| Patch Package | OTP 23.2 |
| Git Tag | OTP-23.2 |
| Date | 2020-12-16 |
| Issue Id | |
| System | OTP |
| Release | 23 |
| Application | |
| Potential Incompatibilities |
Highlights #
- OTP-16277
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- Application(s):
- ssl
Handle extraneous certs in certificate chains as well as chains that are incomplete but can be reconstructed or unordered chains. The cert and certfile options will now accept a list of certificates so that the user may specify the chain explicitly.
Also, the default value of the depth option has been increased to allow longer chains by default.
- OTP-16445
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2823
This change implements optional NSS-style keylog in ssl:connection_information/2 for debugging purposes.
The keylog contains various TLS secrets that can be loaded in Wireshark to decrypt TLS packets.
- OTP-16893
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- Application(s):
- ssl
Add explicit session reuse option to TLS clients for pre TLS-1.3 sessions. Also, add documentation to Users Guide for such sessions.
- OTP-17022
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- Application(s):
- snmp
- Related Id(s):
- ERIERL-492
It is now possible to configure the agent in such a way that the order of outgoing notifications are processed in order in the agent. What happens after the notification message has left the agent (been sent) is of course still out of our control.
- OTP-17025
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Fixed performance loss in HMAC when using older OpenSSL due to mutex issues.
A workaround is implemented to allow fallback from using the EVP API for HMAC operations. On some architectures this may improve the performance, especially with old OpenSSL versions. This fallback to low-level functions is always enabled for openssl versions before 1.0.2.
- OTP-17029
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- Application(s):
- crypto
It is now possible to build with crypto and openssl gprof-enabled and statically link them into the VM.
Potential Incompatibilities #
- OTP-16460
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- Application(s):
- stdlib
Improved the API and documentation of the uri_string module.
Added a new chapter to the Users Guide about Uniform Resource Identifiers and their handling with the new API.
Added two new API functions: uri_string:allowed_characters/0 and uri_string:percent_decode/1.
This change has been marked as potentially incompatible as uri_string:normalize/2 used to decode percent-encoded character triplets that corresponded to characters not in the reserved set. After this change, uri_string:normalize/2 will only decode those percent-encoded triplets that correspond to characters in the unreserved set (ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~").
common_test-1.19.1 #
The common_test-1.19.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17070
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- Application(s):
- common_test
Add behaviour for test suites
Full runtime dependencies of common_test-1.19.1: compiler-6.0, crypto-3.6, debugger-4.1, erts-7.0, ftp-1.0.0, inets-6.0, kernel-4.0, observer-2.1, runtime_tools-1.8.16, sasl-2.4.2, snmp-5.1.2, ssh-4.0, stdlib-3.5, syntax_tools-1.7, tools-2.8, xmerl-1.3.8
compiler-7.6.6 #
The compiler-7.6.6 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16932
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- Application(s):
- compiler
Several minor compiler bugs have been fixed:
Constructing a binary with a list as a size of a binary segment could generate a BEAM file that could not be loaded.
When matching a binary segment of type float and ignoring the matched out value, the match would always succeed, even if the size was invalid or the value of the float was NaN or some other non-numeric float value.
Attempting to construct an invalid external fun (e.g. fun m:f:bad) is supposed to raise a 'badarg' exception, but if the value was never used, no exception would be raised.
- OTP-17039
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- Application(s):
- compiler
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1426
Fixed multiple bugs in the validator that could cause it to reject valid code.
- OTP-17045
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- Application(s):
- compiler
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1427
The compiler could crash when a binary comprehension had a generator that depended on another generator.
- OTP-17072
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- Application(s):
- compiler
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1440
Fixed a bug in the type optimization pass that could yield incorrect values or cause the wrong clauses to be executed.
Full runtime dependencies of compiler-7.6.6: crypto-3.6, erts-11.0, hipe-3.12, kernel-7.0, stdlib-3.13
crypto-4.8.1 #
The crypto-4.8.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16819
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- Application(s):
- crypto
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2720
Build the supported curves cache in the NIF when crypto is loaded, no matter how it is loaded.
