BLCR 0.5.0_b4 (beta) release now available

From: Paul H. Hargrove (PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2007 - 12:47:28 PST

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    A forth (and hopefully final) beta release of BLCR 0.5.0 is now
    available at http://mantis.lbl.gov/blcr-dist
    
    Here are the changes since Wednesday's beta3:
       - Fix compilation failures on 2.6.19 for x86_64
       - Fix broken assumptions in "filedescriptors" tests
       - Fix broken assumptions in "named_fifo" tests
       - Add a test for the atomic operations used in libcr
    
    Below is the full NEWS entry, relative to the Nov. 2005 0.4.2 release.
    
    This will become 0.5.0 in about 7 days, unless significant new bugs are
    reported.
    
    -Paul
    
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    0.5.0_b4
    --------
    February 16, 2007
    Functionality and expanded-support release.
      - Expanded kernel coverage
        + 2.6.0 through 2.6.19 for x86 and x86_64
        + 2.4.0 through 2.4.34 for x86 only
      - Multi-process support (related processes and associated pipes)
        + See BLCR_Users_Guide.html and the cr_checkpoint man page
      - Support for 32-bit apps on 64-bit kernels
        + See "--enable-multilib" in BLCR_Admin_Guide.html
      - Support for directories opened with opendir()
      - Support for checkpoints on Luster file systems
        + Contributed by Dean Luick <luick_at_cray_dot_com>
      - Support for building static libcr
        + Contributed by Dean Luick <luick_at_cray_dot_com>
      - Fixes to many distclean problems
        + Issues identified by Dean Luick <luick_at_cray_dot_com>
      - I/O aggregation for improved performance
        + Contributed by Qi Gao <[email protected]>
      - Additional examples and test cases
      - API addition: cr_get_restart_info()
      - "Retool" of configure code for ease of addition/maintenance
      - Numerous bug fixes, including:
        + Bug 1396: SIGPIPE when restarting w/ stdin/out from/to a pipe
        + Bug 1640: context files > 2GB require O_LARGEFILE
        + Bug 1662: context files open R/W leads to restart failure
        + Bug 1669: checkpoint to a socket fails
        + Bug 1807: unrecognized warning suppression flag passed to gcc
        + Bug 1854: libcr link failure w/ stack-protection-enabled gcc
        + Bug 1925: link failure w/ pthread_atfork() on some glibc versions
        + Incorrect treatment of certain anonymous mmap() cases
        + Wrong parent for restored orphans (children of init)
        + dup()ed file descriptors always restored together
    
    
    
    -- 
    Paul H. Hargrove                          PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov
    Future Technologies Group
    HPC Research Department                   Tel: +1-510-495-2352
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory     Fax: +1-510-486-6900
    

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