UPDATING revision 136225
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4<imp@village.org>.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
6
7Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
8/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running
9portupgrade.  Important recent entries: 20040724 (default X changes).
10
11[[ The UPDATING file will be trimmed to 20040814 on or about Oct 1, 2004 ]]
12
13NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
14	FreeBSD 6.x has many debugging features turned on, in
15	both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
16	incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
17	through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
18	also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
19	do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
20	you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
21	related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
22	in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
23	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
24	to maximize performance.
25
2620041007:
27	The FreeBSD keyword is no longer a requirement for a valid
28	rc.d script. The rc(8) and rc.shutdown(8) scripts no longer check
29	for the existence of this keyword when ordering rc.d scripts.
30
3120041007:
32	One of the syscalls the 1:1 threading library libthr uses has
33	changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild
34	this library with the kernel.
35
3620041001:
37	The following libraries had their version number bumped up:
38		/lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3
39		/lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5
40		/usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5
41		/usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3
42		/usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3
43	FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the
44	compat4x collection.  If you expect to be able to run old 4.X
45	executables you will need to remove the old versions of these
46	libraries.  However note that any 5.X executables you have built
47	will stop working once you remove those old libraries.  You should
48	have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old
49	libraries.
50
51	As a temporary measure, if you do not have any 4.X executables,
52	you can add the following lines to /etc/libmap.conf to force
53	5.X executables to use the new libraries:
54
55		libhistory.so.4		libhistory.so.5
56		libm.so.2		libm.so.3
57		libopie.so.2		libopie.so.3
58		libpcap.so.2		libpcap.so.3
59		libreadline.so.4	libreadline.so.5
60
6120040929:
62	The pfil API has gained an additional argument to pass an inpcb.
63	You should rebuild all pfil consuming modules: ipfw, ipfilter
64	and pf.
65
6620040928:
67	If named is enabled, the default is now to run it in a chroot
68	"sandbox." For users with existing configurations in
69	/etc/namedb the migration should be simple. Upgrade your
70	world as usual, then after installworld but before
71	mergemaster do the following:
72
73	If named is running: /etc/rc.d/named stop
74	cd /etc
75	mv namedb namedb.bak
76	mkdir -p /var/named/etc/namedb
77	cp -Rp namedb.bak/* /var/named/etc/namedb/
78	mergemaster (with your usual options)
79	If using the generated localhost* files:
80		cd /var/named/etc/namedb
81		/bin/sh make-localhost
82		rm -f localhost-v6.rev localhost.rev
83	/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart
84	/etc/rc.d/named start
85
86	If you are using a custom configuration, or if you have
87	customised the named_* variables in /etc/rc.conf[.local]
88	then you may have to adjust the instructions accordingly.
89	It is suggested that you carefully examine the new named
90	variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and the options in
91	/var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf to see if they might
92	now be more suitable.
93
9420040925:
95	BIND 9 has been imported into the base, and is now fully
96	functional. BIND 8 has now been removed. There are numerous
97	differences between BIND 8 and 9, and users with critical
98	named installations should read the migration documentation
99	in /usr/share/doc/bind9/misc/migration. There is also a
100	new instruction manual in /usr/share/doc/bind9/arm.
101
102	The key differences that most users will experience are in
103	how picky BIND 9 is about zone file format. If you are using
104	named as a resolving (caching) name server, you will likely
105	not have trouble.
106
107	The following files are part of the old BIND 8 installation
108	and should be removed:
109	/usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery /usr/libexec/named-xfer
110	/usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc
111
112	The following files have moved to /usr/bin, and should be
113	removed from their old locations:
114	/usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate
115
11620040914:
117	The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for
118	architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to
119	the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away
120	any old logfile before using a new pflogd(8).
121
12220040906:
123	debug.witness_* has been renamed to debug.witness.*.  There are
124	compatibility tunables left in for a few days.  Update loader.conf
125	as necessary.
126
12720040902:
128	The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage
129	was too extensive.  If you are running with a kernel/userland
130	containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the
131	warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again.
132	With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once
133	again interoperable.
134
13520040830:
136	A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data
137	which is part if struct ifnet.  This means all network drivers
138	and network monitoring applications need to be recompiled.
