| Patch Package | OTP 19.2 |
| Git Tag | OTP-19.2 |
| Date | 2016-12-13 |
| Issue Id |
seq13171
seq13198
seq13223
seq13226
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| System | OTP |
| Release | 19 |
| Application |
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| Potential Incompatibilities |
Highlights #
- OTP-12982
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- Application(s):
- ssl
Experimental version of DTLS. It is runnable but not complete and cannot be considered reliable for production usage. To use DTLS add the option{protocol, dtls} to ssl:connect and ssl:listen.
- OTP-13887
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- Application(s):
- ssh
- Related Id(s):
- OTP-13888
Extended the option silently_accept_hosts for ssh:connect to make it possible for the client to check the SSH host key fingerprint string. Se the reference manual for SSH.
- OTP-13929
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The new behaviour gen_statem has been improved with 3 new features: the possibility to use old style non-proxy timeouts for gen_statem:call/2,3, state entry code, and state timeouts. These are backwards compatible. Minor code and documentation improvements has been performed including a borderline semantics correction of timeout zero handling.
Potential Incompatibilities #
- OTP-14083
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- Application(s):
- odbc
Change configure to skip odbc for old MACs, the change in PR-1227 is not backwards compatible with old MACs, and we do not see a need to continue support for such old versions. However it is still possible to make it work on such machines using the --with-odbc configure option.
common_test-1.13 #
The common_test-1.13 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13973
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- Application(s):
- common_test
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-279
Some types of printouts to screen during test runs (including ct:print/1,2,3,4) used the local user process as IO device and these printouts would not be visible when e.g. running tests via a shell on a remote node. A default Common Test group leader process has been introduced to solve the problem. This process routes printouts to the group leader of the starting process, if available, otherwise to user.
- OTP-14026
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- Application(s):
- common_test
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-287
Some Common Test processes, that act as I/O group leaders for test cases, would not terminate as expected at the end of test runs. This error has been corrected.
- OTP-14044
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- Application(s):
- common_test
- Related Id(s):
- seq13223
The logging verbosity feature was incorrectly documented. The default verbosity levels for test runs is e.g. not 50 (?STD_VERBOSITY), but 100 (?MAX_VERBOSITY). Also, some of the examples had errors and flaws. The corresponding chapter (5.18) in the User's Guide has been updated.
- OTP-14043
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- Application(s):
- common_test
- Related Id(s):
- seq13226
A feature to let the user specify headings to log printouts has been added. The heading is specified as {heading,string()} in the Opts list argument to ct:pal/3,4,5, ct:print/3,4,5, or ct:log/3,4,5. If the heading option is omitted, the category name, or "User", is used as the heading instead.
Full runtime dependencies of common_test-1.13: compiler-6.0, crypto-3.6, debugger-4.1, erts-7.0, 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-2.5, syntax_tools-1.7, tools-2.8, xmerl-1.3.8
compiler-7.0.3 #
The compiler-7.0.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13931
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- Application(s):
- compiler
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-266
Fixed a compiler crash when maps were matched.
- OTP-13947
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- Application(s):
- compiler
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-268
Fixed a compiler crash having to with the delayed sub-creation optimization. (Thanks to Jose Valim for reporting this bug.)
- OTP-13985
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- Application(s):
- compiler
The compiler option inline_list_funcs accidentally turned off some other optimizations.
- OTP-14040
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- Application(s):
- compiler
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-301
The compiler could sometimes generate spurious warnings when inlining was enabled.
Full runtime dependencies of compiler-7.0.3: crypto-3.6, erts-7.0, hipe-3.12, kernel-4.0, stdlib-2.5
crypto-3.7.2 #
The crypto-3.7.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13895
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- Application(s):
- crypto
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1163
The crypto application has been fixed to not use RC2 against OpenSSL built with RC2 disabled.
- OTP-13896
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- Application(s):
- crypto
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1169
The crypto application has been fixed to not use RC4 against OpenSSL built with RC4 disabled.
- OTP-13951
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- Application(s):
- crypto, erts
To ease troubleshooting, erlang:load_nif/2 now includes the return value from a failed call to load/reload/upgrade in the text part of the error tuple. The crypto NIF makes use of this feature by returning the source line where/if the initialization fails.
