UPDATING revision 140272
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
26
2720050114:
28	Support for abbreviated forms of a number of ipfw options is
29	now deprecated.  Warnings are printed to stderr indicating the
30	correct full form when a match occurs.  Some abbreviations may
31	be supported at a later date based on user feedback.  To be
32	considered for support, abbreviations must be in use prior to
33	this commit and unlikely to be confused with current key words.
34
3520041221:
36	By a popular demand, a lot of NOFOO options were renamed
37	to NO_FOO (see bsd.compat.mk for a full list).  The old
38	spellings are still supported, but will cause annoying
39	warnings on stderr.  Make sure you upgrade properly (see
40	the COMMON ITEMS: section later in this file).
41
4220041219:
43	Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has
44	been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure
45	the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them
46	prior to use.  Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption
47	with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to
48	use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
49	and wlan_xauth as required.
50
5120041213:
52	The behaviour of ppp(8) has changed slightly.  If lqr is enabled
53	(``enable lqr''), older versions would revert to LCP ECHO mode on
54	negotiation failure.  Now, ``enable echo'' is required for this
55	behaviour.  The ppp version number has been bumped to 3.4.2 to
56	reflect the change.
57
5820041201:
59	The wlan support has been updated to split the crypto support
60	into separate modules.  For static WEP you must configure the
61	wlan_wep module in your system or build and install the module
62	in place where it can be loaded (the kernel will auto-load
63	the module when a wep key is configured).
64
6520041201:
66	The ath driver has been updated to split the tx rate control
67	algorithm into a separate module.  You need to include either
68	ath_rate_onoe or ath_rate_amrr when configuring the kernel.
69
7020041116:
71	Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed.  Please
72	use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
73
7420041110:
75	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
76	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
77	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
78	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
79	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
80	their /etc/rc scripts.
81
8220041102:
83	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
84	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
85	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
86
8720041022:
88	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
89	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
90	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
91
9220041007:
93	The FreeBSD keyword is no longer a requirement for a valid
94	rc.d script. The rc(8) and rc.shutdown(8) scripts no longer check
95	for the existence of this keyword when ordering rc.d scripts.
96	This change touches most of the file in /etc/rc.d; therefore,
97	if you have not modified any files in that directory it may
98	be easier to rm -rf /etc/rc.d and then use the -i switch with
99	mergemaster(8).
100
10120041007:
102	One of the syscalls the 1:1 threading library libthr uses has
103	changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild
104	this library with the kernel.
105
10620041004:
107	A major sweep over the tty drivers to elimnate approx 3100
108	lines of copy&pasted code have been performed.  As a part of
109	this change some tty devices have changed names:
110	sio devices are now named:	{tty,cua}d%d[.init,.lock]
111	ucom devices are now named:	{tty,cua}U%d[.init,.lock]
112	For other drivers see the commit logs.
113
11420041001:
115	The following libraries had their version number bumped up:
116		/lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3
117		/lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5
118		/usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5
119		/usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3
120		/usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3
121	FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the
122	compat4x collection.  If you expect to be able to run old 4.X
123	executables you will need to remove the old versions of these
124	libraries.  However note that any 5.X executables you have built
125	will stop working once you remove those old libraries.  You should
126	have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old
127	libraries.
128
12920040929:
130	The pfil API has gained an additional argument to pass an inpcb.
131	You should rebuild all pfil consuming modules: ipfw, ipfilter
132	and pf.
133
13420040928:
135	If named is enabled, the default is now to run it in a chroot
136	"sandbox." For users with existing configurations in
137	/etc/namedb the migration should be simple. Upgrade your
138	world as usual, then after installworld but before
139	mergemaster do the following:
140
141	If named is running: /etc/rc.d/named stop
142	cd /etc
143	mv namedb namedb.bak
144	mkdir -p /var/named/etc/namedb
145	cp -Rp namedb.bak/* /var/named/etc/namedb/
146	mergemaster (with your usual options)
147	If using the generated localhost* files:
148		cd /var/named/etc/namedb
149		/bin/sh make-localhost
150		rm -f localhost-v6.rev localhost.rev
151	/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart
152	/etc/rc.d/named start
153
154	If you are using a custom configuration, or if you have
155	customised the named_* variables in /etc/rc.conf[.local]
156	then you may have to adjust the instructions accordingly.