139
140        WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
141
142        This also breaks ifconfig compatibility.  An old ifconfig will
143        not work with the new kernel and a new ifconfig will not work
144        with the old.  It is strongly recommended that you make a copy
145        of your old ifconfig before installworld.  If you are installing
146        remotely, you must copy over a new ifconfig before rebooting in
147        to the new kernel.
148
14920040828:
150	The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
151	such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
152	otherwise.  If you experience network-related instability, you
153	may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
154	kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT".  Details on the netperf
155	project may be found at:
156
157	    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
158
159	Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
160	details.
161
16220040827:
163	PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
164	need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.
165
16620040819:
167	Netgraph changed its message format slightly to align the data
168	portion well on 64 bit machines.
169	Netgraph using utilities (e.g. ngctl, nghook, ppp, mpd,
170	pppoed, bluetooth, ATM) should be recompiled when a new kernel
171	is installed.
172
17320040817:
174	IPFW has been converted to use PFIL_HOOKS.  This change is
175	transparent to userland and preserves the ipfw ABI.  The ipfw
176	core packet inspection and filtering functions have not been
177	changed, only how ipfw is invoked is different.  Note that
178	"option PFIL_HOOKS" is required to use IPFIREWALL compiled
179	into the kernel or as KLD.
180
18120040814:
182	The RANDOM_IP_ID option has been replaced by the sysctl
183	net.inet.ip.random_id. If you had RANDOM_IP_ID in your kernel then
184	you may want to add "net.inet.ip.random_id=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf.
185
18620040807:
187	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of the
188	if_carp placeholder.  All kernel modules implementing network
189	interfaces must be recompiled as a result.
190
19120040806:
192	Module loading has been fixed.  Some older installations will
193	drop proper module_path initialization and modules will fail to
194	load properly.  If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
195	"initialize drop", do (i386 only):
196		cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
197		chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
198		chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc
199
20020040802:
201	making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
202	so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
203
20420040801:
205	The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
206	so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
207	GENERIC for examples.
208
20920040728:
210	System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major
211	compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x
212	has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again
213	and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new
214	compiler. If you are getting run-time error such as
215	/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "_ZNSs20_S_empty_rep_storageE"
216	This entry does apply to you.
217
218	A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default in this
219	compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused static
220	symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld' breakages
221	with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set to -O2
222	or higher.
223
224	With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded
225	to match the new system compiler.  This makes it impossible to build
226	a new kernel with the old compiler.  Upgrade your system via
227	make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem.
228
22920040727:
230	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of
231	the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies).  All kernel
232	modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as
233	a result.
234
23520040716:
236	The sound device drivers are renamed.  `sound' is always required,
237	while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware.
238	Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers.
239
24020040710:
241	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122.
242
24320040710:
244	The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now
245	identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of
246	the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such,
247	hints are now required for the sio(4) driver to become a console
248	or debug port. The NO_SIO option has been decommissioned because
249	of this.
250
25120040710:
252	A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible
253	changes beyond just the debugging experience:
254	o  The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend
255	   and should not be used any more for conditional compilation
256	   of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB
257	   option for this.
258	o  The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have
259	   been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED
260	   respectively. This is in line with the first bullet.
261	o  The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs
262	   to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this.
263	o  The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this
264	   homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol
265	   supports console output and it makes sense to use that. 
266	o  The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger
267	   now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD
268	   symbol lookups through the linker.
269
27020040708:
271	Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific.
272	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change.
273
27420040702:
275	The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler.
276	There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some
277	machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either
278	stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD
279	scheduler as a workaround.
280
28120040630:
282	The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate
283	an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse
284	to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move
285	metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility.
286	Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which
287	case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an
288	example of such changes.
289
290	This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered
291	over.
292
29320040630:
294	ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions.  A message
295	will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled
296	automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible.
297	If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override
298	this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the
299	loader prompt.
300
30120040623:
302	pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege
303	separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group
304	combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run
305	mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually.
306
30720040622:
308	Network interface cloning has been overhauled.  This change will
309	require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of
310	external ones to the new API.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
311	to 502119 to mark this change.  Additionally, users creating
312	stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their
313	scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of
314	"stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout.
