diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 27e1354390a2..3a44b3356405 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in /usr/ports/UPDATING. Please read that file before running portupgrade. Important recent entries: 20040724 (default X changes). -[[ The UPDATING file will be trimmed to 20040814 on or about Oct 1, 2004 ]] - NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW: FreeBSD 6.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel and userland. These features attempt to detect @@ -71,6 +69,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW: Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed. Please use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386. +20041104: + FreeBSD 5.3 shipped here. + 20041110: We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem R/W if the device were named 'md*'. As part of the vnode @@ -89,1686 +90,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW: userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.) -20041007: - The FreeBSD keyword is no longer a requirement for a valid - rc.d script. The rc(8) and rc.shutdown(8) scripts no longer check - for the existence of this keyword when ordering rc.d scripts. - This change touches most of the file in /etc/rc.d; therefore, - if you have not modified any files in that directory it may - be easier to rm -rf /etc/rc.d and then use the -i switch with - mergemaster(8). - -20041007: - One of the syscalls the 1:1 threading library libthr uses has - changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild - this library with the kernel. - -20041004: - A major sweep over the tty drivers to elimnate approx 3100 - lines of copy&pasted code have been performed. As a part of - this change some tty devices have changed names: - sio devices are now named: {tty,cua}d%d[.init,.lock] - ucom devices are now named: {tty,cua}U%d[.init,.lock] - For other drivers see the commit logs. - -20041001: - The following libraries had their version number bumped up: - /lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3 - /lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5 - /usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5 - /usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3 - /usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3 - FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the - compat4x collection. If you expect to be able to run old 4.X - executables you will need to remove the old versions of these - libraries. However note that any 5.X executables you have built - will stop working once you remove those old libraries. You should - have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old - libraries. - -20040929: - The pfil API has gained an additional argument to pass an inpcb. - You should rebuild all pfil consuming modules: ipfw, ipfilter - and pf. - -20040928: - If named is enabled, the default is now to run it in a chroot - "sandbox." For users with existing configurations in - /etc/namedb the migration should be simple. Upgrade your - world as usual, then after installworld but before - mergemaster do the following: - - If named is running: /etc/rc.d/named stop - cd /etc - mv namedb namedb.bak - mkdir -p /var/named/etc/namedb - cp -Rp namedb.bak/* /var/named/etc/namedb/ - mergemaster (with your usual options) - If using the generated localhost* files: - cd /var/named/etc/namedb - /bin/sh make-localhost - rm -f localhost-v6.rev localhost.rev - /etc/rc.d/syslogd restart - /etc/rc.d/named start - - If you are using a custom configuration, or if you have - customised the named_* variables in /etc/rc.conf[.local] - then you may have to adjust the instructions accordingly. - It is suggested that you carefully examine the new named - variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and the options in - /var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf to see if they might - now be more suitable. - -20040925: - BIND 9 has been imported into the base, and is now fully - functional. BIND 8 has now been removed. There are numerous - differences between BIND 8 and 9, and users with critical - named installations should read the migration documentation - in /usr/share/doc/bind9/misc/migration. There is also a - new instruction manual in /usr/share/doc/bind9/arm. - - The key differences that most users will experience are in - how picky BIND 9 is about zone file format. If you are using - named as a resolving (caching) name server, you will likely - not have trouble. - - The following files are part of the old BIND 8 installation - and should be removed: - /usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery /usr/libexec/named-xfer - /usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc - - The following files have moved to /usr/bin, and should be - removed from their old locations: - /usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate - -20040914: - The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for - architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to - the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away - any old logfile before using a new pflogd(8). - -20040906: - debug.witness_* has been renamed to debug.witness.*. There are - compatibility tunables left in for a few days. Update loader.conf - as necessary. - -20040902: - The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage - was too extensive. If you are running with a kernel/userland - containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the - warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again. - With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once - again interoperable. - -20040830: - A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data - which is part if struct ifnet. This means all network drivers - and network monitoring applications need to be recompiled. - - WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING - - This also breaks ifconfig compatibility. An old ifconfig will - not work with the new kernel and a new ifconfig will not work - with the old. It is strongly recommended that you make a copy - of your old ifconfig before installworld. If you are installing - remotely, you must copy over a new ifconfig before rebooting in - to the new kernel. - -20040828: - The default configuration for the network stack has been changed - such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured - otherwise. If you experience network-related instability, you - may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the - kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT". Details on the netperf - project may be found at: - - http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/ - - Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change - details. - -20040827: - PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not - need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore. - -20040819: - Netgraph changed its message format slightly to align the data - portion well on 64 bit machines. - Netgraph using utilities (e.g. ngctl, nghook, ppp, mpd, - pppoed, bluetooth, ATM) should be recompiled when a new kernel - is installed. - -20040817: - IPFW has been converted to use pfil(9). This change is - transparent to userland and preserves the ipfw ABI. The ipfw - core packet inspection and filtering functions have not been - changed, only how ipfw is invoked is different. - -20040814: - The RANDOM_IP_ID option has been replaced by the sysctl - net.inet.ip.random_id. If you had RANDOM_IP_ID in your kernel then - you may want to add "net.inet.ip.random_id=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf. - -20040807: - The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of the - if_carp placeholder. All kernel modules implementing network - interfaces must be recompiled as a result. - -20040806: - Module loading has been fixed. Some older installations will - drop proper module_path initialization and modules will fail to - load properly. If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says: - "initialize drop", do (i386 only): - cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc - chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc - chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc - -20040802: - making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular, - so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry. - -20040801: - The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules, - so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See - GENERIC for examples. - -20040728: - System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major - compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x - has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again - and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new - compiler. If you are getting run-time error such as - /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "_ZNSs20_S_empty_rep_storageE" - This entry does apply to you. - - A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default in this - compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused static - symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld' breakages - with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set to -O2 - or higher. - - With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded - to match the new system compiler. This makes it impossible to build - a new kernel with the old compiler. Upgrade your system via - make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem. - -20040727: - The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of - the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies). All kernel - modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as - a result. - -20040716: - The sound device drivers are renamed. `sound' is always required, - while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware. - Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers. - -20040710: - __FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122. - -20040710: - The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now - identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of - the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such, - hints (hint.sio.0.flags="0x10") are now required for the sio(4) - driver to become a console or debug port. The NO_SIO option has - been decommissioned because of this. - Running mergemaster is the easiest way to ensure your - 'boot/device.hints' has the needed line. - -20040710: - A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible - changes beyond just the debugging experience: - o The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend - and should not be used any more for conditional compilation - of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB - option for this. - o The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have - been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED - respectively. This is in line with the first bullet. - o The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs - to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this. - o The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this - homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol - supports console output and it makes sense to use that. - o The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger - now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD - symbol lookups through the linker. - -20040708: - Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific. - __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change. - -20040702: - The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler. - There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some - machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either - stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD - scheduler as a workaround. - -20040630: - The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate - an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse - to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move - metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility. - Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which - case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an - example of such changes. - - This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered - over. - -20040630: - ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions. A message - will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled - automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible. - If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override - this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the - loader prompt. - -20040623: - pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege - separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group - combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run - mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually. - -20040622: - Network interface cloning has been overhauled. This change will - require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of - external ones to the new API. __FreeBSD_version has been bumped - to 502119 to mark this change. Additionally, users creating - stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their - scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of - "stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout. - -20040621: - On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to - automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did - not already exist. Unfortunately, an error in the man page - was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect - nsswitch settings. The simplest remedy is to remove both - /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated - during the next reboot. - -20040614: - The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to - make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9). Be sure to recompile - the ips module and any third-party modules which call - sema_timedwait. - -20040613: - ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet. - Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of - sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place - please recompile and reinstall world. - -20040607: - Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c) - requires that you re-run config after updating your tree. - -20040601: - The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly - ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your - kernel configuration. - -20040423: - Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command - needs to be recompiled. Normal accept/reject rules without - options are not affected but those with options may break until - ipfw(8) is recompiled. - -20040420: - Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this - date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to - 20040406. - -20040414: - The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on. If this causes - problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable - hw.pci.do_powerstate=0. - -20040412: - The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy - drive is still broken. - -20040410: - A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management - have been committed. Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until - the unanticipated problems have been resolved. - -20040409: - Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process, - /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring - temp files can succeed in single user mode. This includes - running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running - "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running - "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom". - -20040322: - The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant - lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and - by default is turned off. In the few days following 20040322, - the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this - tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack. - If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should - set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over. - An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient - locking is merged to permit this to take place. - -20040310: - The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to - 64-bits. This is a very major incompatible change, so people - using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for - detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade. People - upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event. - -20040308: - The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make - sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required - user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your - system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf. - The pf system consists of the following three devices: - device pf # required - device pflog # optional - device pfsync # optional - -20040303: - If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition - (see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of - /etc/libmap.conf: - - libc_r.so.5 libpthread.so.1 - libc_r.so libpthread.so - - This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r - to use libpthread instead. - -20040226: - Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1 - is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is - disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default). - OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may - have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced. - -20040225: - The ABIs defined in and have been updated - to support improved reentrancy. Multi-threaded programs that - reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some - problems if they are not recompiled. Single-threaded programs - should remain unaffected. - -20040225: - routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor - sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that - for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD - -CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions - of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations - from Sun, Cisco and other vendors. - -20040224: - The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm - and related userland network utilities necessary. - -20040222: - The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways. - First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT. - Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION. - Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated. - -20040207: - The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer - necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time. - -20040130: - libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the - default threads library. The gcc -pthread option has also - been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r. For - alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links - are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r. Until - the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is - recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that - maps libc_r to libpthread. If you have any binaries or - libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended - that you map libkse to libpthread. Anyone that is using - nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf - that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries - do not work with libpthread. - -20040125: - ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler - in GENERIC. For the average user, interactivity is reported to be - better in many cases. On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more - efficient use of the available parallel resources. If you are not - running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option - SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE. - -20040125: - Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly - belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory, - depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option. - -20031213: - src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail - if the login process is unable to successfully set the - process credentials to include all groups defined for the - user. The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators - may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups - defined, or they will be unable to log in. - -20031203: - The ACPI module has been reactivated. It is no longer required - to compile ACPI support into kernels statically. - -20031112: - The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to - allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem - sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel - BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about - binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will - not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs - structure. - Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the - kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since - even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option - you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you - have COMPAT_FREEBSD4! - Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs - such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad - system call. Marco Wertejuk also reports - that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after - these changes are installed. - - ****************************DANGER******************************* - - DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and - installing a new kernel FIRST. You will be unable to build a - new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old - kernel. - -20031112: - Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This - change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph - userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require - netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in - sync before rebooting. - -20031111: - Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default - when using the MP Table. If ACPI is being used, then logical - CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS. - If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the - BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel - with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled. - -20031103: - The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by - 'device apic'. The ACPI module has also been temporarily - disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your - kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver. - -20031031: - The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing - the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with - if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit. All network drivers and most - userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated - and recompiled. __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to - reflect this change. - -20030928: - Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove - the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly. - __FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110. - -20030926: - kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and - mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel. - -20030923: - Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally - attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system - panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See - FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp. - -20030915: - A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started - with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf. This - causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address - that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute. - -20030829: - The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be - deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb - localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when - you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or - may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest - solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'. - The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time - ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts - may or may not exist on your system. - -20030824: - ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h - has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it. - If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your - kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically. - -20030819: - The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel. - Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be - closer to Solaris. Be aware that, this can even cause the machine - to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted. - -20030728: - All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated - and will be removed for 5.2. If this causes failure for your - umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel - and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org - so the quirk can be re-enabled. - -20030724: - Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues - with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time. - -20030722: - FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD. Chances are you won't - notice. 