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problems discussed in -current up through approx april 7th. Those more in the know please read these changes and send me corrections. I've only hit a few of the cases, not all of them, so my reporting is second hand at best.
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Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
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This file is maintained by imp@village.org. Please send new entries
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to him. See end of file for further details.
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1990408:
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In recent days egcs has been imported into the tree. A number
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of problems have been discussed in -current. Here is a highlight
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of a few of the more common ones. With the exception of make
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-j n, they have been claimed to have been fixed.
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c++ is broken after make world: This is correct. Because we
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changed compilers two make worlds are necessary to get C++
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working again. The code generated by the old compiler and new
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compiler are not compatible, so things wind up being
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undefined.
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cpp is broken in make world: There was a window where cpp
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would be built incorrectly. The fix for this is
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cd src/sys/gnu/usr.bin/cc
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make clean
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make all
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make install
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and this should correct your problems. See the -current
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archives for a version of this that does moer cleaning.
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Make -j n doesn't work. Work contiunes to make this work,
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I've seen no reports of success as of April 7th.
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19990316:
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The name of the old wd.c and atapi.c based CDROM driver has
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been changed back to wcd. So update your config file to use
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"device wcd" instead of "device acd".
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19990314:
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For those of you using the VN device as a loadable module,
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please be aware that the new VN device has been committed to
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-4.x and cannot yet be used as a loadable module. This will
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be fixed in the future.
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19990309:
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New loader.rc mechanism. Please see src/sys/boot/README for
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details.
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19990225:
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struct proc size changed. Recompile kernel and the
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usual suspects. Make world if in doubt.
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19990214:
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The nlpt driver has changed names back to be the lpt driver.
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See ppbus(4) or http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/ppbus.html
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for proper configuration details.
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19990210:
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The 'lpt' driver is now obsolete. Replace it with the 'nlpt'
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driver and 'ppbus' controller combination.
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19990209:
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New devstat API requires recompilation of libdevstat, systat,
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iostat, vmstat and rpc.rstatd. A new kernel is also required.
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make world + building a kernel should do all of this. Any
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ports that use devstat need to be recompiled as well.
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19990125:
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Linux threads options has gone away (they are now standard in
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the FreeBSD kernel). A recompile of all libkvm using programs
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is in order (or better yet a make world).
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19990122:
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On or about this date there was a small window when the boot
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blocks had some minor problems which seemed to force one to
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edit /etc/fstab. This has been corrected, if you are seeing this
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problem, please rebuild and reinstall your boot blocks.
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19990121:
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Vinum has changed. The "vinum read" command has changed. For
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updates, please see
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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=800363+0+current/freebsd-current
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for details.
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Matt Dillon committed a boatload of VM changes, for
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information please see
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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=886676+0+current/freebsd-current
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or
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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=827400+0+current/freebsd-current
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for details. These changes will likely not impact anybody,
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but large chagnes to the VM need at least a heads up.
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19990120:
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Stable branch created. You might want to consider using this
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branch. It is tagged with RELENG_3.
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19990119:
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More work on the syscons driver has been committed. Since
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files moved around, you will need to reconfigure your kernel,
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and make clean; make depend before rebuilding the kernel. No
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config file changes are needed.
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19990111:
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New keyboard and video card drivers are introduced as the first
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stage of console driver reorganization. You are required to
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update the kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.
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kbdcontrol, vidcontrol, and screen savers also need recompilation.
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The instruction can be found in
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http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt
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It has notes on splash screen too.
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19990106:
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Robert Nordier was kind enough to make this page to enable people to
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install the new bootblocks:
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http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt
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When updating to ELF, make sure that you have updated your
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/etc/rc files which have different ldconfig invocations for
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elf and aout. Otherwise things like X will stop working with
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messages about being unable to find library files. The
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mergemaster utility in ports/sysutils/mergemaster helps to
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keep critical files like this in sync, and its use is
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recommended.
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19990104:
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Information about ELF day (see 19981230) can be found in
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http://www.freebsd.org/~peter/elfday.html
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about the upcoming change, its motivations and instructions
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for doing the upgrade.
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19981230:
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You should install new bootblocks now. The ELF kernel will
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become default soon. In addition, you'll need to upgrade
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your userland programs to ELF before then as well. Use
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make aout-to-elf to upgrade your userland programs (old
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a.out programs in, for example, /usr/local/bin will
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continue to work, even after the upgrade). See src/Makefile
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for more details.
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19981224:
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The old wcd driver has been deleted from the kernel. The
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driver that replaces it is named acd. You'll need to change
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this in your configuration files.
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Failure to do this will result in "ATAPI CD-ROMs not
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configured" at boot time.
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The floppy tape driver (ft) has been removed from the kernel,
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with no replacement driver.
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19981202:
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New groups from 19981201 commented out of mtree, so they
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aren't strictly needed, but still a good idea to have.
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19981201:
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New user/group added: bind. From src/etc/master.passwd and
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src/etc/group:
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% grep <newstuff> /usr/src/etc/group
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bind:*:53:
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% grep <newstuff> /usr/src/etc/master.passwd
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tty:*:4:65533::0:0:Tty Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
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kmem:*:5:65533::0:0:KMem Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
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bind:*:53:53::0:0:Bind Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
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19981118:
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PAM integrated into the tree. Requires new /etc/pam.conf file
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to silence warnings from authentication programs (login, etc).
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See src/etc/pam.conf for a sample.
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This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
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breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here,
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and it only starts on Novemeber 18, 1998. If you have an earlier
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version of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18, 1998.
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Please filter your entries through Warner (imp@village.org) so that
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the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
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$Id: UPDATING,v 1.23 1999/03/18 05:39:45 imp Exp $
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