UPDATING revision 133247
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
11NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW:
12	FreeBSD 5.x has many debugging features turned on, in
13	both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
14	incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
15	through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
16	also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
17	do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
18	you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
19	related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
20	in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
21	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
22	to maximize performance.
23
2420040802:
25	making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
26	so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
27
2820040801:
29	The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
30	so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
31	GENERIC for examples.
32
3320040728:
34	System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major
35	compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x
36	has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again
37	and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new
38	compiler. A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default
39	in this compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused
40	static symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld'
41	breakages with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set
42	to -O2 or higher.
43
44	With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded
45	to match the new system compiler.  This makes it impossible to build
46	a new kernel with the old compiler.  Upgrade your system via
47	make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem.
48
4920040727:
50	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of
51	the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies).  All kernel
52	modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as
53	a result.
54
5520040716:
56	The sound device drivers are renamed.  `sound' is always required,
57	while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware.
58	Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers.
59
6020040710:
61	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122.
62
6320040710:
64	The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now
65	identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of
66	the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such,
67	hints are now required for the sio(4) driver to become a console
68	or debug port. The NO_SIO option has been decommissioned because
69	of this.
70
7120040710:
72	A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible
73	changes beyond just the debugging experience:
74	o  The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend
75	   and should not be used any more for conditional compilation
76	   of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB
77	   option for this.
78	o  The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have
79	   been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED
80	   respectively. This is in line with the first bullet.
81	o  The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs
82	   to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this.
83	o  The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this
84	   homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol
85	   supports console output and it makes sense to use that. 
86	o  The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger
87	   now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD
88	   symbol lookups through the linker.
89
9020040708:
91	Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific.
92	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change.
93
9420040702:
95	The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler.
96	There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some
97	machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either
98	stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD
99	scheduler as a workaround.
100
10120040630:
102	The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate
103	an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse
104	to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move
105	metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility.
106	Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which
107	case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an
108	example of such changes.
109
110	This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered
111	over.
112
11320040630:
114	ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions.  A message
115	will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled
116	automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible.
117	If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override
118	this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the
119	loader prompt.
120
12120040623:
122	pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege
123	separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group
124	combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run
125	mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually.
126
12720040622:
128	Network interface cloning has been overhauled.  This change will
129	require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of
130	external ones to the new API.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
131	to 502119 to mark this change.  Additionally, users creating
132	stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their
133	scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of
134	"stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout.
135
13620040621:
137	On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to
138	automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did
139	not already exist.  Unfortunately, an error in the man page
140	was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect
141	nsswitch settings.  The simplest remedy is to remove both
142	/etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated
143	during the next reboot.
144
14520040614:
146	The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to
147	make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9).  Be sure to recompile
148	the ips module and any third-party modules which call
149	sema_timedwait.
150
15120040613:
152	ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet.
153	Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of
154	sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place
155	please recompile and reinstall world.
156
15720040607:
158	Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c)
159	requires that you re-run config after updating your tree.
160
16120040601:
162	The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly
163	ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your
164	kernel configuration.
165
16620040423:
167	Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
168	needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
169	options are not affected but those with options may break until
170	ipfw(8) is recompiled.
171
17220040420:
173	Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this
174	date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to
175	20040406.
176
17720040414:
178	The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
179	problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
180	hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.
181
18220040412:
183	The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
184	drive is still broken.
185
18620040410:
187	A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
188	have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
189	the unanticipated problems have been resolved.
190
19120040409:
192        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
193        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
194        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
195        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
196        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running
197        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".
198
19920040322:
200	The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
201	lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
202	by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
203	the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
204	tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
205	If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
206	set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
207	An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
208	locking is merged to permit this to take place.
209
21020040310:
211	The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
212	64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
213	using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
214	detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
215	upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.
