New release notes: libalias as kernel module, ng_nat(4), sed(1) -l,

ATA mkIII, chflags(1) -h, kldstat(8) -m, what(1) -q, GNU grep patches
from Fedora.
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Bruce A. Mah 2005-05-20 04:19:56 +00:00
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network protocol stack and improving the locking
strategies.</para>
<para>The <filename>libalias</filename> library can now be built
as a kernel module.</para>
<para>A new &man.ng.ipfw.4; NetGraph node provides
a simple interface between the &man.ipfw.4; and &man.netgraph.4;
facilities.</para>
<para>A new &man.ng.nat.4; NetGraph node has been added to
perform NAT functions.</para>
<para>A new &man.ng.netflow.4; NetGraph node allows a router
running &os; to do NetFlow version 5 exports. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.sed.1; now supports a <option>-l</option> option to
make its output line-buffered.</para>
<para>The &man.sppp.4; driver now includes Frame Relay
support. &merged;</para>
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ARC-12<replaceable>xx</replaceable> series of SATA RAID
controllers. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; family of drivers has been overhauled and
updated. It has been split into modules that can be loaded
and unloaded independently (the <filename>atapci</filename>
and <filename>ata</filename> modules are prerequesites for the
device subdrivers, which are <filename>atadisk</filename>,
<filename>atapicd</filename>, <filename>atapifd</filename>,
<filename>atapist</filename>, and
<filename>ataraid</filename>). On supported SATA controllers,
devices can be hot inserted/removed. ATA RAID support has
been rewritten and supports a number of new metadata formats.
The <filename>atapicd</filename> driver no longer supports CD
changers. This update has been referred to as <quote>ATA
mkIII</quote>.</para>
<para>The SHSEC GEOM class has been added. It provides for the
sharing of a secret between multiple GEOM providers. All of
these providers must be present in order to reveal the
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&man.memcpy.3;, &man.memmove.3;, &man.memset.3;, &man.strcat.3;
and &man.strcpy.3; have been implemented.</para>
<para>The &man.chflags.1; utility now supports the
<option>-h</option> flag, which supports changing flags on
symbolic links.</para>
<para>The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses the <literal>212</literal>
and <literal>213</literal> status codes for directory
and file status correctly (<literal>211</literal> was used in
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indicating the correct full form when one of these abbreviations
is detected.</para>
<para>The &man.kldstat.8; utility now supports a
<option>-m</option> option to return the status of a specific
kernel module.</para>
<para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has
been changed to be machine-independent.</para>
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connection, has been added. It was obtained from
OpenBSD. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.what.1; now support a <option>-q</option> flag, which
causes it to print matching text, but not format it.</para>
<para>&man.whois.1; now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag
for querying <hostid role="fqdn">whois.krnic.net</hostid>
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<para><application>FILE</application> has been updated from 4.10
to 4.12.</para>
<para>A number of bug fixes and performance enhancements have been
added to <application>GNU grep</application> in the form of
patches from Fedora's grep-2.5.1-48 source RPM.</para>
<para><application>GNU readline</application> has been updated from
version 4.3 to version 5.0.</para>

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network protocol stack and improving the locking
strategies.</para>
<para>The <filename>libalias</filename> library can now be built
as a kernel module.</para>
<para>A new &man.ng.ipfw.4; NetGraph node provides
a simple interface between the &man.ipfw.4; and &man.netgraph.4;
facilities.</para>
<para>A new &man.ng.nat.4; NetGraph node has been added to
perform NAT functions.</para>
<para>A new &man.ng.netflow.4; NetGraph node allows a router
running &os; to do NetFlow version 5 exports. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.sed.1; now supports a <option>-l</option> option to
make its output line-buffered.</para>
<para>The &man.sppp.4; driver now includes Frame Relay
support. &merged;</para>
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ARC-12<replaceable>xx</replaceable> series of SATA RAID
controllers. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; family of drivers has been overhauled and
updated. It has been split into modules that can be loaded
and unloaded independently (the <filename>atapci</filename>
and <filename>ata</filename> modules are prerequesites for the
device subdrivers, which are <filename>atadisk</filename>,
<filename>atapicd</filename>, <filename>atapifd</filename>,
<filename>atapist</filename>, and
<filename>ataraid</filename>). On supported SATA controllers,
devices can be hot inserted/removed. ATA RAID support has
been rewritten and supports a number of new metadata formats.
The <filename>atapicd</filename> driver no longer supports CD
changers. This update has been referred to as <quote>ATA
mkIII</quote>.</para>
<para>The SHSEC GEOM class has been added. It provides for the
sharing of a secret between multiple GEOM providers. All of
these providers must be present in order to reveal the
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&man.memcpy.3;, &man.memmove.3;, &man.memset.3;, &man.strcat.3;
and &man.strcpy.3; have been implemented.</para>
<para>The &man.chflags.1; utility now supports the
<option>-h</option> flag, which supports changing flags on
symbolic links.</para>
<para>The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses the <literal>212</literal>
and <literal>213</literal> status codes for directory
and file status correctly (<literal>211</literal> was used in
@ -801,6 +828,10 @@
indicating the correct full form when one of these abbreviations
is detected.</para>
<para>The &man.kldstat.8; utility now supports a
<option>-m</option> option to return the status of a specific
kernel module.</para>
<para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has
been changed to be machine-independent.</para>
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connection, has been added. It was obtained from
OpenBSD. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.what.1; now support a <option>-q</option> flag, which
causes it to print matching text, but not format it.</para>
<para>&man.whois.1; now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag
for querying <hostid role="fqdn">whois.krnic.net</hostid>
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<para><application>FILE</application> has been updated from 4.10
to 4.12.</para>
<para>A number of bug fixes and performance enhancements have been
added to <application>GNU grep</application> in the form of
patches from Fedora's grep-2.5.1-48 source RPM.</para>
<para><application>GNU readline</application> has been updated from
version 4.3 to version 5.0.</para>