315
31620040621:
317	On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to
318	automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did
319	not already exist.  Unfortunately, an error in the man page
320	was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect
321	nsswitch settings.  The simplest remedy is to remove both
322	/etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated
323	during the next reboot.
324
32520040614:
326	The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to
327	make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9).  Be sure to recompile
328	the ips module and any third-party modules which call
329	sema_timedwait.
330
33120040613:
332	ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet.
333	Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of
334	sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place
335	please recompile and reinstall world.
336
33720040607:
338	Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c)
339	requires that you re-run config after updating your tree.
340
34120040601:
342	The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly
343	ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your
344	kernel configuration.
345
34620040423:
347	Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
348	needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
349	options are not affected but those with options may break until
350	ipfw(8) is recompiled.
351
35220040420:
353	Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this
354	date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to
355	20040406.
356
35720040414:
358	The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
359	problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
360	hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.
361
36220040412:
363	The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
364	drive is still broken.
365
36620040410:
367	A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
368	have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
369	the unanticipated problems have been resolved.
370
37120040409:
372        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
373        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
374        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
375        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
376        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running
377        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".
378
37920040322:
380	The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
381	lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
382	by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
383	the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
384	tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
385	If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
386	set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
387	An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
388	locking is merged to permit this to take place.
389
39020040310:
391	The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
392	64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
393	using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
394	detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
395	upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.
396
39720040308:
398	The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
399	sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
400	user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
401	system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
402	Also note that pf requires "options PFIL_HOOKS" in the kernel. The
403	pf system consists of the following three devices:
404	device		pf		# required
405	device		pflog		# optional
406	device		pfsync		# optional
407
40820040303:
409	If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
410	(see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
411	/etc/libmap.conf:
412
413	libc_r.so.5		libpthread.so.1
414	libc_r.so		libpthread.so
415
416	This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
417	to use libpthread instead.
418
41920040226:
420	Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
421	is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
422	disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
423	OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
424	have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.
425
42620040225:
427	The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
428	to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
429	reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
430	problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
431	should remain unaffected.
432
43320040225:
434	routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
435	sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
436	for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
437	-CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
438	of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
439	from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.
440
44120040224:
442	The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
443	and related userland network utilities necessary.
444
44520040222:
446	The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
447	First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
448	Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
449	Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.
450
45120040207:
452	The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
453	necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.
454
45520040130:
456	libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
457	default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
458	been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
459	alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
460	are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
461	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
462	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
463	maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
464	libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
465	that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
466	nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
467	that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
468	do not work with libpthread.
469
47020040125:
471	ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
472	in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
473	better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
474	efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
475	running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
476	SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.
477
47820040125:
479	Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
480	belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
481	depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.
482
48320031213:
484	src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
485	if the login process is unable to successfully set the
486	process credentials to include all groups defined for the
487	user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
488	may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
489	defined, or they will be unable to log in.
490
49120031203:
492	The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
493	to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.
494
49520031112:
496	The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
497	allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
498	sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
499	BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
500	binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
501	not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
502	structure.
503	Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
504	kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
505	even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
506	you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
507	have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
508	Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
509	such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
510	system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
511	that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
512	these changes are installed.
513
514	****************************DANGER*******************************
515
516	DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
517	installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
518	new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
519	kernel.
520
52120031112:
522	Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
523	change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
524	userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
525	netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
526	sync before rebooting.
527
52820031111:
529	Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
530	when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
531	CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
532	If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
533	BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
534	with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
535
53620031103:
537	The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
538	'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
539	disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
540	kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.
541
54220031031:
543	The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
544	the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
545	if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
546	userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
547	and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
548	reflect this change.
549
55020030928:
551	Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
552	the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
553	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110.
554
55520030926:
556	kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
557	mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.
558
55920030925:
560	Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS
561	also be explicitly configured.  Previously this dependency was
562	magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has
563	been removed.  Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS
564	will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c.
565
56620030923:
567	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
568	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
569	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
570	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
571
57220030915:
573	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
574	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
575	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
576	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
577
57820030829:
579	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
580	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
581	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
582	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
583	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
584	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
585	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
586	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
587	may or may not exist on your system.