Full runtime dependencies of crypto-3.7.2: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0
dialyzer-3.0.3 #
The dialyzer-3.0.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13693
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- Application(s):
- dialyzer
Fix bugs regarding opaque types.
- OTP-13979
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- Application(s):
- dialyzer
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-283
Fix error handling of bad -dialyzer() attributes.
- OTP-11403
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- Application(s):
- dialyzer
A few warning messages have been improved.
Full runtime dependencies of dialyzer-3.0.3: compiler-7.0, erts-8.0, hipe-3.15.1, kernel-5.0, stdlib-3.0, syntax_tools-2.0, wx-1.2
edoc-0.8.1 #
The edoc-0.8.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13930
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- Application(s):
- edoc
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1175
Document the function tags @param and @returns.
Full runtime dependencies of edoc-0.8.1: erts-6.0, inets-5.10, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5, syntax_tools-1.6.14, xmerl-1.3.7
erl_docgen-0.6.1 #
The erl_docgen-0.6.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13971
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- Application(s):
- erl_docgen
Docgen would previously emit "utf8" as the default encoding in xml. This has now been remedied by emitting the correct string "UTF-8" instead.
Full runtime dependencies of erl_docgen-0.6.1: edoc-0.7.13, erts-6.0, stdlib-2.5, xmerl-1.3.7
erl_interface-3.9.2 #
The erl_interface-3.9.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13981
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- Application(s):
- erl_interface
Fix ei_connect_init and ei_connect_xinit to adjust the creation argument to be compatible with nodes older than OTP-19.
- OTP-13980
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- Application(s):
- erl_interface
Editorial documentation changes
erts-8.2 #
Note! The erts-8.2 application can *not* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 19 installation. On a full OTP 19 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- sasl-3.0.1 (first satisfied in OTP 19.1)
- OTP-13904
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- Application(s):
- erts
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-256
Fixed configure failures on MacOSX. Most important clock_gettime() was detected when building for MacOSX - El Capitan using XCode 8 despite it is not available until MacOSX - Sierra.
- OTP-13920
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- Application(s):
- erts, kernel, sasl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-267
code:add_pathsa/1 and command line option -pa both revert the given list of directories when adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now documented.
- OTP-13927
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fix a compilation error of erts in OpenBSD related to the usage of the __errno variable.
- OTP-13928
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fixed so that when enabling tracing on a process that had an invalid tracer associated with it, the new tracer overwrites the old tracer. Before this fix, calling erlang:trace/3 would behave as if the tracer was still alive and not apply the new trace.
This fault was introduced in ERTS 8.0.
- OTP-13955
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- Application(s):
- erts
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-280
Fix parsing of -profile_boot 'true' | 'false'
- OTP-13992
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- Application(s):
- erts
A slight improvement of erlang:get_stacktrace/0 for exceptions raised in hipe compiled code. Beam compiled functions in such stack trace was earlier replaced by some unrelated function. They are now instead omitted. This is an attempt to reduce the confusion in the absence of a complete and correct stack trace for mixed beam and hipe functions.
- OTP-13996
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- Application(s):
- erts
Correct type declaration of match specification head.
- OTP-14031
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HiPE code loading failed for x86_64 if gcc was configured with --enable-default-pie. Fixed by disabling PIE, if needed for HiPE, when building the VM.
- OTP-14048
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- Application(s):
- erts
Faulty arguments could be presented on exception from a NIF that had rescheduled itself using enif_schedule_nif().
- OTP-14049
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- Application(s):
- erts
The runtime system could crash if a garbage collection on a process was performed immediately after a NIF had been rescheduled using enif_schedule_nif().
- OTP-14050
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- Application(s):
- erts
A reference to purged code could be left undetected by the purge operation if a process just had rescheduled a NIF call using enif_schedule_nif() when the process was checked. This could cause a runtime system crash.
- OTP-14051
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fixed a number of dirty scheduler related bugs:
-- Process priority was not handled correct when scheduling on a dirty scheduler.
-- The runtime system could crash when an exit signal with a compound exit reason was sent to a process executing on a dirty scheduler.
-- The runtime system crashed when call tracing a process executing on a dirty scheduler.
-- A code purge operation could end up hanging forever when a process executed on a dirty scheduler
- OTP-14055
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fixed a number of bugs that caused faulty stack-traces to be created on exception when a process was traced.
