10.8 Changes Introduced in Version 3.8.1

Version 3.8.1 is a bugfix release only, no new features has been added.

• configure.in: Removed multiple occurences of the -n32 flag under IRIX if cc is used instead of gcc.
• configure.in: FreeBSD 3.x is now handled correctly.
• configure.in: On Linux and Solaris, SICStus is now always linked with the POSIX thread library.
• InstallSICStus: spld did not log verbose output to logfile.
• spld, splfr: Eliminated use of `..' to specify relative paths. Caused problems under Windows 95/98.
• library(jasper): Green threads JDKs not supported any longer.
• library(tcltk): Tcl_FindExecutable("") is called when the `tcltk' library is loaded, before any Tcl/Tk interpreter is created. This should fix errors related to not finding init.tcl and also improve support for international character sets.
• multifile + discontiguous combination fix
• redefinition warning for multifile predicates fix
• listing/[0,1], tell/1, see/1 fixes
• avoid bogus line number info for native code
• trail compression fix
• stack_shifts (statistics/2 option) manual fix
• load_foreign_resource/1 search algorithm fix
• atom/number handling fixes
• raise error for a =.. [b|c]
• avoid SP_term_ref leaks in some functions
• prevent dangling pointer problem in displaying line number info
• check representability of compiled clauses
• prevent looping at halt and elsewhere if advice has been given
• CHR: initialization fix
• CLPFD: fixes and corrections to all_distinct/[1,2], assignment/[2,3], circuit/[1,2], serialized/[2,3], cumulative/[4,5], fdset_member/2, arithmetic
• LINDA: buffering fix