UPDATING revision 120438
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
7NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT 5.0-CURRENT IS SLOW:
8	FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT has many debugging features turned on, in
9	both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
10	incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
11	through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
12	also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
13	do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
14	you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
15	related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
16	in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
17	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
18	to maximize performance.
19
2020030925:
21	Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS
22	also be explicitly configured.  Previously this dependency was
23	magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has
24	been removed.  Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS
25	will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c.
26
2720030923:
28	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
29	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system 
30	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
31	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
32
3320030915:
34	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
35	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
36	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
37	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
38
3920030829:
40	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
41	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
42	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
43	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
44	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
45	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
46	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
47	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
48	may or may not exist on your system.
49
5020030824:
51	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h 
52	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
53	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
54	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
55
5620030819:
57	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
58	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
59	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
60	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
61
6220030728:
63	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
64	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
65	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
66	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
67	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
68
6920030722:
70	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
71	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
72	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
73	FPU hardware.
74
7520030714:
76	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
77	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
78	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
79	People should report those issues to current@.
80
8120030711:
82	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
83	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
84	/usr/obj.
85
8620030613: [retrospective]
87	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
88	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
89	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
90	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
91	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
92	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
93
94	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
95	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
96	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
97	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
98		:
99
100	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
101	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
102	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
103
10420030610:
105	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
106	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
107	LANG environment variable.
108
10920030609:
110	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
111	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
112	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
113	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
114	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
115	kernel.
116
11720030505:
118	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
119	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
120	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
121
12220030502:
123	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
124	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
125	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
126	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
127
12820030501:
129	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
130	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
131	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
132	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
133	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
134	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
135
13620030423:
137	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
138	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
139	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
140	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
141	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
142	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
143	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
144	allowances are made.
145
14620030329:
147	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
148	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
149	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
150
151	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
152	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
153	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
154	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
155
156	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
157	    make cleandir && make obj && \
158	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
159	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
160
16120030208:
162	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
163	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
164	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
165	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
166	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
167
16820030128:
169	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
170	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
171	be removed when convenient.
172
17320030126:
174	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
175	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
176
17720030125:
178	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
179	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
180	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
181	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
182	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
183	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
184
18520030115:
186	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
187	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
188	properly.
189
190	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
191	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
192	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
193	with NetBSD.
194
19520021222:
196 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
197 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
198 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
199 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
200 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
201 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be 
202	rebuilt.
203
20420021216:
205	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
206	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
207	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
208	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
209	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
210
21120021202:
212	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
213	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
214	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
215	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
216
21720021029:
218	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
219	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
220	consumers in sync.
221
22220021024:
223	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
224	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
225	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
226	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
227	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
228	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
229	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
230	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
231
23220021023:
233	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
234	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
235	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
236	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
237	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
238
239	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
240	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
241	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
242	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
243	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
244	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
245
24620020831:
247	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
248	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
249	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
250
251	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
252	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
253
25420020827:
255	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
256	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
257	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
258	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
259
26020020815:
261	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
262	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
263	again.
264
26520020729:
266	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
267	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
268	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
269	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
270
27120020702:
272	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
273	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the 
274	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
275	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
276	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
277
27820020701:
279	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
280	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
281	GNOME.
282
28320020511:
284	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
285	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
286	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
287	with the set-user-ID bit set.
288
28920020510:
290	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
291	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
292	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
293	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
294
29520020510:
296	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
297	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
298	and then do a cvs update.
299
30020020421:
301	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
302	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
303
30420020404:
305	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
306	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
307	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
308	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
309	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
310	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
311	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
312
31320020403:
314	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
315
31620020315:
317	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
318
31920020225:
320	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
321	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
322
32320020217:
324	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
325	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
326	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
327	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
328	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
329
330	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
331	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
332	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
333	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
334	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
335	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
336	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
337	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
338	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
339	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
340	as of this date.
341
34220020112:
343	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
344	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
345	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
346	you have local modifications, you can use
347	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
348	/etc/pam.d.
349
350	Please see the following url for more details:
351http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
35220011229:
353	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
354	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
355http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
356
35720011220:
358	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
359	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
360	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
361	own.  All the accumulated features and bugfixes of the i4b
362	version have now been merged back into the base system's
363	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
364	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
365	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
366	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
367	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
368	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
369
37020011215:
371	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
372	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
373	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
374	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
375	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
376	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
377	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
378	fdcontrol(8).
