UPDATING revision 82141
1238106SdesUpdating Information for FreeBSD current users
2238106Sdes
3238106SdesThis file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4238106Sdes<imp@village.org>.  Please send new entries directly to him.  See end
5238106Sdesof file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
6238106SdesCOMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
7238106Sdes
8238106Sdes20010709:
9238106Sdes	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
10238106Sdes	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
11238106Sdes	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
12238106Sdes	solution is to rebuild those ports.
13238106Sdes
14238106Sdes20010628:
15238106Sdes	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
16238106Sdes	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
17238106Sdes
18238106Sdes20010625:
19238106Sdes	The pccard modem issue has been corrected.  OLDCARD support is
20238106Sdes	still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is known not to work
21238106Sdes	on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some cardbus bridges do not
22238106Sdes	properly detect insert/removal events.  IRQ configuration needs
23238106Sdes	more safety belts.
24269257Sdes
25269257Sdes20010617:
26269257Sdes	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
27269257Sdes
28269257Sdes20010614:
29269257Sdes	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
30269257Sdes	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
31269257Sdes	kernel building methods.
32269257Sdes
33269257Sdes20010613:
34238106Sdes	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
35238106Sdes	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
36238106Sdes	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
37238106Sdes	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
38238106Sdes
39238106Sdes20010613:
40238106Sdes	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
41238106Sdes	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
42238106Sdes	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
43238106Sdes
44238106Sdes20010612:
45238106Sdes	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
46238106Sdes	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
47238106Sdes	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
48238106Sdes	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
49238106Sdes	until this bug is fixed.
50238106Sdes
51238106Sdes	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
52238106Sdes	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
53238106Sdes	hints.c file, wheather you want it to or not.
54238106Sdes
55238106Sdes20010610:
56238106Sdes	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
57238106Sdes
58238106Sdes20010604:
59238106Sdes	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
60238106Sdes	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
61238106Sdes	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
62238106Sdes	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
63238106Sdes
64238106Sdes	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
65238106Sdes	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
66291767Sdes	it is).
67291767Sdes
68269257Sdes	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
69238106Sdes	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
70238106Sdes	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
71238106Sdes	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
72238106Sdes
73238106Sdes20010530:
74238106Sdes	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
75238106Sdes	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
76269257Sdes	a limited time.  If you see
77238106Sdes
78269257Sdesinstall: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
79291767Sdes
80291767Sdes	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
81238106Sdes	COPY=-C.
82238106Sdes
83238106Sdes20010525:
84238106Sdes	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
85238106Sdes	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
86238106Sdes	definitely is in bad shape.
87238106Sdes
88238106Sdes20010521:
89238106Sdes	Minor repo damanged has happened.  This may cause problems
90238106Sdes	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
91238106Sdes	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
92238106Sdes	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
93238106Sdes	is
94238106SdesUpdater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
95238106Sdes
96238106Sdes20010520:
97238106Sdes	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
98238106Sdes
99238106Sdes20010519:
100238106Sdes	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
101238106Sdes	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
102238106Sdes	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
103238106Sdes
104238106Sdes20010517:
105238106Sdes	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
106238106Sdes	userland at the same time.
107238106Sdes
108238106Sdes20010517:
109238106Sdes	New ncurses imported.
110238106Sdes
111238106Sdes20010512:
112238106Sdes	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
113238106Sdes	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
114238106Sdes
115238106Sdes20010502:
116238106Sdes	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
117238106Sdes
118238106Sdes20010501:
119238106Sdes	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
120238106Sdes
121238106Sdes20010430:
122238106Sdes	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
123238106Sdes	go back in the water.
124238106Sdes
125238106Sdes20010429:
126238106Sdes	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
127238106Sdes	this date, but before the correction date.
128238106Sdes
129238106Sdes20010423:
130238106Sdes	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
131238106Sdes
132238106Sdes20010411:
133238106Sdes	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
134238106Sdes	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
135238106Sdes	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
136238106Sdes	fsck with the new kernel ever.
137238106Sdes
138238106Sdes20010330:
139238106Sdes	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
140238106Sdes	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
141238106Sdes	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
142238106Sdes
143238106Sdes20010319:
144269257Sdes	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
145238106Sdes	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
146238106Sdes	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
147238106Sdes	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
148238106Sdes
149238106Sdes20010315:
150238106Sdes	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
151238106Sdes	and ATA_ENABEL_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
152238106Sdes	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
153238106Sdes
154238106Sdes20010312:
155238106Sdes	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
156238106Sdes	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
157238106Sdes
158238106Sdes20010312:
159238106Sdes	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
160238106Sdes	instead of ad-hoc.
161238106Sdes
162238106Sdes20010310:
163238106Sdes	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
164238106Sdes	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
165238106Sdes	ssh might not work if you don't.
166238106Sdes
167238106Sdes20010303:
168238106Sdes	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
169238106Sdes	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
170238106Sdes	you use the ed driver.
