UPDATING revision 136082
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4<imp@village.org>.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
6
7Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
8/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running
9portupgrade.  Important recent entries: 20040724 (default X changes).
10
11[[ The UPDATING file will be trimmed to 20040814 on or about Oct 1, 2004 ]]
12
13NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
14	FreeBSD 6.x has many debugging features turned on, in
15	both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
16	incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
17	through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
18	also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
19	do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
20	you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
21	related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
22	in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
23	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
24	to maximize performance.
25
2620041001:
27	The following libraries had their version number bumped up:
28		/lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3
29		/lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5
30		/usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5
31		/usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3
32		/usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3
33	FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the
34	compat4x collection.  If you expect to be able to run old 4.X
35	executables you will need to remove the old versions of these
36	libraries.  However note that any 5.X executables you have built
37	will stop working once you remove those old libraries.  You should
38	have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old
39	libraries.
40
41	As a temporary measure, if you do not have any 4.X executables,
42	you can add the following lines to /etc/libmap.conf to force
43	5.X executables to use the new libraries:
44
45		libhistory.so.4		libhistory.so.5
46		libm.so.2		libm.so.3
47		libopie.so.2		libopie.so.3
48		libpcap.so.2		libpcap.so.3
49		libreadline.so.4	libreadline.so.5
50
5120040929:
52	The pfil API has gained an additional argument to pass an inpcb.
53	You should rebuild all pfil consuming modules: ipfw, ipfilter
54	and pf.
55
5620040928:
57	If enabled, the default is now to run named in a chroot
58	"sandbox." For users with existing configurations in
59	/etc/namedb the migration should be simple. Upgrade your
60	world as usual, then after installworld but before
61	mergemaster do the following:
62
63	/etc/rc.d/syslogd stop
64	If named is running: /etc/rc.d/named stop
65	cd /etc
66	mv namedb namedb.bak
67	mkdir -p /var/named/etc/namedb
68	cp -Rp namedb.bak/* /var/named/etc/namedb/
69	mergemaster (with your usual options)
70	If using the generated localhost* files:
71		cd /var/named/etc/namedb
72		/bin/sh make-localhost
73		rm -f localhost-v6.rev localhost.rev
74	/etc/rc.d/syslogd start
75	/etc/rc.d/named start
76
77	If you are using a custom configuration, or if you have
78	customised the named_* variables in /etc/rc.conf[.local]
79	then you may have to adjust the instructions accordingly.
80	It is suggested that you carefully examine the new named
81	variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and the options in
82	/var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf to see if they might
83	now be more suitable.
84
8520040925:
86	BIND 9 has been imported into the base, and is now fully
87	functional. BIND 8 has now been removed. There are numerous
88	differences between BIND 8 and 9, and users with critical
89	named installations should read the migration documentation
90	in /usr/share/doc/bind9/misc/migration. There is also a
91	new instruction manual in /usr/share/doc/bind9/arm.
92
93	The key differences that most users will experience are in
94	how picky BIND 9 is about zone file format. If you are using
95	named as a resolving (caching) name server, you will likely
96	not have trouble.
97
98	The following files are part of the old BIND 8 installation
99	and should be removed:
100	/usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery /usr/libexec/named-xfer
101	/usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc
102
103	The following files have moved to /usr/bin, and should be
104	removed from their old locations:
105	/usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate
106
10720040914:
108	The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for
109	architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to
110	the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away
111	any old logfile before using a new pflogd(8).
112
11320040906:
114	debug.witness_* has been renamed to debug.witness.*.  There are
115	compatibility tunables left in for a few days.  Update loader.conf
116	as necessary.
117
11820040902:
119	The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage
120	was too extensive.  If you are running with a kernel/userland
121	containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the
122	warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again.
123	With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once
124	again interoperable.
125
12620040830:
127	A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data
128	which is part if struct ifnet.  This means all network drivers
129	and network monitoring applications need to be recompiled.
130
131        WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
132
133        This also breaks ifconfig compatibility.  An old ifconfig will
134        not work with the new kernel and a new ifconfig will not work
135        with the old.  It is strongly recommended that you make a copy
136        of your old ifconfig before installworld.  If you are installing
137        remotely, you must copy over a new ifconfig before rebooting in
138        to the new kernel.