379
38020011209:
381	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
382	and truss(1) now works again.
383
38420011207:
385	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
386	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
387	see 
388http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
389	for details.
390
39120011204:
392	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
393	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
394
39520011203:
396	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
397	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
398	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
399	not there already.
400
401	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
402	until the issue has been resolved.
403
40420011202:
405	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
406	patched.
407
40820011126:
409	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
410	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
411
41220011103:
413	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
414	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
415	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
416
41720011030:
418	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
419	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
420
42120011030:
422	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
423
42420011027:
425	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
426	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
427	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
428	try to use from this date forward.
429
43020011025:
431	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
432	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
433	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
434	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
435	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
436
43720011001:
438	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
439	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
440	at the same time.
441
44220010929:
443	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
444	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
445	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
446	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
447	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
448
44920010927:
450	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
451	To disable ACPI you can add
452		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
453	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
454	loader "ok" prompt).
455
456	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
457	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
458	file and not list acpi in that list.
459
46020010924:
461	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
462	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
463	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
464	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
465	following to get them installed only once:
466		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
467		make all install
468	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
469
47020010919:
471	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
472	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
473	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
474	workaround is to add
475		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
476	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
477	can be removed afterwards.
478
479	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
480
48120010918:
482	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
483	NFS may be unstable after this date.
484
48520010912:
486	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
487	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
488	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
489	corrected.
490
49120010901:
492	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
493	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
494	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
495	have been rectified around this date.
496
49720010823:
498 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as 
499 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure 
500 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8)) 
501 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make 
502 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write) 
503 	permission for your name server configuration and that it 
504 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and 
505 	directory.
506 
507 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure 
508 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
509 
510 		named_flags=
511
51220010709:
513	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
514	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
515	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
516	solution is to rebuild those ports.
517
51820010628:
519	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
520	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
521
52220010625:
523	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
524	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
525	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
526	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
527	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
528
52920010617:
530	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
531
53220010614:
533	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
534	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
535	kernel building methods.
536
53720010613:
538	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
539	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
540	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
541	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
542
54320010613:
544	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
545	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
546	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
547
54820010612:
549	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
550	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
551	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
552	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
553	until this bug is fixed.
554
555	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
556	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
557	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
558
55920010610:
560	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
561
56220010604:
563	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
564	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
565	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
566	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
567
568	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
569	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
570	it is).
571
572	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
573	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
574	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
575	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
576
57720010530:
578	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
579	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
580	a limited time.  If you see
581
582install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
583
584	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
585	COPY=-C.
586
58720010525:
588	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
589	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
590	definitely is in bad shape.
591
59220010521:
593	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
594	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
595	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
596	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
597	is
598Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
599
60020010520:
601	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
602
60320010519:
604	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
605	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
606	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
607
60820010517:
609	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
610	userland at the same time.
611
61220010517:
613	New ncurses imported.
614
61520010512:
616	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
617	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
618
61920010504:
620	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
621	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
622
62320010502:
624	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
625
62620010501:
627	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
628
62920010430:
630	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
631	go back in the water.
632
63320010429:
634	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
635	this date, but before the correction date.
636
63720010423:
638	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
639
64020010411:
641	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
642	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
643	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
644	fsck with the new kernel ever.
645
64620010330:
647	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
648	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
649	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
650
65120010319:
652	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
653	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
654	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
655	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
656
65720010315:
658	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
659	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
660	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
661
66220010312:
663	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
664	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
665
66620010312:
667	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
668	instead of ad-hoc.
669
67020010310:
671	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
672	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
673	ssh might not work if you don't.
674
67520010303:
676	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
677	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
678	you use the ed driver.
679
68020010220:
681	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
682	safe to go back into the water.
683
68420010211:
685	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
686	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
687	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
688	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
689	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
690
691	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
692	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
693	don't have to move this to the updating section.
694
695	To get around the installworld problem, do:
696		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
697		# make install
698		# cd /usr/src
699		# make installworld
700	If that doesn't work, then try:
701		# make -k installworld
702		# make installworld
703
70420010207:
705	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
706	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
707
70820010205:
709	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
710	Remove them from your config.
711
71220010122:
713	****************************** WARNING ******************************
714			buildkernel has been changed slightly
715	****************************** WARNING ******************************
716	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
717	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
718
71920010119:
720	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
721	This requires a new config to build correctly.
722
72320010116:
724	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
725	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
726	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
727
72820010110:
729	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
730
73120010102:
732	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
733	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
734
73520010101:
736	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
737	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
738	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
739	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
740	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
741	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
742	might have been ignored by the -k option.