216
21720040308:
218	The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
219	sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
220	user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
221	system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
222	Also note that pf requires "options PFIL_HOOKS" in the kernel. The
223	pf system consists of the following three devices:
224	device		pf		# required
225	device		pflog		# optional
226	device		pfsync		# optional
227
22820040303:
229	If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
230	(see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
231	/etc/libmap.conf:
232
233	libc_r.so.5		libpthread.so.1
234	libc_r.so		libpthread.so
235
236	This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
237	to use libpthread instead.
238
23920040226:
240	Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
241	is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
242	disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
243	OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
244	have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.
245
24620040225:
247	The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
248	to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
249	reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
250	problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
251	should remain unaffected.
252
25320040225:
254	routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
255	sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
256	for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
257	-CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
258	of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
259	from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.
260
26120040224:
262	The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
263	and related userland network utilities necessary.
264
26520040222:
266	The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
267	First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
268	Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
269	Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.
270
27120040207:
272	The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
273	necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.
274
27520040130:
276	libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
277	default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
278	been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
279	alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
280	are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
281	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
282	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
283	maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
284	libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
285	that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
286	nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
287	that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
288	do not work with libpthread.
289
29020040125:
291	ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
292	in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
293	better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
294	efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
295	running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
296	SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.
297
29820040125:
299	Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
300	belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
301	depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.
302
30320031213:
304	src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
305	if the login process is unable to successfully set the
306	process credentials to include all groups defined for the
307	user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
308	may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
309	defined, or they will be unable to log in.
310
31120031203:
312	The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
313	to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.
314
31520031112:
316	The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
317	allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
318	sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
319	BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
320	binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
321	not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
322	structure.
323	Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
324	kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
325	even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
326	you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
327	have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
328	Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
329	such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
330	system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
331	that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
332	these changes are installed.
333
334	****************************DANGER*******************************
335
336	DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
337	installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
338	new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
339	kernel.
340
34120031112:
342	Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
343	change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
344	userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
345	netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
346	sync before rebooting.
347
34820031111:
349	Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
350	when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
351	CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
352	If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
353	BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
354	with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
355
35620031103:
357	The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
358	'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
359	disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
360	kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.
361
36220031031:
363	The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
364	the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
365	if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
366	userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
367	and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
368	reflect this change.
369
37020030928:
371	Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
372	the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
373	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110.
374
37520030926:
376	kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
377	mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.
378
37920030925:
380	Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS
381	also be explicitly configured.  Previously this dependency was
382	magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has
383	been removed.  Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS
384	will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c.
385
38620030923:
387	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
388	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
389	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
390	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
391
39220030915:
393	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
394	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
395	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
396	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
397
39820030829:
399	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
400	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
401	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
402	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
403	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
404	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
405	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
406	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
407	may or may not exist on your system.
408
40920030824:
410	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h
411	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
412	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
413	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
414
41520030819:
416	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
417	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
418	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
419	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
420
42120030728:
422	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
423	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
424	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
425	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
426	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
427
42820030724:
429	Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
430	with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.
431
43220030722:
433	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
434	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
435	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
436	FPU hardware.
437
43820030714:
439	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
440	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
441	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
442	People should report those issues to current@.
443
44420030711:
445	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
446	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
447	/usr/obj.
448
44920030610:
450	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
451	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
452	LANG environment variable.
453
45420030609:
455	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
456	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
457	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
458	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
459	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
460	kernel.
461
46220030605:
463	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
464	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
465	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
466	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
467	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
468	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
469
470	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
471	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
472	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
473	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
474		:
475
476	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
477	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
478	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
479
48020030505:
481	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
482	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
483	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
484
48520030502:
486	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
487	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
488	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
489	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
490
49120030501:
492	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
493	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
494	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
495	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
496	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
497	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
498
49920030423:
500	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
501	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
502	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
503	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
504	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
505	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
506	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
507	allowances are made.
508
50920030329:
510	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
511	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
512	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
513
514	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
515	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
516	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
517	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
518
519	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
520	    make cleandir && make obj && \
521	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
522	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
523
52420030208:
525	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
526	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
527	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
528	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
529	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
530
53120030128:
532	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
533	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
534	be removed when convenient.
535
53620030126:
537	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
538	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
539
54020030125:
541	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
542	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
543	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
544	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
545	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
546	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
547
54820030115:
549	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
550	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
551	properly.