139
14020040828:
141	The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
142	such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
143	otherwise.  If you experience network-related instability, you
144	may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
145	kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT".  Details on the netperf
146	project may be found at:
147
148	    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
149
150	Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
151	details.
152
15320040827:
154	PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
155	need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.
156
15720040819:
158	Netgraph changed its message format slightly to align the data
159	portion well on 64 bit machines.
160	Netgraph using utilities (e.g. ngctl, nghook, ppp, mpd,
161	pppoed, bluetooth, ATM) should be recompiled when a new kernel
162	is installed.
163
16420040817:
165	IPFW has been converted to use PFIL_HOOKS.  This change is
166	transparent to userland and preserves the ipfw ABI.  The ipfw
167	core packet inspection and filtering functions have not been
168	changed, only how ipfw is invoked is different.  Note that
169	"option PFIL_HOOKS" is required to use IPFIREWALL compiled
170	into the kernel or as KLD.
171
17220040814:
173	The RANDOM_IP_ID option has been replaced by the sysctl
174	net.inet.ip.random_id. If you had RANDOM_IP_ID in your kernel then
175	you may want to add "net.inet.ip.random_id=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf.
176
17720040807:
178	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of the
179	if_carp placeholder.  All kernel modules implementing network
180	interfaces must be recompiled as a result.
181
18220040806:
183	Module loading has been fixed.  Some older installations will
184	drop proper module_path initialization and modules will fail to
185	load properly.  If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
186	"initialize drop", do (i386 only):
187		cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
188		chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
189		chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc
190
19120040802:
192	making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
193	so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
194
19520040801:
196	The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
197	so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
198	GENERIC for examples.
199
20020040728:
201	System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major
202	compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x
203	has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again
204	and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new
205	compiler. If you are getting run-time error such as
206	/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "_ZNSs20_S_empty_rep_storageE"
207	This entry does apply to you.
208
209	A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default in this
210	compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused static
211	symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld' breakages
212	with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set to -O2
213	or higher.
214
215	With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded
216	to match the new system compiler.  This makes it impossible to build
217	a new kernel with the old compiler.  Upgrade your system via
218	make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem.
219
22020040727:
221	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of
222	the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies).  All kernel
223	modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as
224	a result.
225
22620040716:
227	The sound device drivers are renamed.  `sound' is always required,
228	while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware.
229	Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers.
230
23120040710:
232	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122.
233
23420040710:
235	The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now
236	identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of
237	the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such,
238	hints are now required for the sio(4) driver to become a console
239	or debug port. The NO_SIO option has been decommissioned because
240	of this.
241
24220040710:
243	A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible
244	changes beyond just the debugging experience:
245	o  The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend
246	   and should not be used any more for conditional compilation
247	   of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB
248	   option for this.
249	o  The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have
250	   been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED
251	   respectively. This is in line with the first bullet.
252	o  The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs
253	   to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this.
254	o  The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this
255	   homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol
256	   supports console output and it makes sense to use that. 
257	o  The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger
258	   now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD
259	   symbol lookups through the linker.
260
26120040708:
262	Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific.
263	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change.
264
26520040702:
266	The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler.
267	There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some
268	machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either
269	stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD
270	scheduler as a workaround.
271
27220040630:
273	The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate
274	an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse
275	to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move
276	metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility.
277	Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which
278	case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an
279	example of such changes.
280
281	This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered
282	over.
283
28420040630:
285	ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions.  A message
286	will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled
287	automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible.
288	If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override
289	this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the
290	loader prompt.
291
29220040623:
293	pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege
294	separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group
295	combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run
296	mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually.
297
29820040622:
299	Network interface cloning has been overhauled.  This change will
300	require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of
301	external ones to the new API.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
302	to 502119 to mark this change.  Additionally, users creating
303	stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their
304	scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of
305	"stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout.
306
30720040621:
308	On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to
309	automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did
310	not already exist.  Unfortunately, an error in the man page
311	was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect
312	nsswitch settings.  The simplest remedy is to remove both
313	/etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated
314	during the next reboot.
315
31620040614:
317	The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to
318	make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9).  Be sure to recompile
319	the ips module and any third-party modules which call
320	sema_timedwait.
321
32220040613:
323	ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet.
324	Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of
325	sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place
326	please recompile and reinstall world.
327
32820040607:
329	Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c)
330	requires that you re-run config after updating your tree.