588
58920030824:
590	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h
591	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
592	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
593	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
594
59520030819:
596	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
597	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
598	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
599	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
600
60120030728:
602	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
603	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
604	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
605	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
606	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
607
60820030724:
609	Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
610	with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.
611
61220030722:
613	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
614	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
615	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
616	FPU hardware.
617
61820030714:
619	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
620	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
621	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
622	People should report those issues to current@.
623
62420030711:
625	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
626	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
627	/usr/obj.
628
62920030610:
630	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
631	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
632	LANG environment variable.
633
63420030609:
635	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
636	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
637	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
638	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
639	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
640	kernel.
641
64220030605:
643	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
644	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
645	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
646	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
647	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
648	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
649
650	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
651	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
652	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
653	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
654		:
655
656	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
657	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
658	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
659
66020030505:
661	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
662	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
663	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
664
66520030502:
666	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
667	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
668	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
669	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
670
67120030501:
672	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
673	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
674	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
675	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
676	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
677	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
678
67920030423:
680	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
681	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
682	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
683	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
684	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
685	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
686	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
687	allowances are made.
688
68920030329:
690	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
691	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
692	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
693
694	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
695	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
696	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
697	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
698
699	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
700	    make cleandir && make obj && \
701	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
702	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
703
70420030208:
705	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
706	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
707	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
708	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
709	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
710
71120030128:
712	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
713	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
714	be removed when convenient.
715
71620030126:
717	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
718	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
719
72020030125:
721	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
722	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
723	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
724	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
725	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
726	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
727
72820030115:
729	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
730	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
731	properly.
732
733	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
734	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
735	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
736	with NetBSD.
737
73820021222:
739 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
740 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
741 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
742 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
743 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
744 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be
745	rebuilt.
746
74720021216:
748	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
749	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
750	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
751	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
752	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
753
75420021202:
755	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
756	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
757	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
758	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
759
76020021029:
761	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
762	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
763	consumers in sync.
764
76520021024:
766	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
767	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
768	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
769	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
770	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
771	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
772	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
773	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
774
77520021023:
776	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
777	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
778	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
779	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
780	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
781
782	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
783	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
784	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
785	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
786	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
787	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
788
78920020831:
790	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
791	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
792	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
793
794	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
795	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
796
79720020827:
798	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
799	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
800	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
801	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
802
80320020815:
804	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
805	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
806	again.
807
80820020729:
809	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
810	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
811	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
812	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
813
81420020702:
815	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
816	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the
817	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
818	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
819	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
820
82120020701:
822	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
823	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
824	GNOME.
825
82620020511:
827	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
828	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
829	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
830	with the set-user-ID bit set.
831
83220020510:
833	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
834	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
835	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
836	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
837
83820020510:
839	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
840	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
841	and then do a cvs update.
842
84320020421:
844	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
845	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
846
84720020404:
848	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
849	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
850	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
851	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
852	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
853	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
854	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
855
85620020403:
857	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
858
85920020315:
860	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
861
86220020225:
863	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
864	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
865
86620020217:
867	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
868	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
869	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
870	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
871	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
872
873	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
874	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
875	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
876	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
877	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
878	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
879	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
880	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
881	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
882	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
883	as of this date.
884
88520020112:
886	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
887	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
888	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
889	you have local modifications, you can use
890	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
891	/etc/pam.d.
892
893	Please see the following url for more details:
894http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
89520011229:
896	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
897	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
898http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
899
90020011220:
901	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
902	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
903	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
904	own.  All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b
905	version have now been merged back into the base system's
906	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
907	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
908	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
909	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
910	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
911	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
912
91320011215:
914	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
915	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
916	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
917	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
918	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
919	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
920	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
921	fdcontrol(8).
922
92320011209:
924	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
925	and truss(1) now works again.
926
92720011207:
928	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
929	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
930	see
931http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
932	for details.
933
93420011204:
935	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
936	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
937
93820011203:
939	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
940	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
941	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
942	not there already.
943
944	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
945	until the issue has been resolved.
946
94720011202:
948	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
949	patched.
