enable the MP option. This patch + makes -MP work as intended.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10211

+ + +

+ Allow mixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to sctp_bindx

+

+ Also allow mixed address families to bind, since the + first address on a multihomed sctp socket must be bound + with bind, while the rest are to be bound using + sctp_bindx. At least Linux supports adding address of + mixing families. Make inet_set_faddress function + available also when HAVE_SCTP is not defined, since we + use it to find an address for bind to be able to mix ipv4 + and ipv6 addresses. Thanks to Tomas Abrahamsson

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10217

+ + +

+ Fix support for leap seconds-aware timezones

+

+ erlang:universaltime_to_localtime is leap seconds-aware + (since 2008), however erlang:localtime_to_universaltime + is not, which gives surprising results on systems + configured with leap seconds-aware timezones: 1> + erlang:universaltime_to_localtime({{2012,1,1},{0,0,0}}). + {{2012,1,1},{0,0,0}} 2> + erlang:localtime_to_universaltime({{2012,1,1},{0,0,0}}). + {{2012,1,1},{0,0,24}} and completely breaks + calendar:local_time_to_universal_time_dst: 3> + calendar:local_time_to_universal_time_dst({{2011,1,1},{0,0,0}}). + [] Thanks to Piotr Sikora

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10227

+ + +

+ erlsrv: gracefully stop emulator on Windows shutdown

+

+ Windows will send the SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN event to + the service control handler when shutting down the + system. Instead of ignoring the event, erlsrv will now + invoke the stop action. Likewise, the Erlang emulator + (and it's po drivers) must not quit upon reception of the + CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT event in th console control handler. + Thanks to Jan Kloetzke

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10228

+ + +

+ Fix dtrace bug in file rename operation.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10234

+ + +

+ Fix bug in memory management of driver port data locks + (PDL). In some cases PDLs could be deallocated before + ready_async or async_free callback was + called.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10249

+ + +
+ + +
Improvements and New Features + + +

Add port and suspend options to lock-counter + profiling. (Thanks to Rick Reed)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10051

+ + +

+ Latency when using the active_once option in gen_tcp + communication is reduced.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10055 Aux Id: sto139

+ + +

Remove bit8 option support from inet

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10056

+ + +

+ The OS Pid of a port program is now available by calling + erlang:port_info(Port,os_pid), Thanks to Matthias Lang + for the original patch.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10057

+ + +

+ Fix openpty usage in run_erl.

+

+ Reopening a slave file descriptor which was closed + earlier could lead to a misbehaving connection. This has + now been remedied.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10076

+ + +

+ Remove all code, documentation, options and diagnostic + functions which were related to the experimental hybrid + heap implementation.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10105

+ + +

+ Optimizations of memory deallocations.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10162 Aux Id: OTP-7775

+ + +

+ Optimization of process locking.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10163

+ + +

+ Added a xcomp example file for powerpc-dso-linux-gnu

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10198

+ + +

+ Detect when middle endian doubles are used by a platform + and account for it when decoding floats. (Thanks to Mike + Sperber)

+

+ Own Id: OTP-10209

+ + +
+ +
+
Erts 5.9.1.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions -- cgit v1.2.3