331
33220040601:
333	The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly
334	ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your
335	kernel configuration.
336
33720040423:
338	Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
339	needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
340	options are not affected but those with options may break until
341	ipfw(8) is recompiled.
342
34320040420:
344	Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this
345	date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to
346	20040406.
347
34820040414:
349	The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
350	problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
351	hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.
352
35320040412:
354	The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
355	drive is still broken.
356
35720040410:
358	A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
359	have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
360	the unanticipated problems have been resolved.
361
36220040409:
363        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
364        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
365        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
366        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
367        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running
368        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".
369
37020040322:
371	The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
372	lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
373	by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
374	the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
375	tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
376	If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
377	set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
378	An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
379	locking is merged to permit this to take place.
380
38120040310:
382	The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
383	64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
384	using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
385	detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
386	upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.
387
38820040308:
389	The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
390	sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
391	user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
392	system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
393	Also note that pf requires "options PFIL_HOOKS" in the kernel. The
394	pf system consists of the following three devices:
395	device		pf		# required
396	device		pflog		# optional
397	device		pfsync		# optional
398
39920040303:
400	If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
401	(see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
402	/etc/libmap.conf:
403
404	libc_r.so.5		libpthread.so.1
405	libc_r.so		libpthread.so
406
407	This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
408	to use libpthread instead.
409
41020040226:
411	Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
412	is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
413	disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
414	OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
415	have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.
416
41720040225:
418	The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
419	to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
420	reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
421	problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
422	should remain unaffected.
423
42420040225:
425	routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
426	sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
427	for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
428	-CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
429	of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
430	from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.
431
43220040224:
433	The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
434	and related userland network utilities necessary.
435
43620040222:
437	The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
438	First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
439	Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
440	Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.
441
44220040207:
443	The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
444	necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.
445
44620040130:
447	libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
448	default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
449	been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
450	alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
451	are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
452	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
453	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
454	maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
455	libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
456	that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
457	nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
458	that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
459	do not work with libpthread.
460
46120040125:
462	ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
463	in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
464	better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
465	efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
466	running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
467	SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.
468
46920040125:
470	Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
471	belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
472	depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.
473
47420031213:
475	src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
476	if the login process is unable to successfully set the
477	process credentials to include all groups defined for the
478	user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
479	may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
480	defined, or they will be unable to log in.
481
48220031203:
483	The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
484	to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.
485
48620031112:
487	The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
488	allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
489	sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
490	BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
491	binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
492	not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
493	structure.
494	Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
495	kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
496	even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
497	you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
498	have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
499	Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
500	such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
501	system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
502	that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
503	these changes are installed.
504
505	****************************DANGER*******************************
506
507	DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
508	installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
509	new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
510	kernel.
511
51220031112:
513	Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
514	change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
515	userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
516	netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
517	sync before rebooting.
518
51920031111:
520	Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
521	when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
522	CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
523	If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
524	BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
525	with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
526
52720031103:
528	The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
529	'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
530	disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
531	kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.
532
53320031031:
534	The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
535	the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
536	if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
537	userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
538	and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
539	reflect this change.
540
54120030928:
542	Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
543	the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
544	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110.
545
54620030926:
547	kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
548	mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.
549
55020030925:
551	Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS
552	also be explicitly configured.  Previously this dependency was
553	magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has
554	been removed.  Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS
555	will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c.
556
55720030923:
558	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
559	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
560	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
561	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
562
56320030915:
564	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
565	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
566	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
567	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
568
56920030829:
570	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
571	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
572	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
573	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
574	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
575	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
576	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
577	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
578	may or may not exist on your system.
579
58020030824:
581	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h
582	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
583	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
584	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
585
58620030819:
587	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
588	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
589	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
590	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
591
59220030728:
593	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
594	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
595	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
596	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
597	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
598
59920030724:
600	Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
601	with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.
602
60320030722:
604	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
605	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
606	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
607	FPU hardware.
608
60920030714:
610	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
611	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
612	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
613	People should report those issues to current@.
614
61520030711:
616	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
617	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
618	/usr/obj.
619
62020030610:
621	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
622	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
623	LANG environment variable.
624
62520030609:
626	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
627	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
628	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
629	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
630	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
631	kernel.