743
744	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
745	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
746	of this working.
747
74820001228:
749	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
750	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
751	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
752
75320001218:
754	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
755	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
756	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
757	cards will not be recognized without it.
758
75920001205:
760	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
761	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
762	adding the following in pam.conf:
763  
764	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
765	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
766	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
767
76820001031:
769	cvs updated to 1.11.
770
77120001020:
772	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
773	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
774	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
775	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
776	workaround.
777
77820001010:
779	****************************** WARNING ******************************
780				Sendmail has been updated.
781	****************************** WARNING ******************************
782	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
783	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
784	  is set.
785	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
786	  commands.
787	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
788	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
789	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
790	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
791
792	More details can be found at
793		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
794
79520001009:
796	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
797	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
798
79920001006:
800	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
801	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
802	/usr/bin/miniperl.
803
80420001005:
805	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
806	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
807	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
808	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
809	tree for anything to work.
810
81120000928:
812	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
813
81420000916:
815	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
816	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
817	same time as your kernel.
818
81920000914:
820	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
821	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
822	when they resume.  Include
823		device		pmtimer
824	in your config file and
825		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
826	to your /boot/device.hints file.
827
82820000911:
829	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
830	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
831	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
832	own kernel config file.
833	Remove:
834		options		RANDOMDEV
835	Add:
836		device		random
837	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
838	nothing.
839
84020000909:
841	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
842	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
843	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
844	The line should read:
845		random_load="YES"
846
84720000907:
848	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
849	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
850	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
851	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
852	first blush appear related to SMP.
853
85420000906:
855	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
856	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
857	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
858	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
859	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
860
86120000905:
862	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
863	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
864	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
865	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
866	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
867
86820000905:
869	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
870	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
871	is /boot/kernel.
872
873	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
874	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
875	installkernel/installworld dance.
876
877	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
878	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
879	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
880	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
881	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
882
883	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
884		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
885		chflags noschg /kernel.old
886		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
887		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
888	fi
889
89020000904:
891	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
892	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will 
893	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
894	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
895	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
896	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
897	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
898	is not likely to be generated.
899
90020000825:
901	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
902	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
903	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
904	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
905	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
906	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
907	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
908	kernel.
909
91020000821:
911	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
912	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
913	/boot/loader.conf.
914
91520000812:
916	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
917	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
918	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
919	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
920		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
921	will fix this until the next build.
922
92320000812:
924	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
925	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
926	include:
927	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
928	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
929	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
930	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
931	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
932	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
933	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
934	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
935	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
936
93720000810:
938	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
939	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
940	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
941	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
942	specific use for it.
943
94420000729:
945	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
946	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
947	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
948	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
949		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
950		inetd_enable="YES"
951		portmap_enable="YES"
952		sendmail_enable="YES"
953
95420000728:
955	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
956	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
957
95820000728:
959	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
960	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
961	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
962	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
963	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
964	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
965	to /MYKERNEL.
966
96720000711:
968	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get 
969	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
970	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
971		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
972	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
973	to get around them.
974
975	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
976	clauses above, you needn't worry.
977
97820000711:
979	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
980	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
981	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
982	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
983
98420000710:
985	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
986	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
987	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
988	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
989	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
990	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
991	errors. (see below, 20000624).
992
993	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
994
99520000709:
996	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
997	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
998	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
999		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1000
100120000706:
1002	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1003	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1004	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1005	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1006	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1007	interim if needed.
1008
100920000705:
1010	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1011	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1012	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1013	details.
1014
101520000704:
1016	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1017	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1018
101920000704:
1020	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1021	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1022	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1023
102420000630:
1025	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1026	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1027	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1028
102920000625:
1030	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1031	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1032	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1033	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1034	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1035	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1036	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1037
103820000624:
1039	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1040	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1041	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1042	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1043	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1044	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1045	date to the completion of the work.
1046
1047	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1048	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1049	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1050	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1051
105220000622:
1053	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1054	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1055	that used to be required when updating.
