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# Release Notes
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This document describes the changes that were included in the release of EPICS
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noted below. Release entries are now provided in a separate document for each
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version in the EPICS 7 series, but all are combined into a single page for
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publishing on the EPICS website. Separate release documents are also included
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from the older Base 3.15 and 3.16 series.
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## EPICS Release 7.0.4.1
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### ARM Architecture Changes
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Build configuration files for a new cross-build architecture `linux-aarch64`
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have been added, and the targets `linux-arm_el` and `linux-arm_eb` removed.
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The 64-bit ARM architecture target doesn't have build files for self-hosting
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yet but they should be relatively easy to add, contributions welcome!
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### Bug fixes
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The following bugs/issues have fixes included in this release:
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- [lp: 1884339](https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/1884339),
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Inaccessible CA servers on Windows
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- [github: 83](https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/issues/83)
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osdTimeGetCurrent doesn't work for subprocess on macOS
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- Recent Cygwin build problem with a missing `TCP_NODELAY` declaration.
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### Perl CA Bindings under Conda
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Builds of the Perl CA bindings weren't working properly when the Perl
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installation was from Conda. This release also fixed the capr.pl script
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to handle the INT64 data types, and to be able to properly handle missing
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fields, as happens if the IOC is running an older EPICS version for example.
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### epicsMessageQueue implementation on RTEMS
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The implementation of the `epicsMessageQueue` used on RTEMS has switched from
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the native RTEMS-specific one to the EPICS generic version, avoiding a bug
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in the RTEMS Kernel message queue code.
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### Record Name Validation
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Historically, there have been very few restrictions on which characters
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may be present in record and alias names. Base 3.14.12.3 added a warning
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for names containing space, single or double quote, period/dot, or
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dollar sign.
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```
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Bad character ' ' in record name "bad practice"
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```
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7.0.4.1 Turns this warning into an error, and adds a new warning
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if a record name begins with a minus, plus, left square bracket,
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or left curly bracket.
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