632
63320030605:
634	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
635	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
636	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
637	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
638	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
639	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
640
641	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
642	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
643	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
644	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
645		:
646
647	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
648	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
649	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
650
65120030505:
652	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
653	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
654	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
655
65620030502:
657	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
658	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
659	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
660	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
661
66220030501:
663	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
664	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
665	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
666	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
667	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
668	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
669
67020030423:
671	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
672	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
673	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
674	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
675	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
676	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
677	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
678	allowances are made.
679
68020030329:
681	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
682	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
683	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
684
685	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
686	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
687	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
688	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
689
690	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
691	    make cleandir && make obj && \
692	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
693	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
694
69520030208:
696	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
697	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
698	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
699	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
700	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
701
70220030128:
703	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
704	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
705	be removed when convenient.
706
70720030126:
708	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
709	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
710
71120030125:
712	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
713	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
714	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
715	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
716	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
717	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
718
71920030115:
720	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
721	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
722	properly.
723
724	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
725	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
726	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
727	with NetBSD.
728
72920021222:
730 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
731 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
732 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
733 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
734 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
735 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be
736	rebuilt.
737
73820021216:
739	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
740	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
741	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
742	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
743	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
744
74520021202:
746	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
747	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
748	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
749	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
750
75120021029:
752	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
753	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
754	consumers in sync.
755
75620021024:
757	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
758	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
759	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
760	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
761	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
762	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
763	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
764	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
765
76620021023:
767	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
768	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
769	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
770	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
771	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
772
773	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
774	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
775	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
776	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
777	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
778	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
779
78020020831:
781	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
782	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
783	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
784
785	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
786	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
787
78820020827:
789	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
790	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
791	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
792	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
793
79420020815:
795	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
796	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
797	again.
798
79920020729:
800	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
801	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
802	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
803	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
804
80520020702:
806	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
807	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the
808	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
809	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
810	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
811
81220020701:
813	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
814	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
815	GNOME.
816
81720020511:
818	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
819	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
820	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
821	with the set-user-ID bit set.
822
82320020510:
824	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
825	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
826	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
827	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
828
82920020510:
830	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
831	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
832	and then do a cvs update.
833
83420020421:
835	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
836	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
837
83820020404:
839	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
840	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
841	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
842	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
843	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
844	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
845	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
846
84720020403:
848	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
849
85020020315:
851	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
852
85320020225:
854	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
855	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
856
85720020217:
858	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
859	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
860	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
861	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
862	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
863
864	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
865	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
866	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
867	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
868	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
869	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
870	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
871	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
872	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
873	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
874	as of this date.
875
87620020112:
877	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
878	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
879	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
880	you have local modifications, you can use
881	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
882	/etc/pam.d.
883
884	Please see the following url for more details:
885http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
88620011229:
887	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
888	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
889http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
890
89120011220:
892	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
893	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
894	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
895	own.  All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b
896	version have now been merged back into the base system's
897	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
898	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
899	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
900	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
901	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
902	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
903
90420011215:
905	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
906	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
907	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
908	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
909	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
910	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
911	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
912	fdcontrol(8).
913
91420011209:
915	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
916	and truss(1) now works again.
917
91820011207:
919	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
920	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
921	see
922http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
923	for details.
924
92520011204:
926	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
927	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
928
92920011203:
930	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
931	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
932	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
933	not there already.
934
935	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
936	until the issue has been resolved.
937
93820011202:
939	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
940	patched.
941
94220011126:
943	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
944	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
945
94620011103:
947	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
948	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
949	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
950
95120011030:
952	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
953	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
954
95520011030:
956	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
957
95820011027:
959	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
960	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
961	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
962	try to use from this date forward.
963
96420011025:
965	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
966	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
967	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
968	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
969	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
970
97120011001:
972	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
973	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
974	at the same time.
975
97620010929:
977	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
978	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
979	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
980	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
981	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
982
98320010927:
984	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
985	To disable ACPI you can add
986		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
987	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
988	loader "ok" prompt).
989
990	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
991	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
992	file and not list acpi in that list.
993
99420010924:
995	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
996	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
997	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
998	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
999	following to get them installed only once:
1000		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
1001		make all install
1002	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
1003
100420010919:
1005	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
1006	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
1007	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
1008	workaround is to add
1009		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
1010	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
1011	can be removed afterwards.
1012
1013	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
1014
101520010918:
1016	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
1017	NFS may be unstable after this date.
1018
101920010912:
1020	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
1021	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
1022	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
1023	corrected.