- OTP-13925
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- Application(s):
- erts
Fix minor soft purge race bug that could incorrectly trigger code_server to load new code for the module if the soft purge failed and no current version of the module existed.
- OTP-13951
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- Application(s):
- crypto, erts
To ease troubleshooting, erlang:load_nif/2 now includes the return value from a failed call to load/reload/upgrade in the text part of the error tuple. The crypto NIF makes use of this feature by returning the source line where/if the initialization fails.
- OTP-14046
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- Application(s):
- erts
New environment variable ERL_CRASH_DUMP_BYTES can be used to limit the size of crash dumps. If the limit is reached, crash dump generation is aborted and the generated file will be truncated.
Full runtime dependencies of erts-8.2: kernel-5.0, sasl-3.0.1, stdlib-3.0
eunit-2.3.2 #
The eunit-2.3.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-14084
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- Application(s):
- eunit, syntax_tools
The address to the FSF in the license header has been updated.
Full runtime dependencies of eunit-2.3.2: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5
hipe-3.15.3 #
The hipe-3.15.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13965
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- Application(s):
- hipe
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1253
Fix flow control bug in hipe compiler that may cause compile time crash.
- OTP-14005
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- Application(s):
- hipe
Fix bug in native compilation of bitstring pattern matching causing erroneous runtime matching result. The bug only affects code containing constant-valued segments whose size is expressed in bits; it is triggered when the pattern matching against these segments fails (i.e., when the next clause needs to be tried).
- OTP-14027
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Workaround in HiPE LLVM backend for a bug in LLVM 3.9. The bug could cause LLVM-compiled modules to be rejected during loading with a badarg exception in hipe_bifs:enter_sdecs/1, but also cause corruption or segmentation faults i runtime.
- OTP-14028
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- Application(s):
- hipe
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1237
Fix a bug in HiPE LLVM backend involving incorrect type tests of atoms sometimes causing incorrect behaviour or even segfaults.
Full runtime dependencies of hipe-3.15.3: compiler-5.0, erts-7.1, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5, syntax_tools-1.6.14
inets-6.3.4 #
The inets-6.3.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13960
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- Application(s):
- inets
- Related Id(s):
- PR1196
Fixes a bug that makes the ftp client end up in bad state if there is a multi line response from the server and the response number is in the message being sent.
- OTP-13967
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- Application(s):
- inets
The ftp client could stop consuming messages when the multiline response handling was corrected.
- OTP-14041
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- Application(s):
- inets
Fix keep-alive https through proxy connections so that all requests, following the first one, will run as expected instead of failing.
- OTP-14082
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- Application(s):
- inets
Fix bug from commit fdfda2fab0921d409789174556582db28141448e that could make listing of group members in mod_auth callbacks fail.
- OTP-13902
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- Application(s):
- inets
Update behavior of httpc:request to match RFC-7231
- OTP-13982
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- Application(s):
- inets
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1207
Fixed dialyzer warnings as well as some white-space issues. Thanks to Kostis.
Full runtime dependencies of inets-6.3.4: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, ssl-5.3.4, stdlib-2.0
kernel-5.1.1 #
Note! The kernel-5.1.1 application can *not* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 19 installation. On a full OTP 19 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- erts-8.1 (first satisfied in OTP 19.1)
- OTP-13920
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- Application(s):
- erts, kernel, sasl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-267
code:add_pathsa/1 and command line option -pa both revert the given list of directories when adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now documented.
- OTP-14003
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- Application(s):
- kernel
Add lost runtime dependency to erts-8.1. This should have been done in kernel-5.1 (OTP-19.1) as it cannot run without at least erts-8.1 (OTP-19.1).
- OTP-14022
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- Application(s):
- kernel
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1208
Type and doc for gen_{tcp,udp,sctp}:controlling_process/2 has been improved.
Full runtime dependencies of kernel-5.1.1: erts-8.1, sasl-3.0, stdlib-3.0
mnesia-4.14.2 #
The mnesia-4.14.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13944
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- Application(s):
- mnesia
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1184
A continuation returned by mnesia:select/[14] should be reusable in different, non-transactional activities.
- OTP-13970
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- Application(s):
- mnesia
- Related Id(s):
- seq13198
Fixed crash when calling block_table multiple times. Could happen when having locks for a long time and restarting mnesia.