950
95120011126:
952	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
953	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
954
95520011103:
956	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
957	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
958	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
959
96020011030:
961	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
962	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
963
96420011030:
965	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
966
96720011027:
968	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
969	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
970	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
971	try to use from this date forward.
972
97320011025:
974	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
975	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
976	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
977	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
978	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
979
98020011001:
981	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
982	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
983	at the same time.
984
98520010929:
986	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
987	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
988	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
989	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
990	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
991
99220010927:
993	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
994	To disable ACPI you can add
995		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
996	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
997	loader "ok" prompt).
998
999	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
1000	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
1001	file and not list acpi in that list.
1002
100320010924:
1004	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
1005	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
1006	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
1007	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
1008	following to get them installed only once:
1009		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
1010		make all install
1011	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
1012
101320010919:
1014	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
1015	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
1016	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
1017	workaround is to add
1018		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
1019	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
1020	can be removed afterwards.
1021
1022	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
1023
102420010918:
1025	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
1026	NFS may be unstable after this date.
1027
102820010912:
1029	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
1030	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
1031	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
1032	corrected.
1033
103420010901:
1035	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
1036	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
1037	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
1038	have been rectified around this date.
1039
104020010823:
1041 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as
1042 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure
1043 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8))
1044 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make
1045 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write)
1046 	permission for your name server configuration and that it
1047 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and
1048 	directory.
1049
1050 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure
1051 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
1052
1053 		named_flags=
1054
105520010709:
1056	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
1057	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
1058	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
1059	solution is to rebuild those ports.
1060
106120010628:
1062	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
1063	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
1064
106520010625:
1066	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
1067	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
1068	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
1069	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
1070	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
1071
107220010617:
1073	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
1074
107520010614:
1076	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
1077	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
1078	kernel building methods.
1079
108020010613:
1081	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
1082	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
1083	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
1084	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
1085
108620010613:
1087	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
1088	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
1089	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
1090
109120010612:
1092	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
1093	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
1094	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
1095	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
1096	until this bug is fixed.
1097
1098	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
1099	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
1100	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
1101
110220010610:
1103	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
1104
110520010604:
1106	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
1107	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
1108	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
1109	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
1110
1111	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
1112	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
1113	it is).
1114
1115	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
1116	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
1117	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
1118	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
1119
112020010530:
1121	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
1122	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
1123	a limited time.  If you see
1124
1125install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
1126
1127	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
1128	COPY=-C.
1129
113020010525:
1131	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
1132	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
1133	definitely is in bad shape.
1134
113520010521:
1136	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
1137	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
1138	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
1139	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
1140	is
1141Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
1142
114320010520:
1144	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
1145
114620010519:
1147	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
1148	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
1149	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
1150
115120010517:
1152	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
1153	userland at the same time.
1154
115520010517:
1156	New ncurses imported.
1157
115820010512:
1159	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
1160	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
1161
116220010504:
1163	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
1164	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
1165
116620010502:
1167	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
1168
116920010501:
1170	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
1171
117220010430:
1173	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
1174	go back in the water.
1175
117620010429:
1177	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
1178	this date, but before the correction date.
1179
118020010423:
1181	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
1182
118320010411:
1184	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
1185	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
1186	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
1187	fsck with the new kernel ever.
1188
118920010330:
1190	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
1191	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
1192	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
1193
119420010319:
1195	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
1196	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
1197	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
1198	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
1199
120020010315:
1201	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
1202	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
1203	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
1204
120520010312:
1206	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
1207	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
1208
120920010312:
1210	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
1211	instead of ad-hoc.
1212
121320010310:
1214	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
1215	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
1216	ssh might not work if you don't.
1217
121820010303:
1219	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
1220	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
1221	you use the ed driver.
1222
122320010220:
1224	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
1225	safe to go back into the water.
1226
122720010211:
1228	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
1229	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
1230	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
1231	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
1232	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
1233
1234	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
1235	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
1236	don't have to move this to the updating section.