552
553	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
554	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
555	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
556	with NetBSD.
557
55820021222:
559 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
560 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
561 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
562 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
563 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
564 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be
565	rebuilt.
566
56720021216:
568	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
569	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
570	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
571	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
572	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
573
57420021202:
575	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
576	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
577	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
578	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
579
58020021029:
581	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
582	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
583	consumers in sync.
584
58520021024:
586	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
587	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
588	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
589	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
590	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
591	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
592	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
593	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
594
59520021023:
596	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
597	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
598	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
599	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
600	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
601
602	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
603	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
604	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
605	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
606	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
607	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
608
60920020831:
610	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
611	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
612	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
613
614	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
615	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
616
61720020827:
618	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
619	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
620	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
621	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
622
62320020815:
624	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
625	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
626	again.
627
62820020729:
629	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
630	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
631	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
632	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
633
63420020702:
635	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
636	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the
637	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
638	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
639	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
640
64120020701:
642	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
643	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
644	GNOME.
645
64620020511:
647	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
648	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
649	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
650	with the set-user-ID bit set.
651
65220020510:
653	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
654	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
655	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
656	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
657
65820020510:
659	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
660	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
661	and then do a cvs update.
662
66320020421:
664	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
665	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
666
66720020404:
668	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
669	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
670	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
671	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
672	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
673	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
674	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
675
67620020403:
677	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
678
67920020315:
680	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
681
68220020225:
683	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
684	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
685
68620020217:
687	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
688	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
689	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
690	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
691	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
692
693	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
694	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
695	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
696	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
697	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
698	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
699	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
700	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
701	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
702	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
703	as of this date.
704
70520020112:
706	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
707	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
708	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
709	you have local modifications, you can use
710	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
711	/etc/pam.d.
712
713	Please see the following url for more details:
714http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
71520011229:
716	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
717	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
718http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
719
72020011220:
721	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
722	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
723	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
724	own.  All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b
725	version have now been merged back into the base system's
726	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
727	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
728	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
729	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
730	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
731	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
732
73320011215:
734	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
735	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
736	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
737	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
738	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
739	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
740	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
741	fdcontrol(8).
742
74320011209:
744	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
745	and truss(1) now works again.
746
74720011207:
748	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
749	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
750	see
751http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
752	for details.
753
75420011204:
755	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
756	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
757
75820011203:
759	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
760	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
761	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
762	not there already.
763
764	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
765	until the issue has been resolved.
766
76720011202:
768	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
769	patched.
770
77120011126:
772	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
773	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
774
77520011103:
776	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
777	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
778	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
779
78020011030:
781	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
782	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
783
78420011030:
785	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
786
78720011027:
788	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
789	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
790	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
791	try to use from this date forward.
792
79320011025:
794	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
795	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
796	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
797	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
798	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
799
80020011001:
801	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
802	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
803	at the same time.
804
80520010929:
806	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
807	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
808	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
809	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
810	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
811
81220010927:
813	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
814	To disable ACPI you can add
815		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
816	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
817	loader "ok" prompt).
818
819	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
820	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
821	file and not list acpi in that list.
822
82320010924:
824	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
825	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
826	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
827	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
828	following to get them installed only once:
829		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
830		make all install
831	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
832
83320010919:
834	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
835	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
836	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
837	workaround is to add
838		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
839	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
840	can be removed afterwards.
841
842	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
843
84420010918:
845	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
846	NFS may be unstable after this date.
847
84820010912:
849	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
850	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
851	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
852	corrected.
853
85420010901:
855	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
856	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
857	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
858	have been rectified around this date.
859
86020010823:
861 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as
862 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure
863 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8))
864 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make
865 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write)
866 	permission for your name server configuration and that it
867 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and
868 	directory.
869
870 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure
871 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
872
873 		named_flags=
874
87520010709:
876	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
877	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
878	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
879	solution is to rebuild those ports.
880
88120010628:
882	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
883	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
884
88520010625:
886	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
887	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
888	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
889	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
890	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
891
89220010617:
893	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
894
89520010614:
896	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
897	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
898	kernel building methods.
