1. Release Notes for 3.6.2
GemBuilder for Smalltalk (GBS) Versions
Added ability to customize passivation of dynamic instance variables
GemStone-specific SUnit classes now renamed and in image
Performance improvements in WriteStreamPortable
Converting ByteArrays containing UTF-16 into UTF-8
Utf8 >> readStream now permitted
Added ability to check if private key matches an encrypted extent
gslist -m contacting remote NetLDI running with authentication
NetLDI -a attempted authentication with empty password
gslist -m not usable with remote NetLDI in secure mode
Admin GcGem’s number of threads is now dynamically configured
Configuring objects to be tracked
Enable and disable Read Tracking
Added Configuration File Options
UserProfiles exempt from read tracking
UserProfile userId permissible Character limitations
LdapDirectoryServer now supports TLS options
Added LdapDirectoryServer methods
Print peer information in log when invalid data on listening socket
Multi-threaded warnings on cache slot use now include operation name
Improved printing for page cache faults
Enhancements to FFI/CByteArray
Extracting a string from a CByteArray
Extracting a string from a CPointer
CByteArray added instance creation methods
Importing an Array into a CByteArray
Adding a UTF8-encoded string to a CByteArray
Computing required CByteArray space for the contents of an Array
All thread-safe GCI functions now available in GciTsLibrary
Invalid record may be written to tranlog
Issue with incremental tranlogging
SPC Monitor crash with SHR_PAGE_CACHE_LARGE_MEMORY_PAGE_SIZE_MB=0
Native code errors in some cases using Array constructors {}
Incorrect results from Object >> passivate
File descriptor leak fetching host statistics on Linux
startstone issues if STN_FREE_SPACE_THRESHOLD space is unavailable
copydbf fails on decryption of encrypted extent that was pregrown or restored
Tranlog restore may encounter illegal store error
Epoch garbage collection failure may leave Admin GcGem in transaction
Upgrade from 3.5.6 to 3.6.x broken
GsFile position incorrect for r+ file mode with atEnd
Failure in OS call from GsFile write primitives potential to SEGV
Shared Page Cache could have run out of slots
objectaudit/pageaudit do not correctly handle some kinds of error state
Extreme log growth attempting to printing stack if stack corrupted
Risk of C memory corruption on in-memory GC in libicu operation
GsSocket >> readWillNotBlockWithin: does not handle nil returned by readWillNotBlock
GC state change during multithreaded scan fails to report error
Multi-threaded operations could use up all available process slots
Issues related to Symbol Garbage Collection
Cumulative algorithm changes in Symbol GC
Symbol GC slow with many dead symbols
Logsender not connected to stone could have transmitted incomplete tranlog records
kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1 disallowed stacks with NetLDI in authentication mode
Page read error message unhelpful
Cache warming may have excessive impact on page use
CCallout string arguments allowed MultiByteString, disallowed Utf8
CDeclaration doesNotUnderstand: #'cByteArraySpecies'
CByteArray >> floatAt:put: did not accept SmallFloat arguments
LDAP did not work for processes in setuid mode
GemStone's LDAP library did not correctly set directory for ldap.conf
LDAP did not support reset of TLS credentials
ClassOrganizer >> referencesToLiteral: could miss literal symbol
System _add:to: called missing method