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New release notes: Background fsck(8) summary recomputation (+MFC),

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newfs(8) snapshot warning (+MFC), newsyslog(8) -N, systat(1) -netstat
IPv6-ware (+MFC), merged install/fixit CDROMs (+MFC).

MFCs noted:  IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED, strftime(3) GNU extensions,
rc.conf(5) tmpmfs_flags and varmfs_flags.
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behavior for locally generated packets and allows redirection of
packets destined to locally configured IP addresses.
Note that &man.ipfw.8; rules have to be carefully crafted to
make sure that things like PMTU discovery do not break.</para>
make sure that things like PMTU discovery do not break. &merged;</para>
<para>Ongoing work is reducing the use of the Giant lock by the
network protocol stack and improving the locking
@ -487,6 +487,15 @@
<para>The autofs(9) file system and the userland library
&man.libautofs.3; have been added.</para>
<para>Recomputing the summary information for
<quote>dirty</quote> UFS and UFS2 file systems is no longer
done at mount time, but is now done by background
&man.fsck.8;. This change improves the startup speed when
mounting large file systems after a crash. The prior behavior
can be restored by setting the
<varname>vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount</varname> sysctl
variable to a non-zero value. &merged;</para>
<para>A kernel panic in the NFS server has been fixed. More
details can be found in errata note
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs.asc">FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs</ulink>.
@ -592,12 +601,20 @@
on memory or vnode file systems that will not require snapshot
support. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.newfs.8; utility now emits a warning when creating
a UFS or UFS2 file system that cannot support snapshots. This
situation can occur in the case of very large file systems with
small block sizes. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports
a <option>-d</option> option to specify an alternate root for log files
similar to <varname>DESTDIR</varname> in the BSD make process.
This only affects log file paths, not configuration file (<option>-f</option>)
or archive directory (<option>-a</option>) paths.</para>
<para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports a
<option>-N</option> that causes it not to rotate any files.</para>
<para>The <literal>NO_NIS</literal> compile-time knob for userland
has been added. As its name implies, enabling this
<filename>Makefile</filename> variable will cause NIS support to
@ -648,7 +665,7 @@
<para>The &man.strftime.3; function now supports some GNU extensions
such as <literal>-</literal> (no padding),
<literal>_</literal> (use space as padding),
and <literal>0</literal> (zero padding).</para>
and <literal>0</literal> (zero padding). &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para>
@ -660,6 +677,9 @@
run out of buffer space due to a
local denial-of-service attack. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.systat.1; <option>-netstat</option> display is now
IPv6-aware. &merged;<para>
<para>The <option>-f</option> option of &man.tail.1; utility
now supports more than one file at a time. &merged;</para>
@ -718,7 +738,7 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
These can be used to pass extra options to the &man.mdmfs.8; utility,
to customize the finer details of the &man.md.4; file system creation,
such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner
for the file system, and so on.</para>
for the file system, and so on. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@ -798,6 +818,20 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<sect2 id="releng">
<title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
<para>In prior &os; releases, the <filename>disc1</filename>
CD-ROM (or ISO image) was a bootable installation disk
containing the base system, ports tree, and common packages.
The <filename>disc2</filename> CD-ROM (or ISO image) was a
bootable <quote>fix it</quote> disk with a live filesystem, to
be used for making emergency repairs. This layout has now
changed. For all architectures except ia64, the
<filename>disc1</filename> image now contains the base system
distribution files, ports tree, and the live filesystem, making
it suitable for both an initial installation and repair
purposes. (On the ia64, the live filesystem is on a separate
disk due to its size.) Packages appear on separate
disks. &merged;</para>
<para>The supported version of the
<application>GNOME</application> desktop environment has been
updated from 2.6.2 to 2.8.3. &merged;

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behavior for locally generated packets and allows redirection of
packets destined to locally configured IP addresses.
Note that &man.ipfw.8; rules have to be carefully crafted to
make sure that things like PMTU discovery do not break.</para>
make sure that things like PMTU discovery do not break. &merged;</para>
<para>Ongoing work is reducing the use of the Giant lock by the
network protocol stack and improving the locking
@ -487,6 +487,15 @@
<para>The autofs(9) file system and the userland library
&man.libautofs.3; have been added.</para>
<para>Recomputing the summary information for
<quote>dirty</quote> UFS and UFS2 file systems is no longer
done at mount time, but is now done by background
&man.fsck.8;. This change improves the startup speed when
mounting large file systems after a crash. The prior behavior
can be restored by setting the
<varname>vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount</varname> sysctl
variable to a non-zero value. &merged;</para>
<para>A kernel panic in the NFS server has been fixed. More
details can be found in errata note
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs.asc">FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs</ulink>.
@ -592,12 +601,20 @@
on memory or vnode file systems that will not require snapshot
support. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.newfs.8; utility now emits a warning when creating
a UFS or UFS2 file system that cannot support snapshots. This
situation can occur in the case of very large file systems with
small block sizes. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports
a <option>-d</option> option to specify an alternate root for log files
similar to <varname>DESTDIR</varname> in the BSD make process.
This only affects log file paths, not configuration file (<option>-f</option>)
or archive directory (<option>-a</option>) paths.</para>
<para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports a
<option>-N</option> that causes it not to rotate any files.</para>
<para>The <literal>NO_NIS</literal> compile-time knob for userland
has been added. As its name implies, enabling this
<filename>Makefile</filename> variable will cause NIS support to
@ -648,7 +665,7 @@
<para>The &man.strftime.3; function now supports some GNU extensions
such as <literal>-</literal> (no padding),
<literal>_</literal> (use space as padding),
and <literal>0</literal> (zero padding).</para>
and <literal>0</literal> (zero padding). &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para>
@ -660,6 +677,9 @@
run out of buffer space due to a
local denial-of-service attack. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.systat.1; <option>-netstat</option> display is now
IPv6-aware. &merged;<para>
<para>The <option>-f</option> option of &man.tail.1; utility
now supports more than one file at a time. &merged;</para>
@ -718,7 +738,7 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
These can be used to pass extra options to the &man.mdmfs.8; utility,
to customize the finer details of the &man.md.4; file system creation,
such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner
for the file system, and so on.</para>
for the file system, and so on. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@ -798,6 +818,20 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<sect2 id="releng">
<title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
<para>In prior &os; releases, the <filename>disc1</filename>
CD-ROM (or ISO image) was a bootable installation disk
containing the base system, ports tree, and common packages.
The <filename>disc2</filename> CD-ROM (or ISO image) was a
bootable <quote>fix it</quote> disk with a live filesystem, to
be used for making emergency repairs. This layout has now
changed. For all architectures except ia64, the
<filename>disc1</filename> image now contains the base system
distribution files, ports tree, and the live filesystem, making
it suitable for both an initial installation and repair
purposes. (On the ia64, the live filesystem is on a separate
disk due to its size.) Packages appear on separate
disks. &merged;</para>
<para>The supported version of the
<application>GNOME</application> desktop environment has been
updated from 2.6.2 to 2.8.3. &merged;