899
90020010613:
901	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
902	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
903	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
904	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
905
90620010613:
907	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
908	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
909	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
910
91120010612:
912	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
913	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
914	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
915	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
916	until this bug is fixed.
917
918	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
919	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
920	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
921
92220010610:
923	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
924
92520010604:
926	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
927	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
928	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
929	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
930
931	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
932	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
933	it is).
934
935	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
936	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
937	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
938	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
939
94020010530:
941	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
942	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
943	a limited time.  If you see
944
945install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
946
947	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
948	COPY=-C.
949
95020010525:
951	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
952	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
953	definitely is in bad shape.
954
95520010521:
956	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
957	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
958	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
959	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
960	is
961Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
962
96320010520:
964	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
965
96620010519:
967	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
968	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
969	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
970
97120010517:
972	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
973	userland at the same time.
974
97520010517:
976	New ncurses imported.
977
97820010512:
979	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
980	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
981
98220010504:
983	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
984	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
985
98620010502:
987	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
988
98920010501:
990	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
991
99220010430:
993	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
994	go back in the water.
995
99620010429:
997	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
998	this date, but before the correction date.
999
100020010423:
1001	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
1002
100320010411:
1004	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
1005	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
1006	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
1007	fsck with the new kernel ever.
1008
100920010330:
1010	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
1011	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
1012	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
1013
101420010319:
1015	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
1016	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
1017	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
1018	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
1019
102020010315:
1021	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
1022	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
1023	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
1024
102520010312:
1026	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
1027	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
1028
102920010312:
1030	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
1031	instead of ad-hoc.
1032
103320010310:
1034	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
1035	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
1036	ssh might not work if you don't.
1037
103820010303:
1039	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
1040	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
1041	you use the ed driver.
1042
104320010220:
1044	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
1045	safe to go back into the water.
1046
104720010211:
1048	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
1049	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
1050	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
1051	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
1052	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
1053
1054	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
1055	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
1056	don't have to move this to the updating section.
1057
1058	To get around the installworld problem, do:
1059		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
1060		# make install
1061		# cd /usr/src
1062		# make installworld
1063	If that doesn't work, then try:
1064		# make -k installworld
1065		# make installworld
1066
106720010207:
1068	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
1069	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
1070
107120010205:
1072	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
1073	Remove them from your config.
1074
107520010122:
1076	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1077			buildkernel has been changed slightly
1078	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1079	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
1080	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
1081
108220010119:
1083	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
1084	This requires a new config to build correctly.
1085
108620010116:
1087	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
1088	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
1089	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
1090
109120010110:
1092	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
1093
109420010102:
1095	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
1096	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
1097
109820010101:
1099	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
1100	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
1101	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
1102	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
1103	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
1104	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
1105	might have been ignored by the -k option.
1106
1107	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
1108	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
1109	of this working.
1110
111120001228:
1112	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
1113	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
1114	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
1115
111620001218:
1117	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
1118	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
1119	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
1120	cards will not be recognized without it.
1121
112220001205:
1123	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
1124	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
1125	adding the following in pam.conf:
1126
1127	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
1128	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
1129	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
1130
113120001031:
1132	cvs updated to 1.11.
1133
113420001020:
1135	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
1136	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
1137	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
1138	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
1139	workaround.
1140
114120001010:
1142	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1143				Sendmail has been updated.
1144	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1145	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
1146	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
1147	  is set.
1148	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
1149	  commands.
1150	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
1151	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
1152	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
1153	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
1154
1155	More details can be found at
1156		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
1157
115820001009:
1159	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
1160	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
1161
116220001006:
1163	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
1164	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
1165	/usr/bin/miniperl.
1166
116720001005:
1168	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
1169	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
1170	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
1171	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
1172	tree for anything to work.
1173
117420000928:
1175	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
1176
117720000916:
1178	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
1179	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
1180	same time as your kernel.
1181
118220000914:
1183	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
1184	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
1185	when they resume.  Include
1186		device		pmtimer
1187	in your config file and
1188		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
1189	to your /boot/device.hints file.