1024
102520010901:
1026	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
1027	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
1028	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
1029	have been rectified around this date.
1030
103120010823:
1032 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as
1033 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure
1034 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8))
1035 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make
1036 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write)
1037 	permission for your name server configuration and that it
1038 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and
1039 	directory.
1040
1041 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure
1042 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
1043
1044 		named_flags=
1045
104620010709:
1047	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
1048	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
1049	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
1050	solution is to rebuild those ports.
1051
105220010628:
1053	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
1054	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
1055
105620010625:
1057	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
1058	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
1059	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
1060	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
1061	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
1062
106320010617:
1064	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
1065
106620010614:
1067	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
1068	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
1069	kernel building methods.
1070
107120010613:
1072	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
1073	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
1074	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
1075	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
1076
107720010613:
1078	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
1079	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
1080	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
1081
108220010612:
1083	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
1084	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
1085	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
1086	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
1087	until this bug is fixed.
1088
1089	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
1090	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
1091	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
1092
109320010610:
1094	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
1095
109620010604:
1097	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
1098	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
1099	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
1100	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
1101
1102	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
1103	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
1104	it is).
1105
1106	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
1107	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
1108	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
1109	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
1110
111120010530:
1112	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
1113	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
1114	a limited time.  If you see
1115
1116install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
1117
1118	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
1119	COPY=-C.
1120
112120010525:
1122	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
1123	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
1124	definitely is in bad shape.
1125
112620010521:
1127	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
1128	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
1129	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
1130	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
1131	is
1132Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
1133
113420010520:
1135	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
1136
113720010519:
1138	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
1139	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
1140	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
1141
114220010517:
1143	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
1144	userland at the same time.
1145
114620010517:
1147	New ncurses imported.
1148
114920010512:
1150	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
1151	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
1152
115320010504:
1154	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
1155	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
1156
115720010502:
1158	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
1159
116020010501:
1161	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
1162
116320010430:
1164	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
1165	go back in the water.
1166
116720010429:
1168	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
1169	this date, but before the correction date.
1170
117120010423:
1172	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
1173
117420010411:
1175	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
1176	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
1177	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
1178	fsck with the new kernel ever.
1179
118020010330:
1181	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
1182	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
1183	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
1184
118520010319:
1186	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
1187	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
1188	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
1189	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
1190
119120010315:
1192	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
1193	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
1194	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
1195
119620010312:
1197	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
1198	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
1199
120020010312:
1201	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
1202	instead of ad-hoc.
1203
120420010310:
1205	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
1206	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
1207	ssh might not work if you don't.
1208
120920010303:
1210	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
1211	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
1212	you use the ed driver.
1213
121420010220:
1215	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
1216	safe to go back into the water.
1217
121820010211:
1219	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
1220	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
1221	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
1222	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
1223	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
1224
1225	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
1226	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
1227	don't have to move this to the updating section.
1228
1229	To get around the installworld problem, do:
1230		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
1231		# make install
1232		# cd /usr/src
1233		# make installworld
1234	If that doesn't work, then try:
1235		# make -k installworld
1236		# make installworld
1237
123820010207:
1239	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
1240	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
1241
124220010205:
1243	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
1244	Remove them from your config.
1245
124620010122:
1247	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1248			buildkernel has been changed slightly
1249	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1250	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
1251	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
1252
125320010119:
1254	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
1255	This requires a new config to build correctly.
1256
125720010116:
1258	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
1259	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
1260	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
1261
126220010110:
1263	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
1264
126520010102:
1266	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
1267	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
1268
126920010101:
1270	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
1271	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
1272	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
1273	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
1274	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
1275	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
1276	might have been ignored by the -k option.
1277
1278	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
1279	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
1280	of this working.
1281
128220001228:
1283	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
1284	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
1285	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
1286
128720001218:
1288	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
1289	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
1290	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
1291	cards will not be recognized without it.
1292
129320001205:
1294	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
1295	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
1296	adding the following in pam.conf:
1297
1298	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
1299	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
1300	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
1301
130220001031:
1303	cvs updated to 1.11.
1304
130520001020:
1306	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
1307	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
1308	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
1309	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
1310	workaround.
1311
131220001010:
1313	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1314				Sendmail has been updated.
1315	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1316	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
1317	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
1318	  is set.
1319	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
1320	  commands.