This prevents a possible problem with different processes starting the crypto application concurrently.
- OTP-17029
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- Application(s):
- crypto
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
It is now possible to build with crypto and openssl gprof-enabled and statically link them into the VM.
- OTP-17025
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*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Fixed performance loss in HMAC when using older OpenSSL due to mutex issues.
A workaround is implemented to allow fallback from using the EVP API for HMAC operations. On some architectures this may improve the performance, especially with old OpenSSL versions. This fallback to low-level functions is always enabled for openssl versions before 1.0.2.
Full runtime dependencies of crypto-4.8.1: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4
dialyzer-4.3 #
The dialyzer-4.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17068
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- Application(s):
- dialyzer
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1223
Clarify warning option -Wunmatched_returns in dialyzer(3).
Full runtime dependencies of dialyzer-4.3: compiler-7.0, erts-9.0, hipe-3.16.1, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4, syntax_tools-2.0, wx-1.2
erl_docgen-1.0.2 #
The erl_docgen-1.0.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17013
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- Application(s):
- erl_docgen
Fix links in titles to github and anchors to work.
- OTP-17065
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- Application(s):
- erl_docgen
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1386
Fix some typing errors on variable names in documentation examples.
Full runtime dependencies of erl_docgen-1.0.2: edoc-0.7.13, erts-9.0, stdlib-3.4, xmerl-1.3.7
erts-11.1.4 #
The erts-11.1.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16859
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fixed bug which could cause VM crash when a NIF is loaded at the same time as the Erlang implementation of the NIF is called. Bug exists since OTP 23.0.
- OTP-16863
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- Application(s):
- erts
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1352
Fixed enif_make_map_* functions in debug build when given environment from enif_alloc_env.
- OTP-16864
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fixed broken configuration option --disable-pie.
- OTP-16869
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- Application(s):
- erts
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1337
Fixed rare distribution bug in race between received signal (link/monitor/spawn_request/spawn_reply) and disconnection. Symptom: VM crash. Since: OTP 21.0.
- OTP-16888
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fixed a performance issue when extremely many items were stored in the process dictionary. (Fixing this bug also eliminates a compiler warning emitted by the latest version of Clang.)
- OTP-16894
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- Application(s):
- erts
Remove -ftree-copyrename from flags passed to compiler when building erts. The flag is not used by modern gcc's and is not supported by clang.
- OTP-16899
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- Application(s):
- erts
Modules using complicated nested binary comprehensions could fail to load.
- OTP-16948
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- Application(s):
- erts
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2792
Fixed a race in file:read_file/1 were an incomplete file could be returned if another OS process swapped the file out while reading.
- OTP-17030
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- Application(s):
- erts
The call list_to_integer("10", true) would return 4 instead of raising an exception. Certain other atoms would also be interpreted as a number base.
- OTP-17055
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- Application(s):
- erts
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1417
On macOS 11 (Big Sur), erl would not start if the maximum number of file descriptors were unlimited (ulimit -n unlimited).
- OTP-17067
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- Application(s):
- erts, otp
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2907
Add manifest to all executables and dynamic libraries.
Full runtime dependencies of erts-11.1.4: kernel-7.0, sasl-3.3, stdlib-3.13
inets-7.3.1 #
The inets-7.3.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16873
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- Application(s):
- inets
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-330
Fix an issue about HTML-escaped filename in inets.
Full runtime dependencies of inets-7.3.1: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, ssl-5.3.4, stdlib-3.5
kernel-7.2 #
The kernel-7.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16976
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2807
The apply call's in logger.hrl are now called with erlang prefix to avoid clashed with local apply/3 functions.
- OTP-17034
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2866
Fix memory leak in pg.
- OTP-17038
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- Application(s):
- kernel
Fix crash in logger_proxy due to stray gen_server:call replies not being handled. The stray replies come when logger is under heavy load and the flow control mechanism is reaching its limit.
- OTP-17054
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1424
Fixed a bug in erl_epmd:names() that caused it to return the illegal return value noport instead of {error, Reason} where Reason is the actual error reason. This bug also propagated to net_adm:names().