1190
119120000911:
1192	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
1193	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
1194	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
1195	own kernel config file.
1196	Remove:
1197		options		RANDOMDEV
1198	Add:
1199		device		random
1200	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
1201	nothing.
1202
120320000909:
1204	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
1205	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
1206	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
1207	The line should read:
1208		random_load="YES"
1209
121020000907:
1211	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
1212	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
1213	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
1214	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
1215	first blush appear related to SMP.
1216
121720000906:
1218	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
1219	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
1220	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
1221	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
1222	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
1223
122420000905:
1225	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
1226	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
1227	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
1228	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
1229	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
1230
123120000905:
1232	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
1233	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
1234	is /boot/kernel.
1235
1236	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
1237	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
1238	installkernel/installworld dance.
1239
1240	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
1241	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
1242	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
1243	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
1244	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
1245
1246	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
1247		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
1248		chflags noschg /kernel.old
1249		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1250		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1251	fi
1252
125320000904:
1254	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
1255	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will
1256	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
1257	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
1258	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
1259	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
1260	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
1261	is not likely to be generated.
1262
126320000825:
1264	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
1265	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
1266	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
1267	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
1268	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
1269	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
1270	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
1271	kernel.
1272
127320000821:
1274	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
1275	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
1276	/boot/loader.conf.
1277
127820000812:
1279	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
1280	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
1281	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
1282	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
1283		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
1284	will fix this until the next build.
1285
128620000812:
1287	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
1288	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
1289	include:
1290	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
1291	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
1292	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
1293	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
1294	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
1295	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
1296	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
1297	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
1298	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
1299
130020000810:
1301	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
1302	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
1303	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
1304	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
1305	specific use for it.
1306
130720000729:
1308	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
1309	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
1310	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
1311	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
1312		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
1313		inetd_enable="YES"
1314		portmap_enable="YES"
1315		sendmail_enable="YES"
1316
131720000728:
1318	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
1319	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
1320
132120000728:
1322	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
1323	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
1324	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
1325	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
1326	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
1327	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
1328	to /MYKERNEL.
1329
133020000711:
1331	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get
1332	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
1333	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
1334		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
1335	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
1336	to get around them.
1337
1338	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
1339	clauses above, you needn't worry.
1340
134120000711:
1342	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
1343	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
1344	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
1345	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
1346
134720000710:
1348	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
1349	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
1350	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
1351	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
1352	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
1353	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
1354	errors. (see below, 20000624).
1355
1356	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
1357
135820000709:
1359	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
1360	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
1361	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
1362		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1363
136420000706:
1365	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1366	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1367	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1368	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1369	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1370	interim if needed.
1371
137220000705:
1373	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1374	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1375	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1376	details.
1377
137820000704:
1379	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1380	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1381
138220000704:
1383	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1384	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1385	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1386
138720000630:
1388	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1389	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1390	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1391
139220000625:
1393	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1394	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1395	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1396	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1397	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1398	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1399	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1400
140120000624:
1402	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1403	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1404	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1405	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1406	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1407	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1408	date to the completion of the work.
1409
1410	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1411	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1412	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1413	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1414
141520000622:
1416	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1417	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1418	that used to be required when updating.
1419
142020000621:
1421	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1422	the config file update procedure.
1423		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1424	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1425	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1426		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1427
142820000620:
1429	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1430	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1431	that workaround will no longer be required.
1432
143320000615:
1434	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1435	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1436	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1437	devices.
1438
1439	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1440	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1441	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1442	may work).
1443
144420000612:
1445	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1446	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1447	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1448	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1449	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1450	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1451
1452	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1453	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1454	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1455	in it.
1456
145720000522:
1458	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1459	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1460	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1461	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1462
1463	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1464	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1465	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1466	is resolved.
1467
146820000513:
1469	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1470
147120000510:
1472	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1473	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1474	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1475
147620000503:
1477	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1478	is now available.
1479
148020000502:
1481	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
1482	connected to the kernel building instead.
