UPDATING revision 138535
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
2620041116:
27	Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed.  Please
28	use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
29
3020041110:
31	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
32	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
33	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
34	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
35	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
36	their /etc/rc scripts.
37
3820041102:
39	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
40	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
41	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
42
4320041022:
44	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
45	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
46	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
47
4820041018:
49	A major sweep over the tty drivers to elimnate approx 3100
50	lines of copy&pasted code have been performed.  As a part of
51	this change some tty devices have changed names:
52	sio devices are now named:	{tty,cua}d%d[.init,.lock]
53	ucom devices are now named:	{tty,cua}U%d[.init,.lock]
54	For other drivers see the commit logs.
55
5620041007:
57	The FreeBSD keyword is no longer a requirement for a valid
58	rc.d script. The rc(8) and rc.shutdown(8) scripts no longer check
59	for the existence of this keyword when ordering rc.d scripts.
60	This change touches most of the file in /etc/rc.d; therefore,
61	if you have not modified any files in that directory it may
62	be easier to rm -rf /etc/rc.d and then use the -i switch with
63	mergemaster(8).
64
6520041007:
66	One of the syscalls the 1:1 threading library libthr uses has
67	changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild
68	this library with the kernel.
69
7020041001:
71	The following libraries had their version number bumped up:
72		/lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3
73		/lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5
74		/usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5
75		/usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3
76		/usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3
77	FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the
78	compat4x collection.  If you expect to be able to run old 4.X
79	executables you will need to remove the old versions of these
80	libraries.  However note that any 5.X executables you have built
81	will stop working once you remove those old libraries.  You should
82	have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old
83	libraries.
84
8520040929:
86	The pfil API has gained an additional argument to pass an inpcb.
87	You should rebuild all pfil consuming modules: ipfw, ipfilter
88	and pf.
89
9020040928:
91	If named is enabled, the default is now to run it in a chroot
92	"sandbox." For users with existing configurations in
93	/etc/namedb the migration should be simple. Upgrade your
94	world as usual, then after installworld but before
95	mergemaster do the following:
96
97	If named is running: /etc/rc.d/named stop
98	cd /etc
99	mv namedb namedb.bak
100	mkdir -p /var/named/etc/namedb
101	cp -Rp namedb.bak/* /var/named/etc/namedb/
102	mergemaster (with your usual options)
103	If using the generated localhost* files:
104		cd /var/named/etc/namedb
105		/bin/sh make-localhost
106		rm -f localhost-v6.rev localhost.rev
107	/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart
108	/etc/rc.d/named start
109
110	If you are using a custom configuration, or if you have
111	customised the named_* variables in /etc/rc.conf[.local]
112	then you may have to adjust the instructions accordingly.
113	It is suggested that you carefully examine the new named
114	variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and the options in
115	/var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf to see if they might
116	now be more suitable.
117
11820040925:
119	BIND 9 has been imported into the base, and is now fully
120	functional. BIND 8 has now been removed. There are numerous
121	differences between BIND 8 and 9, and users with critical
122	named installations should read the migration documentation
123	in /usr/share/doc/bind9/misc/migration. There is also a
124	new instruction manual in /usr/share/doc/bind9/arm.
125
126	The key differences that most users will experience are in
127	how picky BIND 9 is about zone file format. If you are using
128	named as a resolving (caching) name server, you will likely
129	not have trouble.
130
131	The following files are part of the old BIND 8 installation
132	and should be removed:
133	/usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery /usr/libexec/named-xfer
134	/usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc
135
136	The following files have moved to /usr/bin, and should be
137	removed from their old locations:
138	/usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate
139
14020040914:
141	The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for
142	architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to
143	the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away
144	any old logfile before using a new pflogd(8).
145
14620040906:
147	debug.witness_* has been renamed to debug.witness.*.  There are
148	compatibility tunables left in for a few days.  Update loader.conf
149	as necessary.
150
15120040902:
152	The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage
153	was too extensive.  If you are running with a kernel/userland
154	containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the
155	warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again.
156	With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once
157	again interoperable.
158
15920040830:
160	A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data
161	which is part if struct ifnet.  This means all network drivers
162	and network monitoring applications need to be recompiled.
