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UPDATING / RELNOTES: Document new regcomp(3) behavior

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This is a breaking change that had a not-insignificant impact in ports, it
is worth documenting it well.
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@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ newline. Entries should be separated by a newline.
Changes to this file should not be MFCed. Changes to this file should not be MFCed.
r363679:
Applications using regex(3), e.g. sed/grep, will no longer accept
redundant escapes for most ordinary characters.
r363253: r363253:
SCTP support has been removed from GENERIC kernel configurations. SCTP support has been removed from GENERIC kernel configurations.
The SCTP stack is now built as sctp.ko and can be dynamically loaded. The SCTP stack is now built as sctp.ko and can be dynamically loaded.

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@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20200729:
r363679 has redefined some undefined behavior in regcomp(3); notably,
extraneous escapes of most ordinary characters will no longer be
accepted. An exp-run has identified all of the problems with this in
ports, but other non-ports software may need extra escapes removed to
continue to function.
20200627: 20200627:
A new implementation of bc and dc has been imorted in r362681. This A new implementation of bc and dc has been imorted in r362681. This
implementation corrects non-conformant behavior of the previous bc implementation corrects non-conformant behavior of the previous bc