171238106Sdes
172238106Sdes20010220:
173238106Sdes	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
174238106Sdes	safe to go back into the water.
175238106Sdes
176238106Sdes20010211:
177238106Sdes	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
178238106Sdes	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
179238106Sdes	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
180238106Sdes	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
181238106Sdes	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
182238106Sdes
183238106Sdes	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
184238106Sdes	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
185238106Sdes	don't have to move this to the updating section.
186238106Sdes
187238106Sdes	To get around the installworld problem, do:
188238106Sdes		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
189238106Sdes		# make install
190238106Sdes		# cd /usr/src
191238106Sdes		# make installworld
192238106Sdes	If that doesn't work, then try:
193238106Sdes		# make -k installworld
194238106Sdes		# make installworld
195238106Sdes
196238106Sdes20010207:
197238106Sdes	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
198238106Sdes	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
199238106Sdes
200238106Sdes20010205:
201238106Sdes	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
202238106Sdes	Remove them from your config.
203238106Sdes
204238106Sdes20010122:
205238106Sdes	****************************** WARNING ******************************
206238106Sdes			buildkernel has been changed slightly
207238106Sdes	****************************** WARNING ******************************
208238106Sdes	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
209238106Sdes	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
210238106Sdes
211238106Sdes20010119:
212238106Sdes	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
213238106Sdes	This requires a new config to build correctly.
214238106Sdes
215238106Sdes20010116:
216238106Sdes	The kerrnel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
217238106Sdes	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
218238106Sdes	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
219238106Sdes
220238106Sdes20010110:
221238106Sdes	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
222238106Sdes
223238106Sdes20010102:
224238106Sdes	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
225238106Sdes	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
226269257Sdes
227238106Sdes20010101:
228238106Sdes	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
229238106Sdes	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
230238106Sdes	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
231238106Sdes	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
232238106Sdes	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
233238106Sdes	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
234238106Sdes	might have been ignored by the -k option.
235238106Sdes
236269257Sdes	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
237238106Sdes	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
238238106Sdes	of this working.
239238106Sdes
240238106Sdes20001228:
241238106Sdes	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
242238106Sdes	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink sillyness is gone and the installed
243238106Sdes	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
244238106Sdes
245238106Sdes20001218:
246238106Sdes	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
247238106Sdes	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
248238106Sdes	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
249238106Sdes	cards will not be recognized without it.
250238106Sdes
251238106Sdes20001205:
252238106Sdes	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
253238106Sdes	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
254238106Sdes	adding the following in pam.conf:
255238106Sdes  
256238106Sdes	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
257238106Sdes	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
258238106Sdes	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
259238106Sdes
260238106Sdes20001031:
261238106Sdes	cvs updated to 1.11.
262238106Sdes
263238106Sdes20001020:
264238106Sdes	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
265238106Sdes	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
266269257Sdes	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
267238106Sdes	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
268238106Sdes	workaround.
269238106Sdes
270238106Sdes20001010:
271238106Sdes	****************************** WARNING ******************************
272238106Sdes				Sendmail has been updated.
273238106Sdes	****************************** WARNING ******************************
274238106Sdes	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
275238106Sdes	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
276238106Sdes	  is set.
277269257Sdes	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
278238106Sdes	  commands.
279238106Sdes	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
280238106Sdes	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
281238106Sdes	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
282238106Sdes	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
283238106Sdes
284238106Sdes	More details can be found at
285238106Sdes		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
286238106Sdes
287238106Sdes20001009:
288238106Sdes	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
289238106Sdes	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
290238106Sdes
291238106Sdes20001006:
292238106Sdes	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
293269257Sdes	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
294238106Sdes	/usr/bin/miniperl.
295238106Sdes
296238106Sdes20001005:
297238106Sdes	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
298238106Sdes	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
299238106Sdes	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
300238106Sdes	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
301238106Sdes	tree for anything to work.
302238106Sdes
303238106Sdes20000928:
304	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
305
30620000916:
307	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
308	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
309	same time as your kernel.
310
31120000914:
312	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
313	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
314	when they resume.  Include
315		device		pmtimer
316	in your config file and
317		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
318	to your /boot/device.hints file.
319
32020000911:
321	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
322	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
323	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
324	own kernel config file.
325	Remove:
326		options		RANDOMDEV
327	Add:
328		device		random
329	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
330	nothing.
331
33220000909:
333	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
334	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
335	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
336	The line should read:
337		random_load="YES"
338
33920000907:
340	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
341	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
342	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
343	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
344	first blush appear related to SMP.
345
34620000906:
347	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
348	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
349	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
350	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
351	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
352
35320000905:
354	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
355	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
356	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
357	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
358	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
359
36020000905:
361	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
362	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
363	is /boot/kernel.
364
365	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
366	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
367	installkernel/installworld dance.