163
164        WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
165
166        This also breaks ifconfig compatibility.  An old ifconfig will
167        not work with the new kernel and a new ifconfig will not work
168        with the old.  It is strongly recommended that you make a copy
169        of your old ifconfig before installworld.  If you are installing
170        remotely, you must copy over a new ifconfig before rebooting in
171        to the new kernel.
172
17320040828:
174	The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
175	such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
176	otherwise.  If you experience network-related instability, you
177	may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
178	kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT".  Details on the netperf
179	project may be found at:
180
181	    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
182
183	Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
184	details.
185
18620040827:
187	PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
188	need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.
189
19020040819:
191	Netgraph changed its message format slightly to align the data
192	portion well on 64 bit machines.
193	Netgraph using utilities (e.g. ngctl, nghook, ppp, mpd,
194	pppoed, bluetooth, ATM) should be recompiled when a new kernel
195	is installed.
196
19720040817:
198	IPFW has been converted to use pfil(9).  This change is
199	transparent to userland and preserves the ipfw ABI.  The ipfw
200	core packet inspection and filtering functions have not been
201	changed, only how ipfw is invoked is different.
202
20320040814:
204	The RANDOM_IP_ID option has been replaced by the sysctl
205	net.inet.ip.random_id. If you had RANDOM_IP_ID in your kernel then
206	you may want to add "net.inet.ip.random_id=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf.
207
20820040807:
209	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of the
210	if_carp placeholder.  All kernel modules implementing network
211	interfaces must be recompiled as a result.
212
21320040806:
214	Module loading has been fixed.  Some older installations will
215	drop proper module_path initialization and modules will fail to
216	load properly.  If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
217	"initialize drop", do (i386 only):
218		cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
219		chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
220		chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc
221
22220040802:
223	making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
224	so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
225
22620040801:
227	The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
228	so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
229	GENERIC for examples.
230
23120040728:
232	System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major
233	compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x
234	has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again
235	and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new
236	compiler. If you are getting run-time error such as
237	/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "_ZNSs20_S_empty_rep_storageE"
238	This entry does apply to you.
239
240	A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default in this
241	compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused static
242	symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld' breakages
243	with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set to -O2
244	or higher.
245
246	With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded
247	to match the new system compiler.  This makes it impossible to build
248	a new kernel with the old compiler.  Upgrade your system via
249	make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem.
250
25120040727:
252	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of
253	the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies).  All kernel
254	modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as
255	a result.
256
25720040716:
258	The sound device drivers are renamed.  `sound' is always required,
259	while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware.
260	Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers.
261
26220040710:
263	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122.
264
26520040710:
266	The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now
267	identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of
268	the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such,
269	hints are now required for the sio(4) driver to become a console
270	or debug port. The NO_SIO option has been decommissioned because
271	of this.
272
27320040710:
274	A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible
275	changes beyond just the debugging experience:
276	o  The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend
277	   and should not be used any more for conditional compilation
278	   of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB
279	   option for this.
280	o  The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have
281	   been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED
282	   respectively. This is in line with the first bullet.
283	o  The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs
284	   to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this.
285	o  The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this
286	   homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol
287	   supports console output and it makes sense to use that. 
288	o  The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger
289	   now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD
290	   symbol lookups through the linker.
291
29220040708:
293	Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific.
294	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change.
295
29620040702:
297	The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler.
298	There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some
299	machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either
300	stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD
301	scheduler as a workaround.
302
30320040630:
304	The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate
305	an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse
306	to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move
307	metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility.
308	Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which
309	case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an
310	example of such changes.
311
312	This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered
313	over.
314
31520040630:
316	ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions.  A message
317	will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled
318	automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible.
319	If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override
320	this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the
321	loader prompt.
322
32320040623:
324	pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege
325	separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group
326	combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run
327	mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually.
328
32920040622:
330	Network interface cloning has been overhauled.  This change will
331	require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of
332	external ones to the new API.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
333	to 502119 to mark this change.  Additionally, users creating
334	stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their
335	scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of
336	"stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout.
337
33820040621:
339	On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to
340	automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did
341	not already exist.  Unfortunately, an error in the man page
342	was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect
343	nsswitch settings.  The simplest remedy is to remove both
344	/etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated
345	during the next reboot.
346
34720040614:
348	The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to
349	make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9).  Be sure to recompile
350	the ips module and any third-party modules which call
351	sema_timedwait.
352
35320040613:
354	ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet.
