1. GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.5.1 Release Notes
GemBuilder for Smalltalk (GBS) Versions
Distribution change in packing libraries
Distribution change for Raspberry Pi
Recommendation to clear /opt/gemstone/locks/ on system restart
gslist added status unknown(EPERM)
Support for transparent huge pages on Linux
Improved Shared Page Cache startup performance
Improvements in disk space usage after restore from full backup
The restore of a full backup now reduces the OOP high water mark
Reduced space used by object table leaf pages after restore
Reporting extents and files in GB or MB
SymbolDictionary printString change
Improved reporting on transaction conflicts
System >> remoteCachesReport now includes Stone’s cache
objectAudit warnings on old 32-bit fanout in upgraded repositories
Return values for startnetldi, stopnetldi, startstone, stopstone
stopnetldi by root user on any NetLDI
Disallowed to startstone with an extent of a later version
copydbf -i/-I of extent file now includes version
Applications running without $GEMSTONE
topaz -S argument now does not suppress output
topaz -S argument fails to work without a .topazini
topaz now handles BOM input correctly
Log file locations changes for remote login processes
Verify your remote distribution log file locations
Attaching to a running Gem for debugging
Configuration parameter added to support debug gem
Method added to support debug gem
Topaz commands added to support debug gem
GCI calls added to support debug gem
Other Changes in Configuration Parameters
CONFIG_WARNINGS_FATAL now applied from Gem NRS
Setting Gem environment variables via configuration parameters
RTLD_DEEPBIND no longer used; User Action relink required
Linking a GCI application on Linux
Change in linker flags for Solaris
Linking a user action library on Solaris
GciTsLogin and GciTsForkLogin changed
GciTsClassRemoveAllMethods changed
Added functions from standard GCI API
Added functions to support X509 Logins
GciStoreTravDoTravRefs issues with serious GBS impact
GciStoreTravDoTravRefs_ may error, impacting linked GBS sessions
Missing reports in traversals from GBS
Terminated GsProcess may not have allowed ensure block to complete
STN_COMMITS_ASYNC risk of lost record
GciNewUtf8String does not put result object in export set
startstone with precheckpoint and checkpoint records in different tranlogs
libgcirpc shared library load performance
Following voting, reclaimAll may be inadvertently activated
With many conflicts, reclaimAll could run hot and hold commit token
NetLDI failed to close socket if Gem process fork fails
SEGV or Access Violation in user action
Incorrect compiler optimization
RC objects not handled correctly in nested transactions
continuousRestoreFromArchiveLogs could fail on initial setup
Issues related to Configuration Parameters
SHR_PAGE_CACHE_PERMISSIONS printed without leading 0
Errors in STN_GEM_INITIAL_TRANSACTION_MODE caused log bloat
STN_FREE_SPACE_THRESHOLD value greater than 4GB was truncated
STN_ALLOW_NFS_EXTENTS not working
During restore, possible CR backlog and C heap growth
Invalid version number in extents, confusing later upgrade errors
startCheckpointSync did not always checkpoint the current state
backup start time was not reported in stone log
Issues related to remote caches
Failure to recover after loss of pageserver for a remote cache
Remote process support logs may not be written to intended location
Stuck hash table lock in remote cache
Page server on Stone’s node may not have exited after remote cache disconnect
Extent names not updated on remote cache
GCI client on Windows 7 hang on socket disconnect
Find reference path search missed references via class instance variables
GsBitmap did not correctly handle some cases with large objects
Printing a very large GsBitmap
Issues specific to X509-Secured GemStone
GEM_HALT_ON_ERROR and other configuration parameters not usable in X509 logins
SHR_PUSH_TO_MIDCACHES_THREADS did not push pages
DecimalFloat >> asStringUsingFormat: did not 0-pad per argument
System >> hostCpuUsage results
GsFile stdin > atEnd incorrectly answered true
position: for GsFile in append mode
Unable to write to stdout on Windows GCI client
Missing collection protocol for CanonStringDict and CanonSymbolDict
Incorrect report of fatal error in configuration files
Diagnosing GsExternalSession login errors
gemnetobject_slow failed to load slow; ran fast libraries
become: crashed with extremely large NSC
Extra step point at beginning of method
Programmatic GemNativeCodeEnabled value for true
GsCurrentSession >> inTransaction returned integer rather than boolean
References to obsolete class JISCharacter in source code
RcKeyValueDictionary hard coded references to RcCollisionBucket