From aead703a2a8890d0941656bdd6840daf8e7a9bec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "benjamin.franksen" <benjamin.franksen@helmholtz-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:06:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: say that fixes are in the latest snapshot in known problems page --- documentation/KnownProblems.txt | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/KnownProblems.txt b/documentation/KnownProblems.txt index 72678696..cedd408c 100644 --- a/documentation/KnownProblems.txt +++ b/documentation/KnownProblems.txt @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Known Problems in Release 2.1.13 -------------------------------- Building the tests fails with older base releases (e.g. 3.14.8). -A fix is available and will be part of the next release. Until then, -see the `latest snapshot`_ or pull from the darcs repository. -.. _latest snapshot: http://www-csr.bessy.de/control/SoftDist/sequencer/releases/seq-snapshot-latest.tar.gz +It also fails on solaris/sparc. The reason in this case is that the +compiler sometimes generates an empty struct definition (i.e. one with +no members), which the compiler on this architecture doesn't like. The pvGetComplete and pvPutComplete functions contain a serious bug that was introduced in release 2.1.13. The effect is that sometimes @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ between update from the CA callback and access from the program, possibly corrupting the variable's content. This has always been true for monitored variables, but not when using asynchronous pvGet. +Fixes for all these problems are available and will be part of the next +release. Until then, see the `latest snapshot`_ or pull from the darcs +repository. + +.. _latest snapshot: http://www-csr.bessy.de/control/SoftDist/sequencer/releases/seq-snapshot-latest.tar.gz + .. _Known_Problems_2.1.12: -- GitLab