368
369	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
370	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
371	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
372	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
373	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
374
375	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
376		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
377		chflags noschg /kernel.old
378		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
379		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
380	fi
381
38220000904:
383	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
384	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will 
385	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
386	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
387	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
388	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
389	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
390	is not likely to be generated.
391
39220000825:
393	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
394	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
395	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
396	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
397	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
398	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
399	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
400	kernel.
401
40220000821:
403	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
404	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
405	/boot/loader.conf.
406
40720000812:
408	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
409	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
410	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
411	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
412		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
413	will fix this until the next build.
414
41520000812:
416	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
417	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
418	include:
419	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
420	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
421	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
422	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
423	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
424	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
425	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
426	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
427	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
428
42920000810:
430	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
431	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
432	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
433	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
434	specific use for it.
435
43620000729:
437	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
438	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
439	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
440	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
441		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
442		inetd_enable="YES"
443		portmap_enable="YES"
444		sendmail_enable="YES"
445
44620000728:
447	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
448	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
449
45020000728:
451	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
452	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
453	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
454	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
455	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
456	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
457	to /MYKERNEL.
458
45920000711:
460	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get 
461	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
462	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
463		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
464	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
465	to get around them.
466
467	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
468	clauses above, you needn't worry.
469
47020000711:
471	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
472	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
473	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
474	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
475
47620000710:
477	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
478	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
479	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
480	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
481	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
482	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
483	errors. (see below, 20000624).
484
485	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
486
48720000709:
488	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
489	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
490	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
491		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
492
49320000706:
494	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
495	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
496	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
497	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
498	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
499	interim if needed.
500
50120000705:
502	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
503	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
504	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
505	details.
506
50720000704:
508	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
509	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
510
51120000704:
512	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
513	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
514	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
515
51620000630:
517	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
518	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
519	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
520
52120000625:
522	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
523	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
524	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
525	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
526	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
527	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
528	to make sure that these haven't changed.
529
53020000624:
531	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
532	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
533	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
534	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD for cryptographic services
535	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
536	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
537	date to the completion of the work.
538
539	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
540	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
541	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
542	recreate the random and urandom devices.
543
54420000622:
545	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
546	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
547	that used to be required when updating.
548
54920000621:
550	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
551	the config file update procedure.
552		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
553	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
554	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file.
555
55620000620:
557	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
558	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
559	that workaround will no longer be required.
560
56120000615:
562	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
563	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
564	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
565	devices.
566
567	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
568	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
569	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
570	may work).
571
57220000612:
573	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
574	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
575	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
576	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
577	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
578	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
579
58020000522:
581	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
582	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
583	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
584	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
585
586	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
587	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
588	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
589	is resolved.
590
59120000513:
592	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
593
59420000510:
595	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
596	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
597	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
598
59920000503:
600	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
601	is now available.
602
60320000502:
604	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and 
605	connected to the kernel building instead.
606
60720000427:
608	You may need to build gperf
609		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
610	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
611	an option only in -current.
612
61320000417:
614	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
615	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
616	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
617	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
618	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
619		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
620	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
621
62220000320:
623	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
624	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
625	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
626		/sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
627	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
628
62920000319:
630	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
631	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
632	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
633	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
634	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
635	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
636
63720000318:
638	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
639	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
640	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
641	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
642	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
643	that you are loading are up to date.
644
64520000315:
646	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
647	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
648	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
649	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
650	boot.
651
65220000315:
653	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
654	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
655
656COMMON ITEMS:
657
658	General Notes
659	-------------
660	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
661	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
662	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
663	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
664	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
665	on the -current branch).
666
667	To build a kernel
668	-----------------
669	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
670	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
671	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
672	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
673	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
674
675	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
676	--------------------------------------------------------------
677	cd src/sys/{i386,alpha}/conf
678	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE			[1]
679	cd ../../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
680	make depend
681	make
682	make install	
683	
684	[1] If in doubt, -r might help here.
685
686	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
687
688	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
689	-----------------------------------------------------------
690	make world
691	Build a new kernel, see above.
692
693	To upgrade from 4.x-stable to current
694	-------------------------------------
695	make buildworld
696	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
697	cp src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
698	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
699	reboot in single user [3]
700	make installworld
701	mergemaster		[4]
702	[1]
703	<reboot>
704
705	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
706	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
707	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
708	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
709	the UPDATING entries.
710
711	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
712	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
713	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
714	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
715	much fewer pitfalls.
716
717	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
718	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
719	system on reboot.
720
721	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
722	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
723	configuration.
724
725	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
726		fsck -p
727		mount -u /
728		mount -a
729		cd /usr/src
730		adjkerntz -i		# if COMS is wall time
731
732	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
733	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
734	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
735	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
736	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
737	for potential gotchas.
738
739FORMAT:
740
741This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
742breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
743and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
744previous releases if your system is older than this.
745
746Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
747that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
748
749Copyright information:
750
751Copyright 1998, 2001 M. Warner Losh.  All Rights Reserved.
752
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768
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