355	Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of
356	sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place
357	please recompile and reinstall world.
358
35920040607:
360	Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c)
361	requires that you re-run config after updating your tree.
362
36320040601:
364	The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly
365	ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your
366	kernel configuration.
367
36820040423:
369	Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
370	needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
371	options are not affected but those with options may break until
372	ipfw(8) is recompiled.
373
37420040420:
375	Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this
376	date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to
377	20040406.
378
37920040414:
380	The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
381	problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
382	hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.
383
38420040412:
385	The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
386	drive is still broken.
387
38820040410:
389	A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
390	have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
391	the unanticipated problems have been resolved.
392
39320040409:
394        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
395        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
396        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
397        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
398        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running
399        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".
400
40120040322:
402	The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
403	lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
404	by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
405	the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
406	tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
407	If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
408	set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
409	An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
410	locking is merged to permit this to take place.
411
41220040310:
413	The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
414	64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
415	using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
416	detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
417	upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.
418
41920040308:
420	The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
421	sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
422	user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
423	system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
424	The pf system consists of the following three devices:
425	device		pf		# required
426	device		pflog		# optional
427	device		pfsync		# optional
428
42920040303:
430	If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
431	(see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
432	/etc/libmap.conf:
433
434	libc_r.so.5		libpthread.so.1
435	libc_r.so		libpthread.so
436
437	This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
438	to use libpthread instead.
439
44020040226:
441	Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
442	is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
443	disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
444	OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
445	have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.
446
44720040225:
448	The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
449	to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
450	reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
451	problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
452	should remain unaffected.
453
45420040225:
455	routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
456	sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
457	for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
458	-CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
459	of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
460	from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.
461
46220040224:
463	The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
464	and related userland network utilities necessary.
465
46620040222:
467	The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
468	First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
469	Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
470	Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.
471
47220040207:
473	The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
474	necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.
475
47620040130:
477	libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
478	default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
479	been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
480	alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
481	are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
482	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
483	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
484	maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
485	libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
486	that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
487	nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
488	that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
489	do not work with libpthread.
490
49120040125:
492	ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
493	in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
494	better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
495	efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
496	running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
497	SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.
498
49920040125:
500	Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
501	belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
502	depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.
503
50420031213:
505	src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
506	if the login process is unable to successfully set the
507	process credentials to include all groups defined for the
508	user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
509	may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
510	defined, or they will be unable to log in.
511
51220031203:
513	The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
514	to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.
515
51620031112:
517	The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
518	allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
519	sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
520	BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
521	binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
522	not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
523	structure.
524	Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
525	kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
526	even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
527	you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
528	have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
529	Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
530	such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
531	system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
532	that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
533	these changes are installed.
534
535	****************************DANGER*******************************
536
537	DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
538	installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
539	new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
540	kernel.
541
54220031112:
543	Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
544	change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
545	userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
546	netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
547	sync before rebooting.
548
54920031111:
550	Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
551	when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
552	CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
553	If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
554	BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
555	with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
556
55720031103:
558	The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
559	'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
560	disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
561	kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.
562
56320031031:
564	The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
565	the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
566	if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
567	userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
568	and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
569	reflect this change.
570
57120030928:
572	Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
573	the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
574	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110.
575
57620030926:
577	kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
578	mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.
579
58020030923:
581	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
582	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
583	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
584	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
585
58620030915:
587	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
588	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
589	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
590	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
591
59220030829:
593	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
594	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
595	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
596	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
597	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
598	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
599	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
600	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
601	may or may not exist on your system.
602
60320030824:
604	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h
605	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
606	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
607	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
608
60920030819:
610	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
611	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
612	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
613	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
614
61520030728:
616	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
617	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
618	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
619	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
620	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
621
62220030724:
623	Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
624	with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.
625
62620030722:
627	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
628	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
629	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
630	FPU hardware.
631
63220030714:
633	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
634	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
635	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
636	People should report those issues to current@.
637
63820030711:
639	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
640	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
641	/usr/obj.
642
64320030610:
644	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
645	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
646	LANG environment variable.
647
64820030609:
649	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
650	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
651	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
652	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
653	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
654	kernel.