This bug was introduced in kernel version 7.1 (OTP 23.1).
- OTP-16954
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- ERIERL-544
Add export of some resolver documented types.
- OTP-16956
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- ERIERL-547
Add configurable retry timeout for resolver lookups.
- OTP-17058
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2887
gen_server:multi_call() has been optimized in the special case of only calling the local node with timeout set to infinity.
Full runtime dependencies of kernel-7.2: erts-11.0, sasl-3.0, stdlib-3.13
megaco-3.19.4 #
The megaco-3.19.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17012
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- Application(s):
- megaco
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1405
Empty statistics descriptor (now) allowed in both encode and decode for version 3.
Full runtime dependencies of megaco-3.19.4: asn1-3.0, debugger-4.0, erts-7.0, et-1.5, kernel-3.0, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.5
mnesia-4.18.1 #
The mnesia-4.18.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17066
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- Application(s):
- mnesia
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2889
Avoid potential performance issue, if the input queue to mnesia_tm is long.
Full runtime dependencies of mnesia-4.18.1: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4
public_key-1.9.2 #
The public_key-1.9.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17069
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- Application(s):
- public_key
Corrected dialyzer spec for pkix_path_validation/3
Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.9.2: asn1-3.0, crypto-3.8, erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-3.5
snmp-5.7 #
The snmp-5.7 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16920
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- Application(s):
- snmp
- Related Id(s):
- OTP-16649
If an attempt was made to send a v1 trap on a IPv6 transport this could cause a master agent crash (if the agent was *not* multi-threaded).
- OTP-17056
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- Application(s):
- snmp
- Related Id(s):
- OTP-17049
The deprecation info for a couple of the deprecated MIB compiler functions where incorrect. Referred to functions in the 'snmpa' module instead of 'snmpc'.
- OTP-16649
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- Application(s):
- snmp
Make it possible for the agent to configure separate transports (sockets) for request-responder and trap-sender.
- OTP-16989
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- Application(s):
- snmp
- Related Id(s):
- ERIERL-544
The mib server cache handling has been improved. First, the default gclimit has been changed from 100 to infinity (to ensure the size is as small as possible). Also, the method of removing old elements has been optimized.
- OTP-17022
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- Application(s):
- snmp
- Related Id(s):
- ERIERL-492
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
It is now possible to configure the agent in such a way that the order of outgoing notifications are processed in order in the agent. What happens after the notification message has left the agent (been sent) is of course still out of our control.
- OTP-17033
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- Application(s):
- snmp
Improve handling of the udp_error message. Basically an improved error/warning message.
Full runtime dependencies of snmp-5.7: crypto-3.3, erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.5
ssh-4.10.6 #
The ssh-4.10.6 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16799
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- Application(s):
- ssh
Fixed problems in the ssh cli/shell handling. Most important are:
1) the ssh:shell function did sometimes cause the input to be echoed twice,
2) the ssh:shell function didn't transfer the LANG and LC_ALL shell variables to the connected server which sometimes made Unicode handling erroneous,
3) Unicode was not always transferred correctly to and from the peer.
- OTP-16900
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- Application(s):
- ssh
The SSH protocol message SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT was sometimes sent instead of SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_FAILURE
- OTP-16908
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- Application(s):
- ssh
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2753
The ssh_cli module now always sends the exit-status to connected clients so they can use that to check for successful command execution.
- OTP-16889
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- Application(s):
- ssh
A new option pk_check_user enables checking of the client's user name in the server when doing public key authentication.
Full runtime dependencies of ssh-4.10.6: crypto-4.6.4, erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, public_key-1.6.1, stdlib-3.4.1
ssl-10.2 #
The ssl-10.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-15126
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1375
SSL's Erlang Distribution Protocol modules inet_tls_dist and inet6_tls_dist lacked a callback function, so the start flag "-dist_listen false" did not work, which has now been fixed.
- OTP-16267
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- ERIERL-477 , ERIERL-571
Correct OpenSSL names for newer cipher suites using DHE in their name that accidentally got the wrong value when fixing other older names using EDH instead.