- OTP-14074
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- Application(s):
- mnesia
Change mnesia_tm process to have off-heap messages since mnesia_tm can be the receiver of many non-synchronized message from other nodes.
Full runtime dependencies of mnesia-4.14.2: erts-7.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0
observer-2.3 #
The observer-2.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-14010
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- Application(s):
- observer
The shell script (priv/bin/cdv) and bat file (priv/bin/cdv.bat) which can be used for starting crashdump_viewer both started a distributed erlang node. This would cause any attempt at starting a second instance of the crashdump_viewer to fail. To solve this problem, cdv and cdv.bat now use non-distributed nodes when starting the crashdump_viewer.
- OTP-14064
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- Application(s):
- observer
A bug caused the number of buckets to be shown in the 'Objects' column, and the number of objects to be shown in the 'Memory' column for ets table in crashdump_viewer. This is now corrected.
- OTP-13829
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- Application(s):
- observer, runtime_tools
- Related Id(s):
- seq13171
Add option queue_size to ttb:tracer/2. This sets the maximum queue size for the IP trace driver which is used when tracing to shell and/or {local,File}.
The default value for queue_size is specified by dbg, and it is now changed from 50 to 200.
- OTP-13948
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- Application(s):
- observer, runtime_tools
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-272
The port information page is updated to show more information per port.
Full runtime dependencies of observer-2.3: erts-7.0, et-1.5, inets-5.10, kernel-3.0, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.0, wx-1.2
odbc-2.12 #
The odbc-2.12 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-14083
-
- Application(s):
- odbc
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
Change configure to skip odbc for old MACs, the change in PR-1227 is not backwards compatible with old MACs, and we do not see a need to continue support for such old versions. However it is still possible to make it work on such machines using the --with-odbc configure option.
Full runtime dependencies of odbc-2.12: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0
parsetools-2.1.4 #
The parsetools-2.1.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13916
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- Application(s):
- parsetools
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-263
Correct counting of newlines when rules with newlines are used in Leex.
- OTP-13919
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- Application(s):
- parsetools
Correct handling of Unicode in Leex.
Full runtime dependencies of parsetools-2.1.4: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5
public_key-1.3 #
The public_key-1.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13888
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- Application(s):
- public_key
- Related Id(s):
- OTP-13887
New function public_key:ssh_hostkey_fingerprint/1,2 to calculate the SSH host key fingerprint string.
Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.3: asn1-3.0, crypto-3.3, erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0
runtime_tools-1.11 #
The runtime_tools-1.11 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13829
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- Application(s):
- observer, runtime_tools
- Related Id(s):
- seq13171
Add option queue_size to ttb:tracer/2. This sets the maximum queue size for the IP trace driver which is used when tracing to shell and/or {local,File}.
The default value for queue_size is specified by dbg, and it is now changed from 50 to 200.
- OTP-13948
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- Application(s):
- observer, runtime_tools
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-272
The port information page is updated to show more information per port.
Full runtime dependencies of runtime_tools-1.11: erts-8.0, kernel-5.0, mnesia-4.12, stdlib-3.0
sasl-3.0.2 #
Note! The sasl-3.0.2 application can *not* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 19 installation. On a full OTP 19 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- erts-8.1 (first satisfied in OTP 19.1)
- OTP-13920
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- Application(s):
- erts, kernel, sasl
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-267
code:add_pathsa/1 and command line option -pa both revert the given list of directories when adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now documented.
Full runtime dependencies of sasl-3.0.2: erts-8.1, kernel-5.0, stdlib-3.0, tools-2.6.14
ssh-4.4 #
Note! The ssh-4.4 application can *not* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 19 installation. On a full OTP 19 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- stdlib-3.1 (first satisfied in OTP 19.1)
- OTP-13857
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A file read with an sftp client could loose data if the packet_size is set to larger than 64k. This is corrected now in such a way that the packet_size is silently lowered if there is a risk for data loss.
- OTP-13905
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- Application(s):
- ssh
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1173
When user defined SSH shell REPL process exits with reason normal, the SSH channel callback module should report successful exit status to the SSH client. This provides simple way for SSH clients to check for successful completion of executed commands. (Thanks to isvilen)
- OTP-13887
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- Application(s):
- ssh
- Related Id(s):
- OTP-13888
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Extended the option silently_accept_hosts for ssh:connect to make it possible for the client to check the SSH host key fingerprint string. Se the reference manual for SSH.