157	It is suggested that you carefully examine the new named
158	variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and the options in
159	/var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf to see if they might
160	now be more suitable.
161
16220040925:
163	BIND 9 has been imported into the base, and is now fully
164	functional. BIND 8 has now been removed. There are numerous
165	differences between BIND 8 and 9, and users with critical
166	named installations should read the migration documentation
167	in /usr/share/doc/bind9/misc/migration. There is also a
168	new instruction manual in /usr/share/doc/bind9/arm.
169
170	The key differences that most users will experience are in
171	how picky BIND 9 is about zone file format. If you are using
172	named as a resolving (caching) name server, you will likely
173	not have trouble.
174
175	The following files are part of the old BIND 8 installation
176	and should be removed:
177	/usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery /usr/libexec/named-xfer
178	/usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc
179
180	The following files have moved to /usr/bin, and should be
181	removed from their old locations:
182	/usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate
183
18420040914:
185	The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for
186	architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to
187	the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away
188	any old logfile before using a new pflogd(8).
189
19020040906:
191	debug.witness_* has been renamed to debug.witness.*.  There are
192	compatibility tunables left in for a few days.  Update loader.conf
193	as necessary.
194
19520040902:
196	The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage
197	was too extensive.  If you are running with a kernel/userland
198	containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the
199	warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again.
200	With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once
201	again interoperable.
202
20320040830:
204	A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data
205	which is part if struct ifnet.  This means all network drivers
206	and network monitoring applications need to be recompiled.
207
208        WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
209
210        This also breaks ifconfig compatibility.  An old ifconfig will
211        not work with the new kernel and a new ifconfig will not work
212        with the old.  It is strongly recommended that you make a copy
213        of your old ifconfig before installworld.  If you are installing
214        remotely, you must copy over a new ifconfig before rebooting in
215        to the new kernel.
216
21720040828:
218	The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
219	such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
220	otherwise.  If you experience network-related instability, you
221	may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
222	kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT".  Details on the netperf
223	project may be found at:
224
225	    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
226
227	Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
228	details.
229
23020040827:
231	PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
232	need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.
233
23420040819:
235	Netgraph changed its message format slightly to align the data
236	portion well on 64 bit machines.
237	Netgraph using utilities (e.g. ngctl, nghook, ppp, mpd,
238	pppoed, bluetooth, ATM) should be recompiled when a new kernel
239	is installed.
240
24120040817:
242	IPFW has been converted to use pfil(9).  This change is
243	transparent to userland and preserves the ipfw ABI.  The ipfw
244	core packet inspection and filtering functions have not been
245	changed, only how ipfw is invoked is different.
246
24720040814:
248	The RANDOM_IP_ID option has been replaced by the sysctl
249	net.inet.ip.random_id. If you had RANDOM_IP_ID in your kernel then
250	you may want to add "net.inet.ip.random_id=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf.
251
25220040807:
253	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of the
254	if_carp placeholder.  All kernel modules implementing network
255	interfaces must be recompiled as a result.
256
25720040806:
258	Module loading has been fixed.  Some older installations will
259	drop proper module_path initialization and modules will fail to
260	load properly.  If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
261	"initialize drop", do (i386 only):
262		cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
263		chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
264		chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc
265
26620040802:
267	making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
268	so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
269
27020040801:
271	The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
272	so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
273	GENERIC for examples.
274
27520040728:
276	System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major
277	compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x
278	has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again
279	and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new
280	compiler. If you are getting run-time error such as
281	/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "_ZNSs20_S_empty_rep_storageE"
282	This entry does apply to you.
283
284	A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default in this
285	compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused static
286	symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld' breakages
287	with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set to -O2
288	or higher.
289
290	With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded
291	to match the new system compiler.  This makes it impossible to build
292	a new kernel with the old compiler.  Upgrade your system via
293	make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem.
294
29520040727:
296	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of
297	the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies).  All kernel
298	modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as
299	a result.