1321	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
1322	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
1323	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
1324	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
1325
1326	More details can be found at
1327		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
1328
132920001009:
1330	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
1331	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
1332
133320001006:
1334	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
1335	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
1336	/usr/bin/miniperl.
1337
133820001005:
1339	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
1340	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
1341	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
1342	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
1343	tree for anything to work.
1344
134520000928:
1346	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
1347
134820000916:
1349	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
1350	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
1351	same time as your kernel.
1352
135320000914:
1354	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
1355	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
1356	when they resume.  Include
1357		device		pmtimer
1358	in your config file and
1359		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
1360	to your /boot/device.hints file.
1361
136220000911:
1363	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
1364	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
1365	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
1366	own kernel config file.
1367	Remove:
1368		options		RANDOMDEV
1369	Add:
1370		device		random
1371	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
1372	nothing.
1373
137420000909:
1375	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
1376	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
1377	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
1378	The line should read:
1379		random_load="YES"
1380
138120000907:
1382	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
1383	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
1384	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
1385	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
1386	first blush appear related to SMP.
1387
138820000906:
1389	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
1390	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
1391	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
1392	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
1393	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
1394
139520000905:
1396	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
1397	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
1398	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
1399	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
1400	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
1401
140220000905:
1403	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
1404	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
1405	is /boot/kernel.
1406
1407	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
1408	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
1409	installkernel/installworld dance.
1410
1411	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
1412	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
1413	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
1414	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
1415	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
1416
1417	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
1418		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
1419		chflags noschg /kernel.old
1420		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1421		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1422	fi
1423
142420000904:
1425	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
1426	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will
1427	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
1428	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
1429	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
1430	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
1431	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
1432	is not likely to be generated.
1433
143420000825:
1435	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
1436	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
1437	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
1438	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
1439	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
1440	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
1441	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
1442	kernel.
1443
144420000821:
1445	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
1446	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
1447	/boot/loader.conf.
1448
144920000812:
1450	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
1451	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
1452	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
1453	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
1454		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
1455	will fix this until the next build.
1456
145720000812:
1458	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
1459	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
1460	include:
1461	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
1462	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
1463	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
1464	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
1465	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
1466	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
1467	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
1468	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
1469	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
1470
147120000810:
1472	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
1473	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
1474	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
1475	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
1476	specific use for it.
1477
147820000729:
1479	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
1480	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
1481	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
1482	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
1483		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
1484		inetd_enable="YES"
1485		portmap_enable="YES"
1486		sendmail_enable="YES"
1487
148820000728:
1489	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
1490	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
1491
149220000728:
1493	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
1494	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
1495	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
1496	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
1497	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
1498	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
1499	to /MYKERNEL.
1500
150120000711:
1502	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get
1503	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
1504	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
1505		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
1506	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
1507	to get around them.
1508
1509	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
1510	clauses above, you needn't worry.
1511
151220000711:
1513	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
1514	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
1515	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
1516	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
1517
151820000710:
1519	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
1520	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
1521	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
1522	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
1523	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
1524	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
1525	errors. (see below, 20000624).
1526
1527	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
1528
152920000709:
1530	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
1531	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
1532	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
1533		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1534
153520000706:
1536	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1537	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1538	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1539	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1540	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1541	interim if needed.
1542
154320000705:
1544	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1545	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1546	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1547	details.
1548
154920000704:
1550	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1551	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1552
155320000704:
1554	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1555	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1556	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1557
155820000630:
1559	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1560	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1561	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1562
156320000625:
1564	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1565	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1566	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1567	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1568	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1569	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1570	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1571
157220000624:
1573	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1574	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1575	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1576	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1577	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1578	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1579	date to the completion of the work.
1580
1581	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1582	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1583	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1584	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1585
158620000622:
1587	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1588	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1589	that used to be required when updating.
1590
159120000621:
1592	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1593	the config file update procedure.
1594		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1595	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1596	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1597		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1598
159920000620:
1600	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1601	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1602	that workaround will no longer be required.
1603
160420000615:
1605	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1606	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1607	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1608	devices.
1609
1610	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1611	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1612	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1613	may work).
1614
161520000612:
1616	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1617	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1618	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1619	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1620	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1621	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1622
1623	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1624	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1625	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1626	in it.
1627
162820000522:
1629	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1630	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1631	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1632	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1633
1634	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1635	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1636	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1637	is resolved.