655
65620030605:
657	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
658	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
659	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
660	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
661	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
662	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
663
664	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
665	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
666	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
667	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
668		:
669
670	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
671	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
672	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
673
67420030505:
675	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
676	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
677	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
678
67920030502:
680	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
681	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
682	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
683	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
684
68520030501:
686	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
687	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
688	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
689	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
690	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
691	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
692
69320030423:
694	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
695	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
696	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
697	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
698	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
699	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
700	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
701	allowances are made.
702
70320030329:
704	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
705	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
706	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
707
708	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
709	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
710	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
711	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
712
713	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
714	    make cleandir && make obj && \
715	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
716	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
717
71820030208:
719	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
720	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
721	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
722	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
723	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
724
72520030128:
726	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
727	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
728	be removed when convenient.
729
73020030126:
731	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
732	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
733
73420030125:
735	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
736	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
737	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
738	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
739	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
740	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
741
74220030115:
743	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
744	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
745	properly.
746
747	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
748	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
749	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
750	with NetBSD.
751
75220021222:
753 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
754 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
755 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
756 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
757 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
758 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be
759	rebuilt.
760
76120021216:
762	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
763	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
764	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
765	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
766	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
767
76820021202:
769	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
770	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
771	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
772	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
773
77420021029:
775	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
776	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
777	consumers in sync.
778
77920021024:
780	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
781	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
782	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
783	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
784	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
785	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
786	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
787	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
788
78920021023:
790	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
791	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
792	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
793	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
794	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
795
796	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
797	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
798	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
799	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
800	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
801	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
802
80320020831:
804	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
805	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
806	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
807
808	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
809	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
810
81120020827:
812	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
813	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
814	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
815	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
816
81720020815:
818	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
819	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
820	again.
821
82220020729:
823	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
824	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
825	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
826	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
827
82820020702:
829	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
830	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the
831	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
832	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
833	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
834
83520020701:
836	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
837	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
838	GNOME.
839
84020020511:
841	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
842	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
843	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
844	with the set-user-ID bit set.
845
84620020510:
847	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
848	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
849	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
850	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
851
85220020510:
853	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
854	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
855	and then do a cvs update.
856
85720020421:
858	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
859	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
860
86120020404:
862	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
863	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
864	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
865	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
866	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
867	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
868	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
869
87020020403:
871	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
872
87320020315:
874	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
875
87620020225:
877	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
878	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
879
88020020217:
881	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
882	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
883	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
884	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
885	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
886
887	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
888	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
889	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
890	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
891	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
892	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
893	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
894	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
895	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
896	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
897	as of this date.
898
89920020112:
900	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
901	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
902	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
903	you have local modifications, you can use
904	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
905	/etc/pam.d.
906
907	Please see the following url for more details:
908http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
90920011229:
910	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
911	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
912http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
913
91420011220:
915	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
916	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
917	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
918	own.  All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b
919	version have now been merged back into the base system's
920	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
921	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
922	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
923	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
924	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
925	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
926
92720011215:
928	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
929	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
930	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
931	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
932	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
933	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
934	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
935	fdcontrol(8).
936
93720011209:
938	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
939	and truss(1) now works again.
940
94120011207:
942	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
943	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
944	see
945http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
946	for details.
947
94820011204:
949	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
950	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
951
95220011203:
953	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
954	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
955	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
956	not there already.
957
958	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
959	until the issue has been resolved.
960
96120011202:
962	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
963	patched.
964
96520011126:
966	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
967	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
968
96920011103:
970	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
971	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
972	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
973
97420011030:
975	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
976	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
977
97820011030:
979	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
980
98120011027:
982	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
983	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
984	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
985	try to use from this date forward.
986
98720011025:
988	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
989	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
990	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
991	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
992	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
993
99420011001:
995	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
996	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
997	at the same time.
998
99920010929:
1000	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
1001	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
1002	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
1003	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
1004	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
1005
100620010927:
1007	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
1008	To disable ACPI you can add
1009		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
1010	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
1011	loader "ok" prompt).
1012
1013	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
1014	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
1015	file and not list acpi in that list.
1016
101720010924:
1018	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
1019	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
1020	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
1021	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
1022	following to get them installed only once:
1023		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
1024		make all install
1025	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
1026
102720010919:
1028	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
1029	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
1030	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
1031	workaround is to add
1032		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
1033	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
1034	can be removed afterwards.
1035
1036	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
1037
103820010918:
1039	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
1040	NFS may be unstable after this date.
1041
104220010912:
1043	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
1044	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
1045	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
1046	corrected.