300
30120040716:
302	The sound device drivers are renamed.  `sound' is always required,
303	while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware.
304	Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers.
305
30620040710:
307	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122.
308
30920040710:
310	The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now
311	identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of
312	the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such,
313	hints (hint.sio.0.flags="0x10") are now required for the sio(4)
314	driver to become a console or debug port.  The NO_SIO option has
315	been decommissioned because of this.
316	Running mergemaster is the easiest way to ensure your
317	'boot/device.hints' has the needed line.
318
31920040710:
320	A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible
321	changes beyond just the debugging experience:
322	o  The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend
323	   and should not be used any more for conditional compilation
324	   of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB
325	   option for this.
326	o  The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have
327	   been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED
328	   respectively. This is in line with the first bullet.
329	o  The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs
330	   to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this.
331	o  The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this
332	   homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol
333	   supports console output and it makes sense to use that. 
334	o  The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger
335	   now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD
336	   symbol lookups through the linker.
337
33820040708:
339	Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific.
340	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change.
341
34220040702:
343	The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler.
344	There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some
345	machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either
346	stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD
347	scheduler as a workaround.
348
34920040630:
350	The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate
351	an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse
352	to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move
353	metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility.
354	Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which
355	case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an
356	example of such changes.
357
358	This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered
359	over.
360
36120040630:
362	ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions.  A message
363	will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled
364	automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible.
365	If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override
366	this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the
367	loader prompt.
368
36920040623:
370	pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege
371	separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group
372	combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run
373	mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually.
374
37520040622:
376	Network interface cloning has been overhauled.  This change will
377	require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of
378	external ones to the new API.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
379	to 502119 to mark this change.  Additionally, users creating
380	stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their
381	scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of
382	"stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout.
383
38420040621:
385	On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to
386	automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did
387	not already exist.  Unfortunately, an error in the man page
388	was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect
389	nsswitch settings.  The simplest remedy is to remove both
390	/etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated
391	during the next reboot.
392
39320040614:
394	The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to
395	make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9).  Be sure to recompile
396	the ips module and any third-party modules which call
397	sema_timedwait.
398
39920040613:
400	ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet.
401	Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of
402	sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place
403	please recompile and reinstall world.
404
40520040607:
406	Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c)
407	requires that you re-run config after updating your tree.
408
40920040601:
410	The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly
411	ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your
412	kernel configuration.
413
41420040423:
415	Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
416	needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
417	options are not affected but those with options may break until
418	ipfw(8) is recompiled.
419
42020040420:
421	Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this
422	date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to
423	20040406.
424
42520040414:
426	The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
427	problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
428	hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.
429
43020040412:
431	The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
432	drive is still broken.
433
43420040410:
435	A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
436	have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
437	the unanticipated problems have been resolved.
438
43920040409:
440        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
441        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
442        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
443        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
444        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running
445        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".
446
44720040322:
448	The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
449	lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
450	by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
451	the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
452	tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
453	If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
454	set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
455	An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
456	locking is merged to permit this to take place.
457
45820040310:
459	The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
460	64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
461	using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
462	detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
463	upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.
464
46520040308:
466	The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
467	sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
468	user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
469	system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
470	The pf system consists of the following three devices:
471	device		pf		# required
472	device		pflog		# optional
473	device		pfsync		# optional
474
47520040303:
476	If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
477	(see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
478	/etc/libmap.conf:
479
480	libc_r.so.5		libpthread.so.1
481	libc_r.so		libpthread.so
482
483	This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
484	to use libpthread instead.
485
48620040226:
487	Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
488	is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
489	disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
490	OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
491	have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.
492
49320040225:
494	The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
495	to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
496	reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
497	problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
498	should remain unaffected.
499
50020040225:
501	routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
502	sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
503	for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
504	-CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
505	of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
506	from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.
507
50820040224:
509	The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
510	and related userland network utilities necessary.
511
51220040222:
513	The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
514	First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
515	Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
516	Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.
517
51820040207:
519	The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
520	necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.
521
52220040130:
523	libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
524	default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
525	been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
526	alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
527	are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
528	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
529	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
530	maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
531	libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
532	that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
533	nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
534	that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
535	do not work with libpthread.