1638
163920000513:
1640	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1641
164220000510:
1643	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1644	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1645	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1646
164720000503:
1648	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1649	is now available.
1650
165120000502:
1652	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
1653	connected to the kernel building instead.
1654
165520000427:
1656	You may need to build gperf
1657		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1658	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1659	an option only in -current.
1660
166120000417:
1662	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1663	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1664	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1665	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1666	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1667		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1668	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1669
167020000320:
1671	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1672	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1673	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1674		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1675	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1676
167720000319:
1678	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1679	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1680	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1681	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1682	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1683	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1684
168520000318:
1686	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1687	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1688	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1689	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1690	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1691	that you are loading are up to date.
1692
169320000315:
1694	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1695	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1696	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1697	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1698	boot.
1699
170020000315:
1701	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1702	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1703
1704COMMON ITEMS:
1705
1706	# NOTE: 5.x below applies to 6.0-currrent as well, for the
1707	# momemnt.  4.any -> 5.any upgrade support will remain in
1708	# place for 6.0 current, but after 5.3 RELEASE, the 4.any ->
1709	# 6.0-current upgrade path will require moving through 5.3
1710	# RELEASE or newer.
1711
1712	General Notes
1713	-------------
1714	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1715	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1716	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1717	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1718	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1719	on the -current branch).
1720
1721	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1722	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1723	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1724	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1725	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1726	page for more details.
1727
1728	To build a kernel
1729	-----------------
1730	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1731	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1732	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1733	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1734	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1735
1736	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1737	--------------------------------------------------------------
1738	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1739	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1740	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1741
1742	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1743	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1744	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1745	make depend
1746	make
1747	make install
1748
1749	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1750
1751	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1752	-----------------------------------------------------------
1753	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1754	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1755
1756	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1757	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1758	make buildworld
1759	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1760							[1]
1761	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1762	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1763	mergemaster -p					[5]
1764	make installworld
1765	mergemaster					[4]
1766	<reboot>
1767
1768
1769	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1770	--------------------------------------------------
1771	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1772	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1773	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1774	# size.
1775
1776	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1777	<boot into -stable>
1778	make buildworld
1779	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1780	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1781	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1782	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1783	cp src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1784		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1785	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1786	cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1787	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1788	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1789	<reboot into current>
1790	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1791	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
1792 	<reboot>
1793
1794
1795	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current
1796	----------------------------------------------
1797	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1798	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.x onto a 4.x
1799	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1800	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1801	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1802	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1803	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1804	# space on /.
1805
1806	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1807	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1808	make buildworld					[9]
1809	cp sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1810	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1811	cd sys/boot ; make STRIP="" install		[6]
1812							[1]
1813	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1814	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1815	mergemaster -p					[5]
1816	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1817	make installworld
1818	mergemaster -i					[4]
1819	<reboot>
1820
1821	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1822	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1823	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1824	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1825	the UPDATING entries.
1826
1827	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1828	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1829	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1830	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1831	much fewer pitfalls.
1832
1833	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1834	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1835	system on reboot.
1836
1837	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1838	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1839	configuration.
1840
1841	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1842		fsck -p
1843		mount -u /
1844		mount -a
1845		cd src
1846		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1847	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1848	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1849	For the 4.x -> 5.x upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1850	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1851	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1852
1853	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1854	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1855	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1856	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1857	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1858	for potential gotchas.
1859
1860	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1861	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1862	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1863	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1864	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1865	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1866
1867	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1868	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1869	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1870		ok unload
1871		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1872	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1873	described here.
1874
1875	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1876	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form /dev/ad0a
1877	without the actual slice name.  These will break with 5.x and newer.
1878	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1879	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a. i386 and pc98 are affected, while alpha
1880	is not.
1881
1882	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1883	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1884	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1885	that is hard to boot to recover.
1886
1887	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1888	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1889
1890	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1891	cvs prune empty directories.
1892
1893	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1894	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1895	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1896
1897	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1898	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1899	warn if it is improperly defined.
1900
1901	In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything,
1902	you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X=	YES" entry, so that 4.x
1903	compatibility libraries are built which should allow you to continue
1904	using your existing software for a while.  Alternatively, you can
1905	install the misc/compat4x port.
1906
1907	[10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
1908	initialized by feeding data into it.  src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
1909	takes care of this.
1910FORMAT:
1911
1912This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1913breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1914and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1915previous releases if your system is older than this.
1916
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