- OTP-16849
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1339
This change improves the handling of DTLS listening dockets, making it possible to open multiple listeners on the same port with different IP addresses.
- OTP-16921
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- Application(s):
- ssl
Fix a bug that causes cross-build failure.
This change excludes the ssl.d dependency file from the source tarballs.
- OTP-16923
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This change fixes ssl:peername/1 when called on a DTLS client socket.
- OTP-17018
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1409
Retain emulation of active once on a closed socket to behave as before 23.1
- OTP-17019
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-1412
Corrected server session cache entry deletion pre TLS-1.3. May increase session reuse.
- OTP-16277
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- Application(s):
- ssl
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Handle extraneous certs in certificate chains as well as chains that are incomplete but can be reconstructed or unordered chains. The cert and certfile options will now accept a list of certificates so that the user may specify the chain explicitly.
Also, the default value of the depth option has been increased to allow longer chains by default.
- OTP-16445
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- Application(s):
- ssl
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2823
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
This change implements optional NSS-style keylog in ssl:connection_information/2 for debugging purposes.
The keylog contains various TLS secrets that can be loaded in Wireshark to decrypt TLS packets.
- OTP-16529
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- Application(s):
- ssl
Use new gen_statem feature of changing callback mode to improve code maintainability.
- OTP-16762
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- Application(s):
- ssl
The handling of Service Name Indication has been aligned with RFC8446.
- OTP-16893
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- Application(s):
- ssl
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Add explicit session reuse option to TLS clients for pre TLS-1.3 sessions. Also, add documentation to Users Guide for such sessions.
Full runtime dependencies of ssl-10.2: crypto-4.2, erts-10.0, inets-5.10.7, kernel-6.0, public_key-1.8, stdlib-3.12
stdlib-3.14 #
The stdlib-3.14 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16941
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- Application(s):
- stdlib
This change fixes the handling of deep lists in the path component when using uri_string:recompose/1.
- OTP-17047
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- Application(s):
- stdlib
Fix shell_docs to clear shell decorations (bold/underline) when paginating output.
Fix various small renderings issues when integrating shell_docs with edoc.
- OTP-16460
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- Application(s):
- stdlib
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
Improved the API and documentation of the uri_string module.
Added a new chapter to the Users Guide about Uniform Resource Identifiers and their handling with the new API.
Added two new API functions: uri_string:allowed_characters/0 and uri_string:percent_decode/1.
This change has been marked as potentially incompatible as uri_string:normalize/2 used to decode percent-encoded character triplets that corresponded to characters not in the reserved set. After this change, uri_string:normalize/2 will only decode those percent-encoded triplets that correspond to characters in the unreserved set (ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~").
- OTP-16990
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- Application(s):
- stdlib
The shell_docs module has been expanded with the possibility to configure unicode, ansi and column size for the rendered text.
Full runtime dependencies of stdlib-3.14: compiler-5.0, crypto-3.3, erts-11.0, kernel-7.0, sasl-3.0
syntax_tools-2.4 #
The syntax_tools-2.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17046
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- Application(s):
- syntax_tools
In the syntax_tools application, the igor module and all functions in erl_tidy except file/2 have been deprecated.
Full runtime dependencies of syntax_tools-2.4: compiler-7.0, erts-9.0, kernel-5.0, stdlib-3.4
tools-3.4.2 #
The tools-3.4.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-16922
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- Application(s):
- tools
- Related Id(s):
- PR-2752
Correct the Xref analysis exports_not_used to not report internally generated behaviour_info/1.
Full runtime dependencies of tools-3.4.2: compiler-5.0, erts-11.0, erts-9.1, kernel-5.4, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-3.4
xmerl-1.3.26 #
The xmerl-1.3.26 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 23 installation.
- OTP-17060
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- Application(s):
- xmerl
Corrected namespace and expanded name in the old dom backend example module.
- OTP-17061
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- Application(s):
- xmerl
Corrected a bug that in some cases didn't allow unresolved references when skip_external_dtd option used.
Full runtime dependencies of xmerl-1.3.26: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5