536
53720040125:
538	ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
539	in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
540	better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
541	efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
542	running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
543	SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.
544
54520040125:
546	Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
547	belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
548	depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.
549
55020031213:
551	src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
552	if the login process is unable to successfully set the
553	process credentials to include all groups defined for the
554	user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
555	may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
556	defined, or they will be unable to log in.
557
55820031203:
559	The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
560	to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.
561
56220031112:
563	The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
564	allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
565	sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
566	BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
567	binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
568	not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
569	structure.
570	Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
571	kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
572	even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
573	you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
574	have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
575	Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
576	such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
577	system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
578	that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
579	these changes are installed.
580
581	****************************DANGER*******************************
582
583	DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
584	installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
585	new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
586	kernel.
587
58820031112:
589	Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
590	change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
591	userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
592	netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
593	sync before rebooting.
594
59520031111:
596	Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
597	when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
598	CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
599	If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
600	BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
601	with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
602
60320031103:
604	The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
605	'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
606	disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
607	kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.
608
60920031031:
610	The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
611	the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
612	if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
613	userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
614	and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
615	reflect this change.
616
61720030928:
618	Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
619	the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
620	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110.
621
62220030926:
623	kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
624	mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.
625
62620030923:
627	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
628	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
629	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
630	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
631
63220030915:
633	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
634	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
635	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
636	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
637
63820030829:
639	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
640	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
641	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
642	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
643	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
644	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
645	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
646	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
647	may or may not exist on your system.
648
64920030824:
650	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h
651	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
652	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
653	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
654
65520030819:
656	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
657	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
658	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
659	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
660
66120030728:
662	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
663	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
664	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
665	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
666	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
667
66820030724:
669	Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
670	with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.
671
67220030722:
673	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
674	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
675	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
676	FPU hardware.
677
67820030714:
679	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
680	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
681	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
682	People should report those issues to current@.
683
68420030711:
685	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
686	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
687	/usr/obj.
688
68920030610:
690	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
691	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
692	LANG environment variable.
693
69420030609:
695	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
696	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
697	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
698	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
699	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
700	kernel.
701
70220030605:
703	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
704	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
705	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
706	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
707	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
708	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
709
710	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
711	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
712	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
713	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
714		:
715
716	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
717	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
718	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
719
72020030505:
721	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
722	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
723	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
724
72520030502:
726	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
727	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
728	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
729	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
730
73120030501:
732	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
733	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
734	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
735	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
736	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
737	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
738
73920030423:
740	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
741	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
742	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
743	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
744	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
745	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
746	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
747	allowances are made.
748
74920030329:
750	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
751	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
752	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
753
754	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
755	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
756	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
757	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
758
759	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
760	    make cleandir && make obj && \
761	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
762	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
763
76420030208:
765	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
766	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
767	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
768	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
769	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
770
77120030128:
772	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
773	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
774	be removed when convenient.
775
77620030126:
777	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
778	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
779
78020030125:
781	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
782	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
783	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
784	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
785	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
786	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
787
78820030115:
789	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
790	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
791	properly.
792
793	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
794	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
795	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
796	with NetBSD.
797
79820021222:
799 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
800 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
801 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
802 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
803 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
804 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be
805	rebuilt.
806
80720021216:
808	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
809	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
810	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
811	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
812	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
813
81420021202:
815	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
816	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
817	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
818	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
819
82020021029:
821	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
822	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
823	consumers in sync.
824
82520021024:
826	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
827	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
828	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
829	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
830	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
831	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
832	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
833	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
834
83520021023:
836	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
837	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
838	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
839	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
840	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
841
842	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
843	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
844	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
845	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
846	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
847	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
848
84920020831:
850	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
851	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
852	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
853
854	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
855	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
856
85720020827:
858	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
859	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
860	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
861	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
862
86320020815:
864	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
865	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
866	again.
867
86820020729:
869	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
870	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
871	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
872	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
873
87420020702:
875	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
876	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the
877	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
878	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
879	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
880
88120020701:
882	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
883	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
884	GNOME.
885
88620020511:
887	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
888	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
889	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
890	with the set-user-ID bit set.