1237
1238	To get around the installworld problem, do:
1239		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
1240		# make install
1241		# cd /usr/src
1242		# make installworld
1243	If that doesn't work, then try:
1244		# make -k installworld
1245		# make installworld
1246
124720010207:
1248	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
1249	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
1250
125120010205:
1252	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
1253	Remove them from your config.
1254
125520010122:
1256	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1257			buildkernel has been changed slightly
1258	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1259	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
1260	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
1261
126220010119:
1263	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
1264	This requires a new config to build correctly.
1265
126620010116:
1267	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
1268	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
1269	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
1270
127120010110:
1272	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
1273
127420010102:
1275	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
1276	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
1277
127820010101:
1279	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
1280	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
1281	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
1282	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
1283	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
1284	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
1285	might have been ignored by the -k option.
1286
1287	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
1288	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
1289	of this working.
1290
129120001228:
1292	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
1293	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
1294	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
1295
129620001218:
1297	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
1298	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
1299	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
1300	cards will not be recognized without it.
1301
130220001205:
1303	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
1304	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
1305	adding the following in pam.conf:
1306
1307	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
1308	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
1309	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
1310
131120001031:
1312	cvs updated to 1.11.
1313
131420001020:
1315	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
1316	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
1317	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
1318	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
1319	workaround.
1320
132120001010:
1322	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1323				Sendmail has been updated.
1324	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1325	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
1326	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
1327	  is set.
1328	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
1329	  commands.
1330	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
1331	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
1332	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
1333	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
1334
1335	More details can be found at
1336		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
1337
133820001009:
1339	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
1340	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
1341
134220001006:
1343	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
1344	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
1345	/usr/bin/miniperl.
1346
134720001005:
1348	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
1349	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
1350	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
1351	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
1352	tree for anything to work.
1353
135420000928:
1355	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
1356
135720000916:
1358	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
1359	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
1360	same time as your kernel.
1361
136220000914:
1363	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
1364	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
1365	when they resume.  Include
1366		device		pmtimer
1367	in your config file and
1368		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
1369	to your /boot/device.hints file.
1370
137120000911:
1372	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
1373	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
1374	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
1375	own kernel config file.
1376	Remove:
1377		options		RANDOMDEV
1378	Add:
1379		device		random
1380	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
1381	nothing.
1382
138320000909:
1384	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
1385	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
1386	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
1387	The line should read:
1388		random_load="YES"
1389
139020000907:
1391	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
1392	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
1393	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
1394	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
1395	first blush appear related to SMP.
1396
139720000906:
1398	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
1399	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
1400	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
1401	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
1402	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
1403
140420000905:
1405	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
1406	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
1407	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
1408	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
1409	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
1410
141120000905:
1412	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
1413	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
1414	is /boot/kernel.
1415
1416	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
1417	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
1418	installkernel/installworld dance.
1419
1420	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
1421	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
1422	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
1423	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
1424	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
1425
1426	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
1427		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
1428		chflags noschg /kernel.old
1429		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1430		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1431	fi
1432
143320000904:
1434	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
1435	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will
1436	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
1437	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
1438	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
1439	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
1440	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
1441	is not likely to be generated.
1442
144320000825:
1444	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
1445	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
1446	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
1447	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
1448	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
1449	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
1450	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
1451	kernel.
1452
145320000821:
1454	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
1455	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
1456	/boot/loader.conf.
1457
145820000812:
1459	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
1460	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
1461	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
1462	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
1463		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
1464	will fix this until the next build.
1465
146620000812:
1467	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
1468	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
1469	include:
1470	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
1471	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
1472	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
1473	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
1474	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
1475	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
1476	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
1477	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
1478	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
1479
148020000810:
1481	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
1482	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
1483	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
1484	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
1485	specific use for it.
1486
148720000729:
1488	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
1489	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
1490	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
1491	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
1492		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
1493		inetd_enable="YES"
1494		portmap_enable="YES"
1495		sendmail_enable="YES"
1496
149720000728:
1498	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
1499	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
1500
150120000728:
1502	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
1503	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
1504	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
1505	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
1506	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
1507	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
1508	to /MYKERNEL.
1509
151020000711:
1511	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get
1512	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
1513	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
1514		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
1515	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
1516	to get around them.
1517
1518	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
1519	clauses above, you needn't worry.
1520
152120000711:
1522	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
1523	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
1524	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
1525	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
1526
152720000710:
1528	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
1529	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
1530	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
1531	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
1532	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
1533	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
1534	errors. (see below, 20000624).
