From 9e92d0ce218348bd184cb95d2b8f4e7da16272fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Burger Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:33:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add note about TZ environment variable in Cygwin, fix typos in release notes original commit: 20cad4ed4091b4b4d55f1857894cf56d35e1e59f --- BUILDING | 4 ++++ release_notes/release_notes.stex | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/BUILDING b/BUILDING index be45135445..4c8197c210 100644 --- a/BUILDING +++ b/BUILDING @@ -208,4 +208,8 @@ https://github.com/win-iconv/win-iconv If the DLL is not present, the iconv tests will fail. No other tests should be affected. +Unset the TZ environment variable before running the tests, because +the Cygwin values are incompatible with the Microsoft C Runtime +Library. + Use 'make test' described above to run the tests. diff --git a/release_notes/release_notes.stex b/release_notes/release_notes.stex index 861bea50c1..db3d811953 100644 --- a/release_notes/release_notes.stex +++ b/release_notes/release_notes.stex @@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ This can be configured only by instructions executed in kernel mode. \textbf{procedure:} \scheme{(#%$read-time-stamp-counter)} This procedure returns the current value of the time-stamp counter for -the CPU core executing this code. +the processor core executing this code. A general protection fault, which manifests as an invalid memory reference exception, results if this operation is not permitted by the operating system. @@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ extra memory required for managing heap storage and increased the likelihood that memory can be returned to the O/S as the heap shrinks. Returning memory to the O/S is now faster, so the minimum time for -for a maximum-generation collection, or any other collection where +a maximum-generation collection, or any other collection where release of memory to the O/S is enabled, has been cut. \subsection{Faster library load times (9.3.1)} @@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ loaded. The source optimizer now maintains information about partially static record instances to eliminate field accesses and type checks when a -binding site for a record instances is visible to the access or checking +binding site for a record instance is visible to the access or checking code. For example,