891
89220020510:
893	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
894	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
895	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
896	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
897
89820020510:
899	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
900	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
901	and then do a cvs update.
902
90320020421:
904	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
905	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
906
90720020404:
908	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
909	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
910	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
911	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
912	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
913	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
914	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
915
91620020403:
917	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
918
91920020315:
920	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
921
92220020225:
923	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
924	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
925
92620020217:
927	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
928	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
929	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
930	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
931	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
932
933	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
934	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
935	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
936	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
937	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
938	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
939	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
940	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
941	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
942	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
943	as of this date.
944
94520020112:
946	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
947	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
948	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
949	you have local modifications, you can use
950	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
951	/etc/pam.d.
952
953	Please see the following url for more details:
954http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
95520011229:
956	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
957	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
958http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
959
96020011220:
961	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
962	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
963	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
964	own.  All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b
965	version have now been merged back into the base system's
966	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
967	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
968	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
969	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
970	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
971	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
972
97320011215:
974	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
975	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
976	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
977	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
978	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
979	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
980	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
981	fdcontrol(8).
982
98320011209:
984	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
985	and truss(1) now works again.
986
98720011207:
988	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
989	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
990	see
991http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
992	for details.
993
99420011204:
995	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
996	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
997
99820011203:
999	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
1000	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
1001	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
1002	not there already.
1003
1004	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
1005	until the issue has been resolved.
1006
100720011202:
1008	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
1009	patched.
1010
101120011126:
1012	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
1013	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
1014
101520011103:
1016	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
1017	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
1018	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
1019
102020011030:
1021	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
1022	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
1023
102420011030:
1025	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
1026
102720011027:
1028	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
1029	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
1030	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
1031	try to use from this date forward.
1032
103320011025:
1034	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
1035	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
1036	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
1037	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
1038	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
1039
104020011001:
1041	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
1042	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
1043	at the same time.
1044
104520010929:
1046	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
1047	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
1048	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
1049	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
1050	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
1051
105220010927:
1053	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
1054	To disable ACPI you can add
1055		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
1056	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
1057	loader "ok" prompt).
1058
1059	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
1060	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
1061	file and not list acpi in that list.
1062
106320010924:
1064	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
1065	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
1066	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
1067	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
1068	following to get them installed only once:
1069		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
1070		make all install
1071	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
1072
107320010919:
1074	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
1075	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
1076	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
1077	workaround is to add
1078		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
1079	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
1080	can be removed afterwards.
1081
1082	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
1083
108420010918:
1085	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
1086	NFS may be unstable after this date.
1087
108820010912:
1089	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
1090	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
1091	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
1092	corrected.
1093
109420010901:
1095	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
1096	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
1097	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
1098	have been rectified around this date.
1099
110020010823:
1101 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as
1102 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure
1103 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8))
1104 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make
1105 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write)
1106 	permission for your name server configuration and that it
1107 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and
1108 	directory.
1109
1110 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure
1111 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
1112
1113 		named_flags=
1114
111520010709:
1116	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
1117	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
1118	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
1119	solution is to rebuild those ports.
1120
112120010628:
1122	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
1123	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
1124
112520010625:
1126	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
1127	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
1128	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
1129	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
1130	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
1131
113220010617:
1133	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
1134
113520010614:
1136	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
1137	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
1138	kernel building methods.
1139
114020010613:
1141	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
1142	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
1143	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
1144	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
1145
114620010613:
1147	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
1148	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
1149	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
1150
115120010612:
1152	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
1153	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
1154	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
1155	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
1156	until this bug is fixed.
1157
1158	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
1159	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
1160	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
1161
116220010610:
1163	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
1164
116520010604:
1166	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
1167	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
1168	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
1169	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
1170
1171	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
1172	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
1173	it is).
1174
1175	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
1176	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
1177	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
1178	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
1179
118020010530:
1181	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
1182	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
1183	a limited time.  If you see
1184
1185install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
1186
1187	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
1188	COPY=-C.
1189
119020010525:
1191	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
1192	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
1193	definitely is in bad shape.