386+387 support should still work after this change, but - it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real - FPU hardware. - -20030714: - Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue. - If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE. Others - will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment. - People should report those issues to current@. - -20030711: - gcc was upgraded to 3.3. You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN - across this point. Further, it might be a good idea to remove - /usr/obj. - -20030610: - Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code - for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your - LANG environment variable. - -20030609: - CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class. Kernel - and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly - important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on - a ccd device. Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig - into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup - kernel. - -20030605: - There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken. If you - happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is - evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure - given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1) - (and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one- - time snafu. Typical failure mode: - - In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092: - targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored - targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored - targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored - : - - The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC - to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of - usr.bin/sed/process.c). - -20030505: - Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting - MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT - want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS. - -20030502: - groff has been updated. If you try to do a buildworld and - get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer. If you - have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE - to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld. - -20030501: - The old rc system has been removed. Please report any problems - to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org. - Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can - continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating, - especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that - utilizes these old scripts has also been removed. - -20030423: - A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd - to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd. The - work around in devd will be removed around 20030507. You - have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating - userland. In general, you should have a userland and - kernel that's in sync with each other. However, given the - effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some - allowances are made. - -20030329: - Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit - floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1) - while upgrading the system through a buildworld. - - So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either - downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update - /usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee - to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc: - - cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \ - make cleandir && make obj && \ - make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \ - make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install - -20030208: - sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported. It has one important - change for IPv6 users. The default submit.mc now uses - '[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is - used to connect to the MTA. Users on IPv6-only machines - will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately. - -20030128: - NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard. - This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should - be removed when convenient. - -20030126: - The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users - must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys. - -20030125: - The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently - you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config. - The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler - which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'. If you would like - to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try - 'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion. - -20030115: - A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree. - One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate - properly. - - In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are - configured for point to point links to bring it more in line - with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility - with NetBSD. - -20021222: - For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC - used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions - which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous - versions of FreeBSD. We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any - code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not - built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be - rebuilt. - -20021216: - A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay - compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need - to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work - with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get - a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301. - -20021202: - The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on - sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work - with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in - panics. Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync. - -20021029: - The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed. Make sure to keep - your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT - consumers in sync. - -20021024: - Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels. - This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to - not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a. Instead, you - now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD - partition really is on. The old device names have gone - away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust - those uses. (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in - the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.) - -20021023: - Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or - rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems - with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory", - fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD - segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c). - - So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either - upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit - tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the - "transitional" buildworld. To avoid running groff during the - transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN, - -DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR. - -20020831: - gcc has been upgraded to 3.2. It is not all binary compatible - with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs. All c++ - programs and libraries need to be recompiled. - - Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before - doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed. - -20020827: - Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm - almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default. - If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use - TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings). - -20020815: - A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was - fixed. It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line - again. - -20020729: - COPY is being deprecated. The 20010530 change was reverted, as - it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare - before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again. The - -C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option. - -20020702: - Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved. - There are still some minor problems with some signals but the - system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP - but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds. - Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE. - -20020701: - Now would be a bad time to upgrade. Something in or near the - KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and - GNOME. - -20020511: - The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer - installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default. Add - ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed - with the set-user-ID bit set. - -20020510: - Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2. - Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand - the DWARF2 debugging format. Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to - generated debugging information for our native GDB. - -20020510: - Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc - to the 3.1 sources. The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc - and then do a cvs update. - -20020421: - When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the - stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open. See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio. - -20020404: - New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it - easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD. Setting the rc.conf - variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail - daemons from starting. Instead, either set sendmail_enable to - "NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting - an alternative MTA. Setting mta_start_script to "" will - also prevent any MTA from being started at boot. - -20020403: - UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option. - -20020315: - FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today. - -20020225: - Warnings are now errors in the kernel. Unless you are a developer, - you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line. - -20020217: - sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported. The sendmail binary is no - longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support - command line mail submission has changed. Be sure to run - mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf, - and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details. - - Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are - required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID - binary. A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group - to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will - fail if the new user and group do not exist. The 'smmsp' user - and group must be merged from src/etc/group and - src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'. - 'mergemaster -p' will do this. You may need to install - mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a - very old version of current. The updating recipe has changed - as of this date. - -20020112: - The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/ - rather than /etc/pam.conf. If you have an unmodified - pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run. If - you have local modifications, you can use - /usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your - /etc/pam.d. - - Please see the following url for more details: -http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id= -20011229: - If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable - networkfs_types, please note that it has changed -http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> - -20011220: - sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired. This file - started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring - from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its - own. All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b - version have now been merged back into the base system's - version now. The only user-visible change resulting from this - is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with - spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired - as well. (There has never been rc file support for - ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable. That will be - reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.) - -20011215: - The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically - recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and - 720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the - default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0). The old variety of - floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by - default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand. They - will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using - fdcontrol(8). - -20011209: - The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed, - and truss(1) now works again. - -20011207: - Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8) - scripts. Some change in configuration may be necessary. Please - see -http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org> - for details. - -20011204: - sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the - kernel and burncd to be in sync. - -20011203: - The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the - pseudofs framework. If you have 'options PROCFS' in your - kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's - not there already. - - This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead - until the issue has been resolved. - -20011202: - A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been - patched. - -20011126: - You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding - after this date. You need to do this only once. - -20011103: - Most of the awk issues have been resolved. Some rough - edges may be left, but for the most part things should be - back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal." - -20011030: - Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs. Expect - choppy waves in the upgrade process. - -20011030: - The asr driver problem has been resolved. - -20011027: - Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver - now causes the system to panic on boot. Do not use it pending - correction. Comment it out of any kernel config file that you - try to use from this date forward. - -20011025: - When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use - MACHINE=xxx. You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET, - unless you are changing both of them. To cross build pc98 on - an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and - TARGET_ARCH=i386. - -20011001: - The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed. - You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications - at the same time. - -20010929: - When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than - MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target. In the future, one will - set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now. At the moment, - setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works - (eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa). - -20010927: - Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines. - To disable ACPI you can add - hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" - to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot - loader "ok" prompt). - - Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko - or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config - file and not list acpi in that list. - -20010924: - The buildworld has been fixed. You may need to install - the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries - to work. Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to - get them installed on every installworld, or execute the - following to get them installed only once: - cd src/lib/compat/compat4x. - make all install - You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this. - -20010919: - There's a bug in the world build process. The cross-tools - are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a. This - leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc. A temporary - workaround is to add - CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO" - before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current. This - can be removed afterwards. - - A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed. - -20010918: - Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code. - NFS may be unstable after this date. - -20010912: - KSE has hit the tree. Lots of things are now different in - the kernel. While a few problems were introduced in the - initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and - corrected. - -20010901: - In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable. The work - arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer - necessary and will be ignored. Most insert/remove problems - have been rectified around this date. - -20010823: - named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as - root. If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure - that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8)) - and that group bind is available in /etc/group. Also make - sure that user