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New release notes: timed(8) fix (FreeBSD-SA-01:28), rwhod(8) fix

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(FreeBSD-SA-01:29), Heimdal 0.3 update, pkg_sign(1) and pkg_check(1)
added, BSD_daemon graphics.

Many MFCs for RELENG_4 noted as well.
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Bruce A. Mah 2001-03-19 20:23:53 +00:00
parent 41fd0c09eb
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@ -143,10 +143,11 @@ and Maestro-2e; Forte Media fm801, ESS Maestro-2e, and VIA
Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some
other updates. [MERGED] A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has
been added, however due to the amount of GPL firmware included, it
will only be built as a module. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster
8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver.
A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED]
will only be built as a module. [MERGED] Separate drivers for the
SoundBlaster 8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified
driver. [MERGED] A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips
has been added. A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been
added. [MERGED]
Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be
set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still
@ -406,6 +407,14 @@ securely. [MERGED]
A bug in ICMP that could cause an attacker to disrupt TCP and UDP
"sessions" has been corrected. [MERGED]
A bug in timed(8), which caused it to crash if send certain malformed
packets, has been corrected (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:28). [MERGED]
A bug in rwhod(8), which caused it to crash if send certain malformed
packets, has been corrected (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:29). [MERGED]
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@ -421,7 +430,7 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable.
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. [MERGED]
The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
@ -456,7 +465,7 @@ SRM does not support USB devices at the moment, so you must still use
an AT keyboard if you are not using a serial console. [MERGED]
The csh(1) shell has been replaced by tcsh(1), although it can still
be run as csh(1). [MERGED] tcsh has been updated to version 6.10.
be run as csh(1). tcsh has been updated to version 6.10. [MERGED]
The more(1) command has been replaced by less(1), although it can still
be run as more(1). [MERGED]
@ -631,7 +640,7 @@ IP Filter is now supported by the rc.conf(5) boot-time configuration
and initialization. [MERGED]
The lastlogin(1) utility, which prints the last login time of each
user, has been imported from NetBSD.
user, has been imported from NetBSD. [MERGED]
newfs(1) now implements write combining, which can make creation of
new filesystems up to seven times faster. [MERGED]
@ -690,7 +699,7 @@ lpr(1), lpq(1), and lpd(8) have received a few minor
enhancements. [MERGED]
pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their
dependencies, has been added.
dependencies, has been added. [MERGED]
pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages.
The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular
@ -701,7 +710,9 @@ with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface.
rdist(1) has been retired.
Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5.
Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5. [MERGED]
Heimdal has been updated to 0.3e. [MERGED]
ppp(8) has gained the tcpmssfixup option, which adjusts outgoing TCP
SYN packets so that the maximum receive segment size is no larger than
@ -781,7 +792,7 @@ expressions. [MERGED]
tftpd(8) now takes the -c and -C options, which allow the server to
chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1)
and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks.
and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks. [MERGED]
vidcontrol(1) now accepts a -g parameter to select custom text
geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. [MERGED]
@ -807,7 +818,7 @@ present in FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE. [MERGED]
savecore(8) now supports a -k option to prevent clearing a crash dump
after saving it. It also attempts to avoid writing large stretches of
zeros to crash dump files to save space and time.
zeros to crash dump files to save space and time. [MERGED]
When requested to delete multiple packages, pkg_delete(1) will now
attempt to remove them in dependency order rather than the order
@ -815,13 +826,13 @@ specified on the command line. [MERGED]
pkg_delete(1) now can perform glob/regexp matching of package names.
In addition, it supports the -a option for removing all packages and
the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation.
the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation. [MERGED]
tar(1) now supports the TAR_RSH variable, principally to enable the
use of ssh(1) as a transport. [MERGED]
disklabel(8) now supports partition sizes expressed in kilobytes,
megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors. [MERGED]
The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
improved to provide less biased results.
@ -834,12 +845,12 @@ given group.
The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of
processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as
OpenSSL.
OpenSSL. [MERGED]
The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now
ssh, rather than rsh.
ssh, rather than rsh. [MERGED]
bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06.
bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06. [MERGED]
ipfstat(8) now supports the -t option to turn on a top(1)-like
display. [MERGED]
@ -848,6 +859,13 @@ The dreaded 'going nowhere without my init' bug that manifested itself
while installing on hardware that had labeled disks connected (e.g.
with Tru64 on it) has been fixed.
pkg_sign(1) and pkg_check(1) have been added to digitally sign and
verify the signatures on binary package files. [MERGED]
/usr/src/share/examples/BSD_daemon/ now contains a scalable Beastie
graphic. [MERGED]
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------