1194
119520010521:
1196	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
1197	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
1198	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
1199	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
1200	is
1201Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
1202
120320010520:
1204	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
1205
120620010519:
1207	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
1208	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
1209	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
1210
121120010517:
1212	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
1213	userland at the same time.
1214
121520010517:
1216	New ncurses imported.
1217
121820010512:
1219	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
1220	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
1221
122220010504:
1223	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
1224	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
1225
122620010502:
1227	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
1228
122920010501:
1230	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
1231
123220010430:
1233	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
1234	go back in the water.
1235
123620010429:
1237	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
1238	this date, but before the correction date.
1239
124020010423:
1241	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
1242
124320010411:
1244	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
1245	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
1246	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
1247	fsck with the new kernel ever.
1248
124920010330:
1250	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
1251	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
1252	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
1253
125420010319:
1255	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
1256	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
1257	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
1258	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
1259
126020010315:
1261	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
1262	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
1263	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
1264
126520010312:
1266	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
1267	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
1268
126920010312:
1270	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
1271	instead of ad-hoc.
1272
127320010310:
1274	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
1275	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
1276	ssh might not work if you don't.
1277
127820010303:
1279	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
1280	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
1281	you use the ed driver.
1282
128320010220:
1284	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
1285	safe to go back into the water.
1286
128720010211:
1288	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
1289	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
1290	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
1291	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
1292	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
1293
1294	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
1295	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
1296	don't have to move this to the updating section.
1297
1298	To get around the installworld problem, do:
1299		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
1300		# make install
1301		# cd /usr/src
1302		# make installworld
1303	If that doesn't work, then try:
1304		# make -k installworld
1305		# make installworld
1306
130720010207:
1308	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
1309	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
1310
131120010205:
1312	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
1313	Remove them from your config.
1314
131520010122:
1316	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1317			buildkernel has been changed slightly
1318	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1319	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
1320	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
1321
132220010119:
1323	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
1324	This requires a new config to build correctly.
1325
132620010116:
1327	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
1328	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
1329	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
1330
133120010110:
1332	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
1333
133420010102:
1335	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
1336	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
1337
133820010101:
1339	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
1340	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
1341	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
1342	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
1343	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
1344	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
1345	might have been ignored by the -k option.
1346
1347	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
1348	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
1349	of this working.
1350
135120001228:
1352	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
1353	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
1354	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
1355
135620001218:
1357	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
1358	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
1359	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
1360	cards will not be recognized without it.
1361
136220001205:
1363	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
1364	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
1365	adding the following in pam.conf:
1366
1367	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
1368	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
1369	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
1370
137120001031:
1372	cvs updated to 1.11.
1373
137420001020:
1375	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
1376	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
1377	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
1378	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
1379	workaround.
1380
138120001010:
1382	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1383				Sendmail has been updated.
1384	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1385	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
1386	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
1387	  is set.
1388	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
1389	  commands.
1390	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
1391	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
1392	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
1393	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
1394
1395	More details can be found at
1396		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
1397
139820001009:
1399	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
1400	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
1401
140220001006:
1403	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
1404	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
1405	/usr/bin/miniperl.
1406
140720001005:
1408	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
1409	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
1410	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
1411	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
1412	tree for anything to work.
1413
141420000928:
1415	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
1416
141720000916:
1418	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
1419	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
1420	same time as your kernel.
1421
142220000914:
1423	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
1424	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
1425	when they resume.  Include
1426		device		pmtimer
1427	in your config file and
1428		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
1429	to your /boot/device.hints file.
1430
143120000911:
1432	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
1433	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
1434	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
1435	own kernel config file.
1436	Remove:
1437		options		RANDOMDEV
1438	Add:
1439		device		random
1440	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
1441	nothing.
1442
144320000909:
1444	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
1445	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
1446	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
1447	The line should read:
1448		random_load="YES"
1449
145020000907:
1451	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
1452	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
1453	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
1454	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
1455	first blush appear related to SMP.
1456
145720000906:
1458	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
1459	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
1460	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
1461	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
1462	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
1463
146420000905:
1465	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
1466	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
1467	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
1468	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
1469	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
1470
147120000905:
1472	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
1473	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
1474	is /boot/kernel.
