New release notes: NSS modules, port distfile refetches.

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Bruce A. Mah 2003-04-19 06:11:37 +00:00
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to prevent system overloads caused by starting several
compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support
for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be
statically built into <filename>libc</filename> or dynamically
loaded via &man.dlopen.3;. They are loaded/initialized at
configuration time (i.e. when &man.nsdispatch.3; is called and
&man.nsswitch.conf.5; is read or re-read).</para>
<para>A new &man.pam.chroot.8; module has been added, which does a
&man.chroot.2; operation for users into either a predetermined
directory or one derived from their home directory.</para>
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change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports
tree. &merged;</para>
<para>When fetching distfiles for building a port, the
<varname>FETCH_REGET</varname> <filename>Makefile</filename>
variable can be used to specify the number of times to try
continuing to fetch a distfile if it fails its MD5 checksum.
The port infrastructure also supports re-fetching interrupted
distfiles.</para>
<para>&man.pkg.create.1; now supports a <option>-C</option>
option, which allows packages to register a list of other
packages with which they conflict. They will refuse to install

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to prevent system overloads caused by starting several
compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support
for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be
statically built into <filename>libc</filename> or dynamically
loaded via &man.dlopen.3;. They are loaded/initialized at
configuration time (i.e. when &man.nsdispatch.3; is called and
&man.nsswitch.conf.5; is read or re-read).</para>
<para>A new &man.pam.chroot.8; module has been added, which does a
&man.chroot.2; operation for users into either a predetermined
directory or one derived from their home directory.</para>
@ -747,6 +754,13 @@
change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports
tree. &merged;</para>
<para>When fetching distfiles for building a port, the
<varname>FETCH_REGET</varname> <filename>Makefile</filename>
variable can be used to specify the number of times to try
continuing to fetch a distfile if it fails its MD5 checksum.
The port infrastructure also supports re-fetching interrupted
distfiles.</para>
<para>&man.pkg.create.1; now supports a <option>-C</option>
option, which allows packages to register a list of other
packages with which they conflict. They will refuse to install