1056
105720000621:
1058	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1059	the config file update procedure.
1060		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1061	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1062	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1063		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1064
106520000620:
1066	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1067	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1068	that workaround will no longer be required.
1069
107020000615:
1071	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1072	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1073	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1074	devices.
1075
1076	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1077	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1078	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1079	may work).
1080
108120000612:
1082	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1083	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1084	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1085	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1086	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1087	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1088
1089	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1090	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1091	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1092	in it.
1093
109420000522:
1095	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1096	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1097	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1098	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1099
1100	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1101	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1102	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1103	is resolved.
1104
110520000513:
1106	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1107
110820000510:
1109	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1110	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1111	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1112
111320000503:
1114	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1115	is now available.
1116
111720000502:
1118	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and 
1119	connected to the kernel building instead.
1120
112120000427:
1122	You may need to build gperf
1123		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1124	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1125	an option only in -current.
1126
112720000417:
1128	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1129	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1130	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1131	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1132	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1133		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1134	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1135
113620000320:
1137	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1138	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1139	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1140		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1141	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1142
114320000319:
1144	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1145	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1146	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1147	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1148	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1149	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1150
115120000318:
1152	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1153	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1154	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1155	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1156	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1157	that you are loading are up to date.
1158
115920000315:
1160	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1161	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1162	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1163	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1164	boot.
1165
116620000315:
1167	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1168	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1169
1170COMMON ITEMS:
1171
1172	General Notes
1173	-------------
1174	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1175	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1176	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1177	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1178	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1179	on the -current branch).
1180
1181	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1182	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1183	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1184	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1185	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1186	page for more details.
1187
1188	To build a kernel
1189	-----------------
1190	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1191	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1192	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1193	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1194	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1195
1196	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1197	--------------------------------------------------------------
1198	cd src/sys/{i386,alpha}/conf
1199	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1200	cd ../../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1201	make depend
1202	make
1203	make install	
1204
1205	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1206
1207	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1208	-----------------------------------------------------------
1209	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1210	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1211
1212	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1213	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1214	make buildworld
1215	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1216	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1217							[1]
1218	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1219	mergemaster -p					[5]
1220	make installworld
1221	mergemaster					[4]
1222	<reboot>
1223
1224
1225	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1226	--------------------------------------------------
1227	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1228	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1229	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1230	# size.
1231
1232	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1233	<boot into -stable>
1234	make buildworld
1235	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1236	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1237	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1238	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1239	cp /usr/src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1240		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1241	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1242	cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1243	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1244	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1245	<reboot into current>
1246	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1247	<maybe install compatibility libraries from /usr/src/lib/compat>
1248 	<reboot>	
1249
1250
1251	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current 
1252	----------------------------------------------
1253	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1254	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.0 onto a 4.x
1255	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1256	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1257	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1258	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1259	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1260	# space on /.
1261	
1262	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1263	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1264	make buildworld					[9]
1265	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE	[8]
1266	cp src/sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1267	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1268	cd src/sys/boot ; make install			[6]
1269							[1]
1270	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1271	mergemaster -p					[5]
1272	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1273	make installworld
1274	mergemaster					[4]
1275	<reboot>
1276
1277	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1278	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1279	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1280	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1281	the UPDATING entries.
1282
1283	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1284	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1285	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1286	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1287	much fewer pitfalls.
1288
1289	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1290	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1291	system on reboot.
1292
1293	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1294	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1295	configuration.
1296
1297	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1298		fsck -p
1299		mount -u /
1300		mount -a
1301		cd /usr/src
1302		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1303	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1304	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1305	For the 4.x -> 5.0 upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1306	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1307	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1308
1309	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1310	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1311	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1312	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1313	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1314	for potential gotchas.
1315
1316	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1317	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1318	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1319	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1320	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1321	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1322
1323	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1324	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1325	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1326		ok unload
1327		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1328	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1329	described here.
1330
1331	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1332	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form, on i386
1333	and other architectures that use MBR slicing, /dev/ad0a without the
1334	actual slice name.  Chances are excellent that these will break.
1335	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1336	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a.
1337
1338	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1339	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1340	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1341	that is hard to boot to recover.
1342
1343	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1344	cvs prune empty directories.
1345FORMAT:
1346
1347This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1348breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1349and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1350previous releases if your system is older than this.
1351
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