1475
1476	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
1477	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
1478	installkernel/installworld dance.
1479
1480	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
1481	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
1482	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
1483	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
1484	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
1485
1486	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
1487		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
1488		chflags noschg /kernel.old
1489		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1490		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1491	fi
1492
149320000904:
1494	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
1495	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will
1496	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
1497	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
1498	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
1499	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
1500	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
1501	is not likely to be generated.
1502
150320000825:
1504	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
1505	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
1506	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
1507	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
1508	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
1509	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
1510	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
1511	kernel.
1512
151320000821:
1514	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
1515	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
1516	/boot/loader.conf.
1517
151820000812:
1519	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
1520	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
1521	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
1522	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
1523		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
1524	will fix this until the next build.
1525
152620000812:
1527	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
1528	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
1529	include:
1530	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
1531	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
1532	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
1533	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
1534	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
1535	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
1536	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
1537	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
1538	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
1539
154020000810:
1541	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
1542	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
1543	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
1544	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
1545	specific use for it.
1546
154720000729:
1548	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
1549	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
1550	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
1551	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
1552		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
1553		inetd_enable="YES"
1554		portmap_enable="YES"
1555		sendmail_enable="YES"
1556
155720000728:
1558	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
1559	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
1560
156120000728:
1562	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
1563	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
1564	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
1565	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
1566	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
1567	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
1568	to /MYKERNEL.
1569
157020000711:
1571	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get
1572	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
1573	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
1574		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
1575	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
1576	to get around them.
1577
1578	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
1579	clauses above, you needn't worry.
1580
158120000711:
1582	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
1583	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
1584	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
1585	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
1586
158720000710:
1588	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
1589	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
1590	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
1591	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
1592	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
1593	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
1594	errors. (see below, 20000624).
1595
1596	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
1597
159820000709:
1599	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
1600	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
1601	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
1602		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1603
160420000706:
1605	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1606	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1607	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1608	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1609	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1610	interim if needed.
1611
161220000705:
1613	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1614	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1615	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1616	details.
1617
161820000704:
1619	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1620	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1621
162220000704:
1623	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1624	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1625	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1626
162720000630:
1628	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1629	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1630	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1631
163220000625:
1633	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1634	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1635	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1636	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1637	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1638	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1639	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1640
164120000624:
1642	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1643	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1644	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1645	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1646	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1647	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1648	date to the completion of the work.
1649
1650	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1651	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1652	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1653	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1654
165520000622:
1656	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1657	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1658	that used to be required when updating.
1659
166020000621:
1661	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1662	the config file update procedure.
1663		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1664	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1665	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1666		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1667
166820000620:
1669	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1670	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1671	that workaround will no longer be required.
1672
167320000615:
1674	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1675	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1676	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1677	devices.
1678
1679	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1680	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1681	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1682	may work).
1683
168420000612:
1685	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1686	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1687	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1688	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1689	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1690	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1691
1692	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1693	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1694	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1695	in it.
1696
169720000522:
1698	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1699	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1700	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1701	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1702
1703	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1704	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1705	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1706	is resolved.
1707
170820000513:
1709	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1710
171120000510:
1712	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1713	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1714	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1715
171620000503:
1717	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1718	is now available.
1719
172020000502:
1721	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
1722	connected to the kernel building instead.
1723
172420000427:
1725	You may need to build gperf
1726		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1727	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1728	an option only in -current.
1729
173020000417:
1731	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1732	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1733	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1734	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1735	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1736		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1737	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1738
173920000320:
1740	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1741	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1742	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1743		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1744	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1745
174620000319:
1747	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1748	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1749	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1750	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1751	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1752	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1753
175420000318:
1755	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1756	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1757	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1758	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1759	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1760	that you are loading are up to date.
1761
176220000315:
1763	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1764	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1765	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1766	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1767	boot.
1768
176920000315:
1770	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1771	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1772
1773COMMON ITEMS:
1774
1775	# NOTE: 5.x below applies to 6.0-currrent as well, for the
1776	# momemnt.  4.any -> 5.any upgrade support will remain in
1777	# place for 6.0 current, but after 5.3 RELEASE, the 4.any ->
1778	# 6.0-current upgrade path will require moving through 5.3
1779	# RELEASE or newer.