or group bind has read (and not write) - permission for your name server configuration and that it - has read and write permission for your slave zone files and - directory. - - If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure - alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying - - named_flags= - -20010709: - The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond - the ability of the shared library major number to handle. - It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The - solution is to rebuild those ports. - -20010628: - The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO - to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO. - -20010625: - The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected. - OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current. slot 1 is - known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges. Some - cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events. - IRQ configuration needs more safety belts. - -20010617: - Softupdates problems have been corrected. - -20010614: - Peter ripped out the linkerset support. You must, as always, - rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional - kernel building methods. - -20010613: - pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date. Some - do, others result in panics. *MAKE*SURE* that you update your - config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have - problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet). - -20010613: - SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so. Do not - use them in current. You can disable softupdates on all mounted - partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file. - -20010612: - After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing - that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice. This is due - to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints. To - work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism - until this bug is fixed. - - Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config - file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the - hints.c file, whether you want it to or not. - -20010610: - Locale names have changed to match other systems better. - -20010604: - pccard support for pci cards has been committed. You must change - your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines. It must match the irq used by - pcic device. Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this. - Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang. - - You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an - interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what - it is). - - pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being. It tells pccardd - not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before - using it. You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to - match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags. - -20010530: - INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated. If you want to do this, - use COPY=-C instead. The former method will be supported for only - a limited time. If you see - -install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together - - in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using - COPY=-C. - -20010525: - It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again. However, - there may be other problems, so caution is still urged. alpha - definitely is in bad shape. - -20010521: - Minor repo damage has happened. This may cause problems - with cvsup of ports. If you get errors, please see - http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495 - at the bottom for details on a workaround. The error message - is -Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty - -20010520: - Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current. Please be patient. - -20010519: - pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over - the past few days. Everything should still work, but if - not, please contact imp@freebsd.org. - -20010517: - ata ioctl changed. Make sure to recompile both kernel and - userland at the same time. - -20010517: - New ncurses imported. - -20010512: - DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in. Barring major problems, this - will be the only way to go starting July 1. - -20010504: - OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9. Some defaults are different, - including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no. - -20010502: - Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT. - -20010501: - Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT. - -20010430: - The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT. It is safe to - go back in the water. - -20010429: - A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT. Don't use kernels after - this date, but before the correction date. - -20010423: - old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed. - -20010411: - fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations - to directory layout. This breaks backward compatibility. - Update only if you understand that you must not use the old - fsck with the new kernel ever. - -20010330: - fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab. - Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for - details. It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary. - -20010319: - portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your - current world. /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes. nfs and - other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work - without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig. - -20010315: - ata subsystem changes. ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC - and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options. They have - been replaced by tunables. See ata.4 for details. - -20010312: - The fxp driver was converted to use miibus. If you compile - fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus. - -20010312: - The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode - instead of ad-hoc. - -20010310: - /dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now. - Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std. - ssh might not work if you don't. - -20010303: - The ed driver has been updated. It now allows mii attachments, - which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if - you use the ed driver. - -20010220: - The problems with libc have been corrected. It is now mostly - safe to go back into the water. - -20010211: - The size of FILE was changed. This breaks upgrading. If - you must upgrade, be prepared for pain. It also breaks almost - all binaries that you've compiled on -current. You are warned - that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0 - dump of your system. No, really, I mean it this time. - - To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following - workaround. Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we - don't have to move this to the updating section. - - To get around the installworld problem, do: - # cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed - # make install - # cd /usr/src - # make installworld - If that doesn't work, then try: - # make -k installworld - # make installworld - -20010207: - DEVFS is now the default. If you use vinum, make sure that you - do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result. - -20010205: - FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated. - Remove them from your config. - -20010122: - ****************************** WARNING ****************************** - buildkernel has been changed slightly - ****************************** WARNING ****************************** - KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel. You - should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly. - -20010119: - config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO. - This requires a new config to build correctly. - -20010116: - The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the - other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it - only had this line. Remove it for all other configurations. - -20010110: - Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync. - -20010102: - Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in - /etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit. - -20010101: - ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h. If you - have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core - dump while building termcap. You can work around this problem - by adding -k to your make buildworld. This will cause the - build to complete