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New release notes: ddb(4) capture, ddb(4) scripting, textdump(4),

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ncurses 5.6-20071222, tzdata2007k.

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<year>2005</year>
<year>2006</year>
<year>2007</year>
<year>2008</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
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<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para></para>
<para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture
facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured
to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or
a textdump. The new <command>capture</command> command controls
this feature.</para>
<para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting
facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a
set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can be managed from
within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8;
utility. More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual
page.</para>
<para>The kernel now supports a new textdump format of kernel
dumps. A textdump provides higher-level information via
mechanically generated/extracted debugging output, rather than a
simple memory dump. This facility can be used to generate brief
kernel bug reports that are rich in debugging information, but
are not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely
synchronized source code. More information can be found in the
&man.textdump.4; manual page.</para>
<sect3 id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
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<para><application>less</application> has been updated from
v408 to v416.</para>
<para><application>ncurses</application> has been updated from
5.6-20061217 to 5.6-20071222.</para>
<para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from
8.14.1 to 8.14.2. &merged;</para>
<para>The timezone database has been updated from
the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to
the <application>tzdata2007k</application> release.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ports">