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release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
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@ -166,10 +166,11 @@ and Maestro-2e; Forte Media fm801, ESS Maestro-2e, and VIA
Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some
other updates. [MERGED] A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has
been added, however due to the amount of GPL firmware included, it
will only be built as a module. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster
8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver.
A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED]
will only be built as a module. [MERGED] Separate drivers for the
SoundBlaster 8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified
driver. [MERGED] A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips
has been added. A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been
added. [MERGED]
Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be
set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still
@ -481,6 +482,14 @@ securely. [MERGED]
A bug in ICMP that could cause an attacker to disrupt TCP and UDP
"sessions" has been corrected. [MERGED]
A bug in timed(8), which caused it to crash if send certain malformed
packets, has been corrected (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:28). [MERGED]
A bug in rwhod(8), which caused it to crash if send certain malformed
packets, has been corrected (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:29). [MERGED]
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@ -496,7 +505,7 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable.
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. [MERGED]
The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
@ -538,7 +547,7 @@ length (1024 bytes). As a result, several userland changes were made to
cope with MBR boot loaders of varying sizes. [MERGED]
The csh(1) shell has been replaced by tcsh(1), although it can still
be run as csh(1). [MERGED] tcsh has been updated to version 6.10.
be run as csh(1). tcsh has been updated to version 6.10. [MERGED]
The more(1) command has been replaced by less(1), although it can still
be run as more(1). [MERGED]
@ -725,7 +734,7 @@ IP Filter is now supported by the rc.conf(5) boot-time configuration
and initialization. [MERGED]
The lastlogin(1) utility, which prints the last login time of each
user, has been imported from NetBSD.
user, has been imported from NetBSD. [MERGED]
newfs(1) now implements write combining, which can make creation of
new filesystems up to seven times faster. [MERGED]
@ -783,7 +792,7 @@ lpr(1), lpq(1), and lpd(8) have received a few minor
enhancements. [MERGED]
pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their
dependencies, has been added.
dependencies, has been added. [MERGED]
pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages.
The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular
@ -794,7 +803,9 @@ with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface.
rdist(1) has been retired.
Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5.
Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5. [MERGED]
Heimdal has been updated to 0.3e. [MERGED]
ppp(8) has gained the tcpmssfixup option, which adjusts outgoing TCP
SYN packets so that the maximum receive segment size is no larger than
@ -874,7 +885,7 @@ expressions. [MERGED]
tftpd(8) now takes the -c and -C options, which allow the server to
chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1)
and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks.
and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks. [MERGED]
vidcontrol(1) now accepts a -g parameter to select custom text
geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. [MERGED]
@ -900,7 +911,7 @@ present in FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE. [MERGED]
savecore(8) now supports a -k option to prevent clearing a crash dump
after saving it. It also attempts to avoid writing large stretches of
zeros to crash dump files to save space and time.
zeros to crash dump files to save space and time. [MERGED]
When requested to delete multiple packages, pkg_delete(1) will now
attempt to remove them in dependency order rather than the order
@ -908,13 +919,13 @@ specified on the command line. [MERGED]
pkg_delete(1) now can perform glob/regexp matching of package names.
In addition, it supports the -a option for removing all packages and
the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation.
the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation. [MERGED]
tar(1) now supports the TAR_RSH variable, principally to enable the
use of ssh(1) as a transport. [MERGED]
disklabel(8) now supports partition sizes expressed in kilobytes,
megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors. [MERGED]
The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
improved to provide less biased results.
@ -927,16 +938,22 @@ given group.
The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of
processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as
OpenSSL.
OpenSSL. [MERGED]
The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now
ssh, rather than rsh.
ssh, rather than rsh. [MERGED]
bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06.
bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06. [MERGED]
ipfstat(8) now supports the -t option to turn on a top(1)-like
display. [MERGED]
pkg_sign(1) and pkg_check(1) have been added to digitally sign and
verify the signatures on binary package files. [MERGED]
/usr/src/share/examples/BSD_daemon/ now contains a scalable Beastie
graphic. [MERGED]
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------