and install a new vi. Once that's done, you - can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that - might have been ignored by the -k option. - - Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your - vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports - of this working. - -20001228: - There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current. The - libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed - libcrypt is fully functional. Be aware of this. - -20001218: - Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver - now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line - in pccard.conf(5). This flag is not optional. These Linksys - cards will not be recognized without it. - -20001205: - Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked - in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version. This requires - adding the following in pam.conf: - - sshd auth sufficient pam_skey.so - sshd auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass - sshd session required pam_permit.so - -20001031: - cvs updated to 1.11. - -20001020: - The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure - that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed - /dev/random. If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig, - then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one - workaround. - -20001010: - ****************************** WARNING ****************************** - Sendmail has been updated. - ****************************** WARNING ****************************** - o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary. - o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL - is set. - o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY - commands. - o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1). - o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed - in /usr/share/sendmail/cf. - o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names - - More details can be found at - http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010 - -20001009: - The ports tree's new layout is in place. Be sure to update - your entire ports tree, or you will have problems. - -20001006: - The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses - the installed miniperl. It is recommended that you delete - /usr/bin/miniperl. - -20001005: - This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout. - It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING - file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing - lists. With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole - tree for anything to work. - -20000928: - There was a change in the passwd format. Need more information. - -20000916: - /boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken - place. Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the - same time as your kernel. - -20000914: - The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops. Failure to - include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time - when they resume. Include - device pmtimer - in your config file and - hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa" - to your /boot/device.hints file. - -20000911: - The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device, - rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have - been updated. You will need to do something similar in your - own kernel config file. - Remove: - options RANDOMDEV - Add: - device random - If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do - nothing. - -20000909: - The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to - random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to - reflect this if you load this module at boot time. - The line should read: - random_load="YES" - -20000907: - The SMPNG commit has happened. It should work, but if it - doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag. There are likely - to be a variety of minor issues. Please see 20000905 to make - sure you don't have model loading problems which might at - first blush appear related to SMP. - -20000906: - nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD. Among other things, - this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used. See - nsswitch.conf(5) instead. Note that at boot time rc.network - will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you - don't have one, and you have host.conf. - -20000905: - The ucred structure changed size. This breaks the interface - that mountd uses. Trying to use an older mountd with a newer - kernel guarantees a panic. This means that you need to use - kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you - needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes. - -20000905: - The boot loader has been updated. The new default kernel is - now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko. The new default module location - is /boot/kernel. - - You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time. - The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/ - installkernel/installworld dance. - - Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory - before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale - modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct - path, /boot/kernel. The most common complaint that this cures - is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update. - - if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then - mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old - chflags noschg /kernel.old - mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko - chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko - fi - -20000904: - A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light. - /etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases. Mergemaster will - incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than - move the old one from /etc. So you'll need to manually move the - file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and - run newaliases. For safety sake, you should stop sendmail - while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email - is not likely to be generated. - -20000825: - /boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to - succeed. You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture - into /boot/device.hints. If and only if you compile hints - into your kernel, then this file may be empty. Please note, - if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and - you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot - messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the - kernel. - -20000821: - If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and - you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to - /boot/loader.conf. - -20000812: - suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but - with permissions of 511. If you have applications that use - this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true - to /etc/make.conf. If you forget to do this, - chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl - will fix this until the next build. - -20000812: - sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0. Some of the more - visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration - include: - - New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README - - newaliases limited to root and trusted users - - MSA port (587) turned on by default - - New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9 - - FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl') - - FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured - - FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial' - - mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B - - See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info - -20000810: - suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default. You must - specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build. - Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and - /usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a - specific use for it. - -20000729: - Networking defaults have been tightened. Anybody upgrading - /etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to - /etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup - afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course): - # Enable network daemons for user convenience. - inetd_enable="YES" - portmap_enable="YES" - sendmail_enable="YES" - -20000728: - If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you - will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES". - -20000728: - The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if - you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL' - it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel - target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have - updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL - should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel - to /MYKERNEL. - -20000711: - If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get - the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check - out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read - http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt - for details on potential problems that you might have and how - to get around them. - - If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the - clauses above, you needn't worry. - -20000711: - /etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of - setuid programs that have changed. You will see a large spike - in the number of changed programs the first time when you run - mergemaster to get a new /etc/security. - -20000710: - /dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard - and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options - RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that - `randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do - not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently - lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange - errors. (see below, 20000624). - - FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto. - -20000709: - phk made the malloc default options AJ. This may slow things - down and uncover other latent bugs in the code. If you need to - run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following: - ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf - -20000706: - libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago. This - has been corrected. You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6 - before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair. It certainly - won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure. It will - break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the - interim if needed. - -20000705: - The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup. This has been done - in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at - some point in the future. Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for - details. - -20000704: - With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to - set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th. - -20000704: - rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start - or stop. This may cause some harmless warnings from older - rc.d scripts that haven't been updated. - -20000630: - The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree. - Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites, - which should be reported to des@freebsd.org. - -20000625: - From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto - system installed in order to build the system and kernel. - While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as - required and grab the crypto bits. If you are grabbing CVS - trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they - were required. You should check with the latest collections - to make sure that these haven't changed. - -20000624: - Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of - /dev/zero, et al. This is also cleaning up /dev/random. - The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD - -CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services - until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress. - openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this - date to the completion of the work. - - If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add ' - options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev - module. You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and - recreate the random and urandom devices. - -20000622: - The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause - BSD license. You may need to remove your symbolic links - that used to be required when updating. - -20000621: - Scott Flatman sent in a decent write-up on - the config file update procedure. - http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html - NOTE: LINT is gone. It has been replaced with NOTES. NOTES - isn't buildable. However, you can generate a LINT file: - cd /sys//conf && make LINT - -20000620: - Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly. As soon - as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and - that workaround will no longer be required. - -20000615: - phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the - ad driver. If you haven't done so already, you must update - your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd - devices. - - In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a - more modern version, if you haven't already done so. Modern - here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases - may work). - -20000612: - Peter took an axe to config(8). Be sure that you read his mail - on the topic before even thinking about updating. You will - need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive - to your config file to compile them in statically. The format - of the config file has changed as well. Please see GENERIC or - NEWCARD for examples of the new format. - - Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG. Unless a newer entry - says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism - in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards - in it. - -20000522: - A new set of binutils went into the tree today. Anybody - building a kernel after this point is advised that they need - to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a - buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel. - - Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf - or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core. It - is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem - is resolved. - -20000513: - The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling. - -20000510: - The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected. - This will require some care in updating alphas. A new libstand - is requires for the boot blocks to build properly. - -20000503: - Recompile all kld modules. Proper version dependency info - is now available. - -20000502: - Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and - connected to the kernel building instead. - -20000427: - You may need to build gperf - cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install - when upgrading from 4.0 -> current. The build system now uses - an option only in -current. - -20000417: - The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more - acceptable to the binutils maintainers. You will need to - rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native. One problem - binary is the Linux ldconfig. After your make world, but - before you reboot, you'll need to issue: - brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig - if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine. - -20000320: - If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they - don't work well. Use pio mode instead. The easiest way to - cope if you have a problem combination is to add: - /sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0 - to the start of /etc/rc.conf. - -20000319: - The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the - options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI. If you are using old - style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must - include the appropriate option in your kernel config. Drivers - using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with - 5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001. - -20000318: - We've entered the traditional post release dumping party. - Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the - works. It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel - in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing. - Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules - that you are loading are up to date. - -20000315: - If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you - need to update your boot blocks as well. 'disklabel -B ad0' - will do the trick. This isn't critical until you remove your - wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not - boot. - -20000315: - 4.0 RELEASE shipped. Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how - to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x. +20041016: + RELENG_5 branched here. For older entries, please see updating + in the RELENG_5 branch. COMMON ITEMS: