<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> <chapter> <header> <copyright> <year>2004</year><year>2010</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. </legalnotice> <title>SASL Release Notes</title> <prepared>otp_appnotes</prepared> <docno>nil</docno> <date>nil</date> <rev>nil</rev> <file>notes.xml</file> </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the SASL application.</p> <section><title>SASL 2.1.9.1</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p>Use an infinity timeout in all calls to <c>gen_server:call()</c> in the <c>sasl</c> application.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8506 Aux Id: seq11509 </p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.9</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> The <c>re:grep/1</c> function now uses the '<c>re</c>' module instead of the deprecated '<c>regexp</c>' module. There are new functions <c>rb:filter/1</c> and <c>rb:filter/2</c> for easier filtering of reports. (Thanks to Alvaro Videla.)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8443</p> </item> <item> <p> There is new function <c>sasl_report:format_report/3</c> that works like the existing <c>sasl_report:write_report/3</c> function except that it returns a formatted string. Note that there is currently no documentation for the <c>sasl_report</c> module. (Thanks to Jay Nelson.)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8445</p> </item> <item> <p> Cleanups suggested by tidier and modernization of types and specs.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8455</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.8</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8201</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.7</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> The Windows utility Erlsrv, run in interactive mode now accepts options for registering internal service name and description field of Windows registry database.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-8132</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.6</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> <item> <p>When using the SASL application configuration parameter <c>masters</c> the error tuple <c>{error,{no_such_file,{Master,FileName}}}</c> was sometimes returned even though the file <c>FileName</c> existed.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-7667</p> </item> </list> </section> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> Missing preloaded modules added</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-7820</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.5.4</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> A Dialyzer warning was eliminated</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-7635</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.5.3</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> Minor changes.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-7388</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section><title>SASL 2.1.5.2</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> <p> Minor updates.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-6998</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1.5.1</title> <section> <title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>Minor Makefile changes.</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-6689</p> </item> <item> <p>Obsolete guard tests (such as list()) have been replaced with the modern guard tests (such as is_list()).</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-6725</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1.5</title> <section> <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>Removed some dead code from <c>erlsrv:get_service/2</c>, <c>release_handler:do_write_file/2</c>, <c>systools_relup:foreach_baserel_up/7</c> and <c>systools_relup:foreach_baserel_dn/7</c>.</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-6499</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1.4</title> <section> <title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>Added an option <c>{outdir,Dir}</c> to the functions in <c>systools</c>, making it possible to specify in which directory a boot script, relup file or release package file should be placed.</p> <p>Also, when using <c>systools:make_tar/2</c> to create a release package file, the boot script, relup file and <c>sys.config</c> are now searched for also in the current working directory and any directory specified by the <c>path</c> option, not only in the directory of the <c>.rel</c> file.</p> <p>As part of the work some minor bugs have been corrected:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p><c>systools:make_script/1,2</c> now returns <c>error</c> if the <c>.script</c> and/or <c>.boot</c> file could not be opened for writing, not <c>ok</c>.</p> </item> <item> <p><c>systools:make_tar/1,2</c> can now handle a <c>RelName</c> argument which includes a path. Previously this would cause the <c>.rel</c> file to end up in the wrong directory in the resulting tar file.</p> </item> <item> <p>A documentation error for <c>systools:make_tar/1,2</c>: The <c>.rel</c> file is placed in the <c>releases</c> directory in the tar file, not <c>releases/RelVsn</c>.</p> </item> </list> <p>Own Id: OTP-6226</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1.3</title> <section> <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p><c>release_handler:upgrade_app/2</c> and <c>release_handler:downgrade_app/2,3</c> -- used for testing application upgrade and downgrade according to the <c>.appup</c> file -- now update application configuration parameters correctly. (Thanks to Serge Aleynikov)</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-6162</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1.2</title> <section> <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>Fixed some minor bugs in <c>release_handler</c> found by Dialyzer.</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-6039</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1.1</title> <section> <title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>Added a number of functions to <c>release_handler</c> which makes it possible to test upgrade and downgrade of applications according to an <c>.appup</c> file "on the fly": <br></br> - <c>upgrade_app/2</c> <br></br> - <c>upgrade_script/2</c> <br></br> - <c>downgrade_app/2,3</c> <br></br> - <c>downgrade_script/3</c> <br></br> - <c>eval_appup_script/4</c></p> <p>Own Id: OTP-5858</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.1</title> <section> <title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>A new option <c>{update_paths,Bool}</c> has been added for <c>release_handler:install_release/2</c>. It indicates if all application code paths should be updated (<c>Bool==true</c>), or if only code paths for modified applications should be updated (<c>Bool==false</c>, default).</p> <p><c>release_handler:set_unpacked/2</c> now returns an error tuple if a specified application directory does not exist.</p> <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-5761</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> <section> <title>SASL 2.0.1</title> <section> <title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list type="bulleted"> <item> <p>A bug that made it impossible to call <c>rb:show(N)</c> (<c>N</c> being an integer) twice without getting an error has been fixed.</p> <p>Own Id: OTP-5287</p> </item> </list> </section> </section> </chapter>