New release notes: bridge(4) enhancements, dump(8) progress information

in proctitle, ldd(1) -a, rtld(1) object dependency tracing, usbdevs(8) -a.

MFCs noted:  ldd(1) can be used on shlibs, BIND 8.3.1-REL, bzip-1.0.2.
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-02-18 21:09:27 +00:00
parent fd8e4ebc8c
commit 6d9533da76
2 changed files with 44 additions and 6 deletions

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enhancements and bug fixes, and are now loadable
modules. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.bridge.4; now has better support for multiple,
fully-independent bridging clusters, and is much more stable in
the presence of dynamic attachments and detatchments. Full
support for VLANs is also supported. &merged;</para>
<para>ICMP ECHO and TSTAMP replies are now rate limited. TCP RSTs
generated due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now
limited by separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has
@ -1654,6 +1659,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
the path to the <filename>/etc/dumpdates</filename> file to be
changed. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.dump.8; now supplies progress information in its
process title, useful for monitoring automated backups.</para>
<para>&man.edquota.8; now takes a <option>-f</option> option to
allow limiting the prototype quota distribution (specified with
<option>-p</option>) to a single filesystem. &merged;</para>
@ -1874,7 +1882,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
with the <option>-i</option> flag. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.ldd.1; can now be used on shared libraries, in addition
to executables.</para>
to executables. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.ldd.1; now supports a <option>-a</option> flag to list
all the objects that are needed by each loaded object.</para>
<para><filename>libc</filename> is now thread-safe by default;
<filename>libc_r</filename> contains only thread functions.</para>
@ -2203,6 +2214,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
libraries are
no longer required for USA and non-USA residents respectively. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.rtld.1; will now print the names of all objects that
cause each object to be loaded, if the
<varname>LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_ALL</varname> environment
variable is defined.</para>
<para>&man.savecore.8; now supports a <option>-k</option> option
to prevent clearing a crash dump after saving it. It also
attempts to avoid writing large stretches of zeros to crash dump
@ -2383,6 +2399,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>&man.units.1; has received some updates and bugfixes. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.usbdevs.8; now supports a <option>-d</option> flag to
show the device driver associated with each device.</para>
<para>&man.uudecode.1; now accepts a <option>-o</option> option to
set its output file.</para>
@ -2483,14 +2502,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
misconfigurations. &merged;</para>
<para><application>BIND</application> has been updated to
8.3.1-REL.</para>
8.3.1-REL. &merged;</para>
<para><application>Binutils</application> have been updated to
a 27 January 2002 snapshot from the FSF 2.12 branch.</para>
<para><application>bzip2</application> 1.0.2 has been imported; this
brings the &man.bzip2.1; program and the <filename>libbz2</filename>
library to the base system.</para>
library to the base system. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ee.1; <application>Easy Editor</application> has
been updated to 1.4.2. &merged;</para>

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@ -721,6 +721,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
enhancements and bug fixes, and are now loadable
modules. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.bridge.4; now has better support for multiple,
fully-independent bridging clusters, and is much more stable in
the presence of dynamic attachments and detatchments. Full
support for VLANs is also supported. &merged;</para>
<para>ICMP ECHO and TSTAMP replies are now rate limited. TCP RSTs
generated due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now
limited by separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has
@ -1654,6 +1659,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
the path to the <filename>/etc/dumpdates</filename> file to be
changed. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.dump.8; now supplies progress information in its
process title, useful for monitoring automated backups.</para>
<para>&man.edquota.8; now takes a <option>-f</option> option to
allow limiting the prototype quota distribution (specified with
<option>-p</option>) to a single filesystem. &merged;</para>
@ -1874,7 +1882,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
with the <option>-i</option> flag. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.ldd.1; can now be used on shared libraries, in addition
to executables.</para>
to executables. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.ldd.1; now supports a <option>-a</option> flag to list
all the objects that are needed by each loaded object.</para>
<para><filename>libc</filename> is now thread-safe by default;
<filename>libc_r</filename> contains only thread functions.</para>
@ -2203,6 +2214,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
libraries are
no longer required for USA and non-USA residents respectively. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.rtld.1; will now print the names of all objects that
cause each object to be loaded, if the
<varname>LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_ALL</varname> environment
variable is defined.</para>
<para>&man.savecore.8; now supports a <option>-k</option> option
to prevent clearing a crash dump after saving it. It also
attempts to avoid writing large stretches of zeros to crash dump
@ -2383,6 +2399,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>&man.units.1; has received some updates and bugfixes. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.usbdevs.8; now supports a <option>-d</option> flag to
show the device driver associated with each device.</para>
<para>&man.uudecode.1; now accepts a <option>-o</option> option to
set its output file.</para>
@ -2483,14 +2502,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
misconfigurations. &merged;</para>
<para><application>BIND</application> has been updated to
8.3.1-REL.</para>
8.3.1-REL. &merged;</para>
<para><application>Binutils</application> have been updated to
a 27 January 2002 snapshot from the FSF 2.12 branch.</para>
<para><application>bzip2</application> 1.0.2 has been imported; this
brings the &man.bzip2.1; program and the <filename>libbz2</filename>
library to the base system.</para>
library to the base system. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ee.1; <application>Easy Editor</application> has
been updated to 1.4.2. &merged;</para>