1483
148420000427:
1485	You may need to build gperf
1486		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1487	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1488	an option only in -current.
1489
149020000417:
1491	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1492	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1493	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1494	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1495	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1496		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1497	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1498
149920000320:
1500	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1501	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1502	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1503		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1504	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1505
150620000319:
1507	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1508	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1509	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1510	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1511	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1512	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1513
151420000318:
1515	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1516	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1517	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1518	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1519	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1520	that you are loading are up to date.
1521
152220000315:
1523	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1524	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1525	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1526	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1527	boot.
1528
152920000315:
1530	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1531	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1532
1533COMMON ITEMS:
1534
1535	General Notes
1536	-------------
1537	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1538	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1539	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1540	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1541	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1542	on the -current branch).
1543
1544	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1545	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1546	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1547	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1548	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1549	page for more details.
1550
1551	To build a kernel
1552	-----------------
1553	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1554	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1555	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1556	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1557	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1558
1559	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1560	--------------------------------------------------------------
1561	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1562	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1563	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1564
1565	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1566	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1567	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1568	make depend
1569	make
1570	make install
1571
1572	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1573
1574	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1575	-----------------------------------------------------------
1576	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1577	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1578
1579	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1580	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1581	make buildworld
1582	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1583	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1584							[1]
1585	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1586	/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom				[10]
1587	mergemaster -p					[5]
1588	make installworld
1589	mergemaster					[4]
1590	<reboot>
1591
1592
1593	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1594	--------------------------------------------------
1595	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1596	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1597	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1598	# size.
1599
1600	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1601	<boot into -stable>
1602	make buildworld
1603	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1604	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1605	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1606	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1607	cp /usr/src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1608		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1609	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1610	cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1611	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1612	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1613	<reboot into current>
1614	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1615	<maybe install compatibility libraries from /usr/src/lib/compat>
1616 	<reboot>
1617
1618
1619	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current
1620	----------------------------------------------
1621	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1622	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.0 onto a 4.x
1623	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1624	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1625	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1626	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1627	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1628	# space on /.
1629
1630	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1631	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1632	make buildworld					[9]
1633	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE	[8]
1634	cp sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1635	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1636	cd sys/boot ; make STRIP="" install			[6]
1637							[1]
1638	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1639	/usr/src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom				[10]
1640	mergemaster -p					[5]
1641	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1642	make installworld
1643	mergemaster -i					[4]
1644	<reboot>
1645
1646	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1647	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1648	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1649	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1650	the UPDATING entries.
1651
1652	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1653	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1654	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1655	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1656	much fewer pitfalls.
1657
1658	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1659	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1660	system on reboot.
1661
1662	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1663	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1664	configuration.
1665
1666	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1667		fsck -p
1668		mount -u /
1669		mount -a
1670		cd /usr/src
1671		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1672	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1673	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1674	For the 4.x -> 5.0 upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1675	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1676	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1677
1678	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1679	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1680	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1681	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1682	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1683	for potential gotchas.
1684
1685	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1686	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1687	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1688	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1689	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1690	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1691
1692	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1693	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1694	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1695		ok unload
1696		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1697	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1698	described here.
1699
1700	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1701	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form, on i386
1702	and other architectures that use MBR slicing, /dev/ad0a without the
1703	actual slice name.  Chances are excellent that these will break.
1704	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1705	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a.
1706
1707	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1708	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1709	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1710	that is hard to boot to recover.
1711
1712	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1713	cvs prune empty directories. Also, if CPUTYPE is defined in your
1714	/etc/make.conf, make sure to use the "?=" instead of the "=" assignment
1715	operator, so that buildworld can override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1716	In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything,
1717	you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X=	YES" entry, so that 4.x
1718	compatibility libraries are build which should allow you to continue
1719	using your existing software for a while.
1720
1721	[10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
1722	initialized by feeding data into it.  /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
1723	takes care of this.
1724FORMAT:
1725
1726This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1727breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1728and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1729previous releases if your system is older than this.
1730
1731Copyright information:
1732
1733Copyright 1998, 2002 M. Warner Losh.  All Rights Reserved.
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