1047
104820010901:
1049	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
1050	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
1051	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
1052	have been rectified around this date.
1053
105420010823:
1055 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as
1056 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure
1057 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8))
1058 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make
1059 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write)
1060 	permission for your name server configuration and that it
1061 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and
1062 	directory.
1063
1064 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure
1065 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
1066
1067 		named_flags=
1068
106920010709:
1070	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
1071	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
1072	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
1073	solution is to rebuild those ports.
1074
107520010628:
1076	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
1077	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
1078
107920010625:
1080	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
1081	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
1082	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
1083	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
1084	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
1085
108620010617:
1087	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
1088
108920010614:
1090	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
1091	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
1092	kernel building methods.
1093
109420010613:
1095	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
1096	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
1097	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
1098	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
1099
110020010613:
1101	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
1102	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
1103	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
1104
110520010612:
1106	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
1107	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
1108	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
1109	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
1110	until this bug is fixed.
1111
1112	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
1113	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
1114	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
1115
111620010610:
1117	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
1118
111920010604:
1120	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
1121	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
1122	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
1123	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
1124
1125	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
1126	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
1127	it is).
1128
1129	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
1130	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
1131	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
1132	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
1133
113420010530:
1135	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
1136	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
1137	a limited time.  If you see
1138
1139install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
1140
1141	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
1142	COPY=-C.
1143
114420010525:
1145	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
1146	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
1147	definitely is in bad shape.
1148
114920010521:
1150	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
1151	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
1152	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
1153	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
1154	is
1155Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
1156
115720010520:
1158	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
1159
116020010519:
1161	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
1162	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
1163	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
1164
116520010517:
1166	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
1167	userland at the same time.
1168
116920010517:
1170	New ncurses imported.
1171
117220010512:
1173	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
1174	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
1175
117620010504:
1177	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
1178	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
1179
118020010502:
1181	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
1182
118320010501:
1184	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
1185
118620010430:
1187	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
1188	go back in the water.
1189
119020010429:
1191	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
1192	this date, but before the correction date.
1193
119420010423:
1195	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
1196
119720010411:
1198	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
1199	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
1200	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
1201	fsck with the new kernel ever.
1202
120320010330:
1204	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
1205	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
1206	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
1207
120820010319:
1209	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
1210	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
1211	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
1212	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
1213
121420010315:
1215	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
1216	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
1217	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
1218
121920010312:
1220	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
1221	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
1222
122320010312:
1224	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
1225	instead of ad-hoc.
1226
122720010310:
1228	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
1229	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
1230	ssh might not work if you don't.
1231
123220010303:
1233	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
1234	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
1235	you use the ed driver.
1236
123720010220:
1238	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
1239	safe to go back into the water.
1240
124120010211:
1242	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
1243	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
1244	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
1245	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
1246	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
1247
1248	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
1249	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
1250	don't have to move this to the updating section.
1251
1252	To get around the installworld problem, do:
1253		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
1254		# make install
1255		# cd /usr/src
1256		# make installworld
1257	If that doesn't work, then try:
1258		# make -k installworld
1259		# make installworld
1260
126120010207:
1262	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
1263	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
1264
126520010205:
1266	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
1267	Remove them from your config.
1268
126920010122:
1270	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1271			buildkernel has been changed slightly
1272	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1273	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
1274	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
1275
127620010119:
1277	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
1278	This requires a new config to build correctly.
1279
128020010116:
1281	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
1282	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
1283	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
1284
128520010110:
1286	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
1287
128820010102:
1289	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
1290	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
1291
129220010101:
1293	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
1294	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
1295	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
1296	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
1297	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
1298	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
1299	might have been ignored by the -k option.
1300
1301	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
1302	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
1303	of this working.
1304
130520001228:
1306	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
1307	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
1308	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
1309
131020001218:
1311	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
1312	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
1313	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
1314	cards will not be recognized without it.
1315
131620001205:
1317	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
1318	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
1319	adding the following in pam.conf:
1320
1321	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
1322	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
1323	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
1324
132520001031:
1326	cvs updated to 1.11.
1327
132820001020:
1329	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
1330	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
1331	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
1332	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
1333	workaround.
1334
133520001010:
1336	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1337				Sendmail has been updated.
1338	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1339	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
1340	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
1341	  is set.
1342	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
1343	  commands.
