Erlang/OTP 21.0.8

This release of Erlang/OTP can be built from source or installed using pre-built packages for your OS or third-party tools (such as kerl or asdf).

docker run -it erlang:21.0.8
Patch Package OTP 21.0.8
Git Tag OTP-21.0.8
Date 2018-09-06
Issue Id
ERIERL-226
System OTP
Release 21
Application

erts-10.0.7 #

The erts-10.0.7 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 21 installation.

OTP-15275
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-1943

A process could get stuck in an infinite rescheduling loop between normal and dirty schedulers. This bug was introduced in ERTS version 10.0.

Thanks to Maxim Fedorov for finding and fixing this issue.

OTP-15279
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-226

Garbage collection of a distribution entry could cause an emulator crash if net_kernel had not brought previous connection attempts on it down properly.

Full runtime dependencies of erts-10.0.7: kernel-6.0, sasl-3.0.1, stdlib-3.5

kernel-6.0.1 #

The kernel-6.0.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 21 installation.

OTP-15280
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-226 , OTP-15279

Fixed bug in net_kernel that could cause an emulator crash if certain connection attempts failed. Bug exists since kernel-6.0 (OTP-21.0).

Full runtime dependencies of kernel-6.0.1: erts-10.0, sasl-3.0, stdlib-3.5