New release notes: Perl deletion (along with a caution that some work
is still ongoing), catman(1) rewrite, makewhatis(1) rewrite, spkrtest(8) rewrite. Modified release note: killall(1) for markup. Deleted release notes: Perl upgrade, style.perl(7) manpage, one note about killall(1) was obsolete.
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@ -1834,6 +1834,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<para>&man.cat.1; now has the ability to read from UNIX-domain
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sockets. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.catman.1; is now a C program, instead of a
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Perl script.</para>
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<para>&man.cdcontrol.1; now supports a <literal>cdid</literal>
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command, which calculates and displays the CD serial number,
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using the same algorithm used by the CDDB
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@ -2208,11 +2211,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<para>&man.killall.1; is now a C program, rather than a Perl
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script. As a result, its <option>-m</option> option now uses
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the regular expression syntax of &man.regex.3;, rather than that
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of &man.perl.1;. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.killall.1; now allows non-root users to kill SUID root
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processes that they started, the same as the Perl version
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did. &merged;</para>
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of Perl. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.killall.1; no longer tries to kill zombie processes
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unless the <option>-z</option> flag is specified.</para>
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@ -2386,6 +2385,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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to <varname>CFLAGS</varname> in a relatively compiler-neutral
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manner. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.makewhatis.1; is now a C program, instead of a
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Perl script.</para>
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<para>&man.man.1; is no longer installed SUID
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<username>man</username>, in order to reduce vulnerabilities
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associated with generating <quote>catpages</quote> (preformatted
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@ -2738,6 +2740,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<option>-l</option> flags for listing connected and listening
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sockets, respectively. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.spkrtest.8; is now a &man.sh.1; script, rather than a
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Perl script.</para>
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<para>&man.split.1; now has the ability to split a file longer
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than 2GB. &merged;</para>
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@ -2759,9 +2764,6 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<keycap>Backspace</keycap> keys can be used to erase
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characters. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.style.perl.7;, a style guide for Perl code in the &os;
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base system, has been added. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.su.1; now uses <application>PAM</application> for
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authentication.</para>
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@ -3158,8 +3160,25 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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replaced the functionality of
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<application>S/Key</application>.</para>
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<para><application>Perl</application> has been updated to version
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5.6.1.</para>
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<para><application>Perl</application> has been removed from the
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&os; base system. It can still be installed from the &os;
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Ports Collection or as a binary package; moving it out of the
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base system will make future upgrades and maintenence easier.
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To reduce the dependence of the base system on
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Perl, many utilities have been
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rewritten as shell scripts or C programs (specific notes are
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made for each affected utility).
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<filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename> is now a
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<quote>wrapper</quote> program, so that programs expecting to
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find a Perl interpreter there will
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be able to function correctly.
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<warning>
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<para>The Perl removal and
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package integration work is ongoing.</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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<para>&man.routed.8; has been updated to version
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2.22. &merged;</para>
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@ -1834,6 +1834,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<para>&man.cat.1; now has the ability to read from UNIX-domain
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sockets. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.catman.1; is now a C program, instead of a
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Perl script.</para>
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<para>&man.cdcontrol.1; now supports a <literal>cdid</literal>
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command, which calculates and displays the CD serial number,
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using the same algorithm used by the CDDB
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@ -2208,11 +2211,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<para>&man.killall.1; is now a C program, rather than a Perl
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script. As a result, its <option>-m</option> option now uses
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the regular expression syntax of &man.regex.3;, rather than that
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of &man.perl.1;. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.killall.1; now allows non-root users to kill SUID root
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processes that they started, the same as the Perl version
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did. &merged;</para>
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of Perl. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.killall.1; no longer tries to kill zombie processes
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unless the <option>-z</option> flag is specified.</para>
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@ -2386,6 +2385,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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to <varname>CFLAGS</varname> in a relatively compiler-neutral
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manner. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.makewhatis.1; is now a C program, instead of a
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Perl script.</para>
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<para>&man.man.1; is no longer installed SUID
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<username>man</username>, in order to reduce vulnerabilities
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associated with generating <quote>catpages</quote> (preformatted
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@ -2738,6 +2740,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<option>-l</option> flags for listing connected and listening
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sockets, respectively. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.spkrtest.8; is now a &man.sh.1; script, rather than a
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Perl script.</para>
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<para>&man.split.1; now has the ability to split a file longer
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than 2GB. &merged;</para>
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@ -2759,9 +2764,6 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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<keycap>Backspace</keycap> keys can be used to erase
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characters. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.style.perl.7;, a style guide for Perl code in the &os;
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base system, has been added. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.su.1; now uses <application>PAM</application> for
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authentication.</para>
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@ -3158,8 +3160,25 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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replaced the functionality of
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<application>S/Key</application>.</para>
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<para><application>Perl</application> has been updated to version
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5.6.1.</para>
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<para><application>Perl</application> has been removed from the
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&os; base system. It can still be installed from the &os;
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Ports Collection or as a binary package; moving it out of the
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base system will make future upgrades and maintenence easier.
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To reduce the dependence of the base system on
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Perl, many utilities have been
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rewritten as shell scripts or C programs (specific notes are
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made for each affected utility).
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<filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename> is now a
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<quote>wrapper</quote> program, so that programs expecting to
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find a Perl interpreter there will
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be able to function correctly.
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<warning>
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<para>The Perl removal and
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package integration work is ongoing.</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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<para>&man.routed.8; has been updated to version
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2.22. &merged;</para>
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