[staf-news] STAF V3.1.3 is now available

[Sharon L. <lu...@us...>]

STAF (Software Testing Automation Framework) Version 3.1.3 is now 
available.  You can find more information and download the binaries from 
the official STAF web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net
Here's a summary of the changes made in STAF V3.1.3: 

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History Log for STAF 
 
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   - Fixes
   + Features
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   * Changes required to migrate from one release to another

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Version 3.1.3: 03/24/2006

  - Changed to strip leading whitespace from a request value.  Previously, 
this
    would result in an RC 7, Invalid Request String (Bug #1407668)
  + Added a performance enhancement for FS COPY DIRECTORY requests that 
can
    significantly speed up copying files in binary mode (Feature #1413919)
  - Improved help message for error code 21, STAF Not Running (Bug 
#1426804)
  - Changed the result for LOG LIST request that lists log files to 
provide the
    upper 32-bit size in addition to the lower 32-bit size (Bug #1379849)
  - Fixed "Can't find STAFInst.mfs" error when running STAFInst from a 
    directory other than the STAFInst root (Bug #1427934)
  - Changed STAF C++ command parser to provide an error message along with 
RC 7
    if :Length: exceeds the length of the data (Bug #464827)
  - Updated STAF Developer's Guide to include instructions for building 
IPv6
    support and reformatted the Build section (Bug #1429282)
  + Changed to generate trace error messages instead of using couts/cerrs
    (Feature #626903)
  - Fixed incorrect return description for STAFSocketIsValidSocket
    (Bug #1439792)
  + Improved log lock granularity (Feature #1438151)
  - Documented garbage collection performed by ResPool and SEM services in 
the
    STAF User's Guide (Bug #1433754)
  - Fixed problem in SEM service where garbage collection was not being 
done
    for pending requests for mutex semaphores (Bug #1442163)
  - Fixed problem in SEM and RESPOOL services where pending requests that 
are
    garbage collected never complete (Bug #1442762)
  - Improved shutdown of STAF such that some extraneous errors are no 
longer
    output in the JVM logs and STAFProc output (Bug #1436187)
  - Fixed intermittent RC 21 on Solaris Opteron (Bug #1441422)
  - Improved error message when registering a Java service using a "bad" 
JVM
    (Bug #1422950)
  - Added detection of a cyclic copy for a FS COPY DIRECTORY RECURSE 
request
    (Bug #858366)
  - Updated list of operating systems supported by STAF in STAF User's 
Guide
    (Bug #1452437)
  - Handle "Connection terminated unexpectedly" trace messages better
    (Bug #1451680)
  + Changed machine trust level to be case-insensitive (Feature #1442047)
  - Fixed problem where a remote STAF request may never complete if 
STAFProc is
    shutdown on the remote machine (Bug #1450213)
  - Changed to provide better error messages for exceptions generated by
    STAFFSGetEntry (Bug #1420783)
  - Added instructions to the STAF User's Guide on how to use the "qsh" 
shell
    on AS/400 (Bug #1428630)
  + Added support to handle STAF V3 and V2 versions of a Java service 
packaged
    in a single jar file (Feature #1457107)
  - Fixed problem where the default STAF.cfg file was not being created
    (Bug #1368716)
  - Improved description of RC 25 to indicate that it's an insufficient 
trust
    issue (Bug #1457375)
  - Fixed a socket binding error starting STAF on Unix (Bug #1187649) 
  - Fixed problem with STAF Java services on Windows AMD 64 (Bug #1225139)

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Sharon Lucas
IBM Austin,   lu...@us...
(512) 838-8347 or Tieline 678-8347