Announcing the release of BLCR 0.6.2

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To fix problems found in 0.6.1, I am releasing BLCR 0.6.2.  It can be 
found at the BLCR Downloads page:
http://ftg.lbl.gov/CheckpointRestart/CheckpointDownloads.shtml

 From the NEWS file:

0.6.2
--------
January 14, 2008
Bug-fix and expanded-support release.
  - This release adds support for 2.6.23 kernels.
  - This release adds support for SuSE's 2.6.22.x kernels.
  - This release fixes a file descriptor leak that occurred on restart from
    a checkpoint-of-self requested via cr_request_checkpoint().
  - This release fixes a deadlock (and unkillable process(es)) when a
    multi-threaded process aborts (or omits itself from) a checkpoint
    under certain conditions.
  - This release fixes a restart-time failure when a checkpoint includes a
    pipe with one end outside the checkpoint scope, and data is buffered
    in the pipe.
  - This release fixes a bug with the cr_request{,_file}() calls in which
    a failed checkpoint would cause failure of the next one if it had the
    same destination file name.
  - This release fixes a race condition with the cr_enter_cs() and 
checkpoints
    in multi-threaded processes.
  - This release fixes post-checkpoint signal delivery (--stop and friends)
    to occur after the checkpoint is fully completed.  See bug 2201 for
    a full description of the problems addressed by these changes.
  - This release documents (and fully implements) signal-delivery options
    to cr_restart (see bug 2200).
  - This release fixes two kernel Oopses (bugs 2222 and 2223) due to races
    against processes/threads that are exiting.
  - Adds test cases for most of the bugs fixed in this release.
  - Minor improvements/changes to documentation
  - Other minor bug fixes


-Paul

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Paul H. Hargrove                          PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov
Future Technologies Group
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory     Fax: +1-510-486-6900

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