1344	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
1345	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
1346	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
1347	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
1348
1349	More details can be found at
1350		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
1351
135220001009:
1353	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
1354	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
1355
135620001006:
1357	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
1358	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
1359	/usr/bin/miniperl.
1360
136120001005:
1362	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
1363	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
1364	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
1365	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
1366	tree for anything to work.
1367
136820000928:
1369	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
1370
137120000916:
1372	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
1373	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
1374	same time as your kernel.
1375
137620000914:
1377	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
1378	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
1379	when they resume.  Include
1380		device		pmtimer
1381	in your config file and
1382		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
1383	to your /boot/device.hints file.
1384
138520000911:
1386	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
1387	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
1388	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
1389	own kernel config file.
1390	Remove:
1391		options		RANDOMDEV
1392	Add:
1393		device		random
1394	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
1395	nothing.
1396
139720000909:
1398	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
1399	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
1400	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
1401	The line should read:
1402		random_load="YES"
1403
140420000907:
1405	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
1406	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
1407	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
1408	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
1409	first blush appear related to SMP.
1410
141120000906:
1412	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
1413	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
1414	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
1415	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
1416	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
1417
141820000905:
1419	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
1420	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
1421	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
1422	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
1423	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
1424
142520000905:
1426	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
1427	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
1428	is /boot/kernel.
1429
1430	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
1431	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
1432	installkernel/installworld dance.
1433
1434	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
1435	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
1436	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
1437	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
1438	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
1439
1440	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
1441		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
1442		chflags noschg /kernel.old
1443		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1444		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1445	fi
1446
144720000904:
1448	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
1449	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will
1450	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
1451	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
1452	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
1453	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
1454	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
1455	is not likely to be generated.
1456
145720000825:
1458	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
1459	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
1460	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
1461	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
1462	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
1463	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
1464	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
1465	kernel.
1466
146720000821:
1468	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
1469	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
1470	/boot/loader.conf.
1471
147220000812:
1473	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
1474	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
1475	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
1476	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
1477		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
1478	will fix this until the next build.
1479
148020000812:
1481	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
1482	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
1483	include:
1484	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
1485	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
1486	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
1487	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
1488	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
1489	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
1490	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
1491	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
1492	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
1493
149420000810:
1495	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
1496	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
1497	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
1498	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
1499	specific use for it.
1500
150120000729:
1502	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
1503	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
1504	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
1505	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
1506		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
1507		inetd_enable="YES"
1508		portmap_enable="YES"
1509		sendmail_enable="YES"
1510
151120000728:
1512	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
1513	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
1514
151520000728:
1516	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
1517	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
1518	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
1519	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
1520	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
1521	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
1522	to /MYKERNEL.
1523
152420000711:
1525	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get
1526	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
1527	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
1528		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
1529	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
1530	to get around them.
1531
1532	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
1533	clauses above, you needn't worry.
1534
153520000711:
1536	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
1537	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
1538	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
1539	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
1540
154120000710:
1542	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
1543	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
1544	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
1545	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
1546	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
1547	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
1548	errors. (see below, 20000624).
1549
1550	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
1551
155220000709:
1553	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
1554	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
1555	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
1556		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1557
155820000706:
1559	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1560	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1561	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1562	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1563	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1564	interim if needed.
1565
156620000705:
1567	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1568	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1569	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1570	details.
1571
157220000704:
1573	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1574	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1575
157620000704:
1577	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1578	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1579	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1580
158120000630:
1582	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1583	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1584	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1585
158620000625:
1587	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1588	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1589	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1590	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1591	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1592	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1593	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1594
159520000624:
1596	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1597	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1598	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1599	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1600	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1601	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1602	date to the completion of the work.
1603
1604	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1605	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1606	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1607	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1608
160920000622:
1610	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1611	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1612	that used to be required when updating.
1613
161420000621:
1615	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1616	the config file update procedure.
1617		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1618	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1619	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1620		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1621
162220000620:
1623	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1624	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1625	that workaround will no longer be required.
1626
162720000615:
1628	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1629	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1630	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1631	devices.
1632
1633	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1634	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1635	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1636	may work).
1637
163820000612:
1639	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1640	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1641	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1642	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1643	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1644	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1645
1646	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1647	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1648	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1649	in it.
1650
165120000522:
1652	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1653	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1654	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1655	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1656
1657	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1658	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1659	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1660	is resolved.