Full runtime dependencies of ssh-4.4: crypto-3.3, erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, public_key-1.1, stdlib-3.1
ssl-8.1 #
Note! The ssl-8.1 application can *not* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 19 installation. On a full OTP 19 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- stdlib-3.1 (first satisfied in OTP 19.1)
- OTP-13926
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- Application(s):
- ssl
List of possible anonymous suites, never supported by default, where incorrect for some TLS versions.
- OTP-12982
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- Application(s):
- ssl
*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Experimental version of DTLS. It is runnable but not complete and cannot be considered reliable for production usage. To use DTLS add the option{protocol, dtls} to ssl:connect and ssl:listen.
- OTP-13959
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- Application(s):
- ssl
Add API options to handle ECC curve selection.
Full runtime dependencies of ssl-8.1: crypto-3.3, erts-7.0, inets-5.10.7, kernel-3.0, public_key-1.2, stdlib-3.1
stdlib-3.2 #
The stdlib-3.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13907
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When a simple_one_for_one supervisor is shutting down, and a child exits with an exit reason of the form {shutdown, Term}, an error report was earlier printed. This is now corrected.
- OTP-13974
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- Application(s):
- stdlib
Allow empty list as parameter of the fun used with dbg:fun2ms/1.
- OTP-13929
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*** HIGHLIGHT ***
The new behaviour gen_statem has been improved with 3 new features: the possibility to use old style non-proxy timeouts for gen_statem:call/2,3, state entry code, and state timeouts. These are backwards compatible. Minor code and documentation improvements has been performed including a borderline semantics correction of timeout zero handling.
Full runtime dependencies of stdlib-3.2: compiler-5.0, crypto-3.3, erts-8.0, kernel-5.0, sasl-3.0
syntax_tools-2.1.1 #
The syntax_tools-2.1.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-14084
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- Application(s):
- eunit, syntax_tools
The address to the FSF in the license header has been updated.
Full runtime dependencies of syntax_tools-2.1.1: compiler-7.0, erts-8.0, kernel-5.0, stdlib-3.0
tools-2.9 #
Note! The tools-2.9 application can *not* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 19 installation. On a full OTP 19 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- stdlib-3.1 (first satisfied in OTP 19.1)
- OTP-13998
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- Application(s):
- tools
Fix unhandled trace event send_to_non_existing_process in fprof.
- OTP-13945
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- Application(s):
- tools
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1157
Improved edoc support in emacs erlang-mode.
- OTP-14018
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- Application(s):
- tools
- Related Id(s):
- PR-1197
Added erldoc to emacs mode which opens html documentation in browser from emacs. For example M-x erldoc-browse RET lists:foreach/2.
Full runtime dependencies of tools-2.9: compiler-5.0, erts-7.0, inets-5.10, kernel-3.0, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-3.1
wx-1.8 #
The wx-1.8 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 19 installation.
- OTP-13934
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- Application(s):
- wx
- Related Id(s):
- ERL-270
Allow string arguments to be binaries as specified, i.e. unicode:chardata().
- OTP-13933
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- Application(s):
- wx
Add wxWindow:dragAcceptFiles/2 and wxDropFilesEvent to support simple drag and drop from file browser.
Full runtime dependencies of wx-1.8: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0
Thanks To #
Ahmed Shafeeq Bin Mohd Shariff, Alexander Clouter, Alexandre Snarskii, Andreas Schultz, Andrey Teplyashin, Bozhidar Batsov, Doug Rohrer, Dániel Szoboszlay, Eric Meadows-Jönsson, Evgeny M, Fred Hebert, Ildar Khizbulin, JT Turner, Johan Sommerfeld, José Valim, Jxck, Kostis Sagonas, Leo Liu, Loïc Hoguin, Luca Favatella, Lutz Behnke, Magnus Henoch, Magnus Lång, Matwey V. Kornilov, Michael Truog, Péter Gömöri, Richard Carlsson, Svilen Ivanov, Tom Richards, Trevor Brown, Tuncer Ayaz, Victor Ren, Will, xsipewe