1780
1781	General Notes
1782	-------------
1783	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1784	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1785	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1786	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1787	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1788	on the -current branch).
1789
1790	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1791	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1792	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1793	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1794	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1795	page for more details.
1796
1797	To build a kernel
1798	-----------------
1799	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1800	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1801	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1802	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1803	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1804
1805	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1806	--------------------------------------------------------------
1807	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1808	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1809	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1810
1811	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1812	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1813	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1814	make depend
1815	make
1816	make install
1817
1818	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1819
1820	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1821	-----------------------------------------------------------
1822	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1823	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1824
1825	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1826	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1827	make buildworld
1828	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1829							[1]
1830	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1831	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1832	mergemaster -p					[5]
1833	make installworld
1834	mergemaster					[4]
1835	<reboot>
1836
1837
1838	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1839	--------------------------------------------------
1840	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1841	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1842	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1843	# size.
1844
1845	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1846	<boot into -stable>
1847	make buildworld
1848	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1849	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1850	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1851	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1852	cp src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1853		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1854	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1855	cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1856	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1857	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1858	<reboot into current>
1859	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1860	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
1861 	<reboot>
1862
1863
1864	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current
1865	----------------------------------------------
1866	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1867	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.x onto a 4.x
1868	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1869	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1870	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1871	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1872	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1873	# space on /.
1874
1875	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1876	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1877	make buildworld					[9]
1878	cp sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1879	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1880	cd sys/boot ; make STRIP="" install		[6]
1881							[1]
1882	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1883	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1884	mergemaster -p					[5]
1885	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1886	make installworld
1887	mergemaster -i					[4]
1888	<reboot>
1889
1890	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1891	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1892	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1893	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1894	the UPDATING entries.
1895
1896	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1897	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1898	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1899	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1900	much fewer pitfalls.
1901
1902	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1903	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1904	system on reboot.
1905
1906	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1907	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1908	configuration.
1909
1910	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1911		fsck -p
1912		mount -u /
1913		mount -a
1914		cd src
1915		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1916	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1917	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1918	For the 4.x -> 5.x upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1919	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1920	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1921
1922	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1923	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1924	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1925	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1926	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1927	for potential gotchas.
1928
1929	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1930	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1931	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1932	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1933	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1934	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1935
1936	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1937	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1938	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1939		ok unload
1940		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1941	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1942	described here.
1943
1944	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1945	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form /dev/ad0a
1946	without the actual slice name.  These will break with 5.x and newer.
1947	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1948	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a. i386 and pc98 are affected, while alpha
1949	is not.
1950
1951	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1952	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1953	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1954	that is hard to boot to recover.
1955
1956	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1957	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1958
1959	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1960	cvs prune empty directories.
1961
1962	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1963	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1964	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1965
1966	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1967	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1968	warn if it is improperly defined.
1969
1970	In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything,
1971	you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X=	YES" entry, so that 4.x
1972	compatibility libraries are built which should allow you to continue
1973	using your existing software for a while.  Alternatively, you can
1974	install the misc/compat4x port.
1975
1976	[10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
1977	initialized by feeding data into it.  src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
1978	takes care of this.
1979FORMAT:
1980
1981This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1982breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1983and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1984previous releases if your system is older than this.
1985
1986Copyright information:
1987
1988Copyright 1998-2004 M. Warner Losh.  All Rights Reserved.
1989
1990Redistribution, publication, translation and use, with or without
1991modification, in full or in part, in any form or format of this
1992document are permitted without further permission from the author.
1993
1994THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED BY WARNER LOSH ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
1995IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
1996WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
1997DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL WARNER LOSH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
1998INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
1999(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
2000SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
2001HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
2002STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
2003IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
2004POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
2005
2006If you find this document useful, and you want to, you may buy the
2007author a beer.
2008
2009Contact Warner Losh if you have any questions about your use of
2010this document.
2011
2012$FreeBSD: head/UPDATING 140272 2005-01-15 01:53:49Z brooks $
2013