1661
166220000513:
1663	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1664
166520000510:
1666	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1667	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1668	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1669
167020000503:
1671	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1672	is now available.
1673
167420000502:
1675	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
1676	connected to the kernel building instead.
1677
167820000427:
1679	You may need to build gperf
1680		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1681	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1682	an option only in -current.
1683
168420000417:
1685	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1686	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1687	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1688	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1689	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1690		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1691	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1692
169320000320:
1694	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1695	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1696	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1697		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1698	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1699
170020000319:
1701	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1702	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1703	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1704	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1705	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1706	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1707
170820000318:
1709	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1710	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1711	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1712	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1713	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1714	that you are loading are up to date.
1715
171620000315:
1717	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1718	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1719	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1720	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1721	boot.
1722
172320000315:
1724	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1725	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1726
1727COMMON ITEMS:
1728
1729	# NOTE: 5.x below applies to 6.0-currrent as well, for the
1730	# momemnt.  4.any -> 5.any upgrade support will remain in
1731	# place for 6.0 current, but after 5.3 RELEASE, the 4.any ->
1732	# 6.0-current upgrade path will require moving through 5.3
1733	# RELEASE or newer.
1734
1735	General Notes
1736	-------------
1737	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1738	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1739	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1740	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1741	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1742	on the -current branch).
1743
1744	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1745	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1746	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1747	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1748	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1749	page for more details.
1750
1751	To build a kernel
1752	-----------------
1753	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1754	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1755	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1756	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1757	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1758
1759	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1760	--------------------------------------------------------------
1761	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1762	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1763	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1764
1765	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1766	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1767	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1768	make depend
1769	make
1770	make install
1771
1772	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1773
1774	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1775	-----------------------------------------------------------
1776	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1777	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1778
1779	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1780	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1781	make buildworld
1782	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1783							[1]
1784	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1785	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1786	mergemaster -p					[5]
1787	make installworld
1788	mergemaster					[4]
1789	<reboot>
1790
1791
1792	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1793	--------------------------------------------------
1794	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1795	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1796	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1797	# size.
1798
1799	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1800	<boot into -stable>
1801	make buildworld
1802	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1803	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1804	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1805	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1806	cp src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1807		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1808	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1809	cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1810	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1811	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1812	<reboot into current>
1813	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1814	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
1815 	<reboot>
1816
1817
1818	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current
1819	----------------------------------------------
1820	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1821	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.x onto a 4.x
1822	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1823	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1824	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1825	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1826	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1827	# space on /.
1828
1829	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1830	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1831	make buildworld					[9]
1832	cp sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1833	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1834	cd sys/boot ; make STRIP="" install		[6]
1835							[1]
1836	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1837	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1838	mergemaster -p					[5]
1839	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1840	make installworld
1841	mergemaster -i					[4]
1842	<reboot>
1843
1844	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1845	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1846	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1847	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1848	the UPDATING entries.
1849
1850	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1851	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1852	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1853	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1854	much fewer pitfalls.
1855
1856	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1857	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1858	system on reboot.
1859
1860	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1861	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1862	configuration.
1863
1864	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1865		fsck -p
1866		mount -u /
1867		mount -a
1868		cd src
1869		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1870	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1871	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1872	For the 4.x -> 5.x upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1873	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1874	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1875
1876	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1877	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1878	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1879	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1880	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1881	for potential gotchas.
1882
1883	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1884	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1885	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1886	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1887	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1888	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1889
1890	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1891	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1892	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1893		ok unload
1894		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1895	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1896	described here.
1897
1898	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1899	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form /dev/ad0a
1900	without the actual slice name.  These will break with 5.x and newer.
1901	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1902	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a. i386 and pc98 are affected, while alpha
1903	is not.
1904
1905	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1906	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1907	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1908	that is hard to boot to recover.
1909
1910	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1911	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1912
1913	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1914	cvs prune empty directories.
1915
1916	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1917	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1918	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1919
1920	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1921	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1922	warn if it is improperly defined.
1923
1924	In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything,
1925	you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X=	YES" entry, so that 4.x
1926	compatibility libraries are built which should allow you to continue
1927	using your existing software for a while.  Alternatively, you can
1928	install the misc/compat4x port.
1929
1930	[10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
1931	initialized by feeding data into it.  src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
1932	takes care of this.
1933FORMAT:
1934
1935This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1936breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1937and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1938previous releases if your system is older than this.
1939
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