1535
1536	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
1537
153820000709:
1539	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
1540	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
1541	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
1542		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1543
154420000706:
1545	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1546	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1547	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1548	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1549	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1550	interim if needed.
1551
155220000705:
1553	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1554	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1555	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1556	details.
1557
155820000704:
1559	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1560	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1561
156220000704:
1563	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1564	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1565	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1566
156720000630:
1568	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1569	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1570	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1571
157220000625:
1573	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1574	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1575	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1576	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1577	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1578	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1579	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1580
158120000624:
1582	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1583	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1584	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1585	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1586	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1587	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1588	date to the completion of the work.
1589
1590	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1591	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1592	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1593	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1594
159520000622:
1596	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1597	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1598	that used to be required when updating.
1599
160020000621:
1601	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1602	the config file update procedure.
1603		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1604	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1605	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1606		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1607
160820000620:
1609	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1610	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1611	that workaround will no longer be required.
1612
161320000615:
1614	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1615	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1616	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1617	devices.
1618
1619	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1620	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1621	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1622	may work).
1623
162420000612:
1625	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1626	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1627	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1628	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1629	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1630	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1631
1632	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1633	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1634	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1635	in it.
1636
163720000522:
1638	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1639	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1640	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1641	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1642
1643	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1644	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1645	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1646	is resolved.
1647
164820000513:
1649	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1650
165120000510:
1652	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1653	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1654	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1655
165620000503:
1657	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1658	is now available.
1659
166020000502:
1661	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
1662	connected to the kernel building instead.
1663
166420000427:
1665	You may need to build gperf
1666		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1667	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1668	an option only in -current.
1669
167020000417:
1671	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1672	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1673	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1674	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1675	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1676		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1677	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1678
167920000320:
1680	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1681	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1682	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1683		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1684	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1685
168620000319:
1687	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1688	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1689	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1690	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1691	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1692	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1693
169420000318:
1695	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1696	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1697	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1698	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1699	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1700	that you are loading are up to date.
1701
170220000315:
1703	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1704	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1705	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1706	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1707	boot.
1708
170920000315:
1710	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1711	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1712
1713COMMON ITEMS:
1714
1715	# NOTE: 5.x below applies to 6.0-currrent as well, for the
1716	# momemnt.  4.any -> 5.any upgrade support will remain in
1717	# place for 6.0 current, but after 5.3 RELEASE, the 4.any ->
1718	# 6.0-current upgrade path will require moving through 5.3
1719	# RELEASE or newer.
1720
1721	General Notes
1722	-------------
1723	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1724	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1725	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1726	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1727	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1728	on the -current branch).
1729
1730	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1731	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1732	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1733	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1734	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1735	page for more details.
1736
1737	To build a kernel
1738	-----------------
1739	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1740	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1741	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1742	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1743	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1744
1745	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1746	--------------------------------------------------------------
1747	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1748	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1749	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1750
1751	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1752	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1753	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1754	make depend
1755	make
1756	make install
1757
1758	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1759
1760	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1761	-----------------------------------------------------------
1762	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1763	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1764
1765	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1766	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1767	make buildworld
1768	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1769							[1]
1770	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1771	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1772	mergemaster -p					[5]
1773	make installworld
1774	mergemaster					[4]
1775	<reboot>
1776
1777
1778	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1779	--------------------------------------------------
1780	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1781	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1782	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1783	# size.
1784
1785	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1786	<boot into -stable>
1787	make buildworld
1788	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1789	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1790	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1791	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1792	cp src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1793		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1794	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1795	cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1796	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1797	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1798	<reboot into current>
1799	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1800	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
1801 	<reboot>
1802
1803
1804	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current
1805	----------------------------------------------
1806	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1807	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.x onto a 4.x
1808	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1809	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1810	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1811	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1812	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1813	# space on /.
1814
1815	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1816	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1817	make buildworld					[9]
1818	cp sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1819	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1820	cd sys/boot ; make STRIP="" install		[6]
1821							[1]
1822	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1823	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1824	mergemaster -p					[5]
1825	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1826	make installworld
1827	mergemaster -i					[4]
1828	<reboot>
1829
1830	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1831	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1832	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1833	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1834	the UPDATING entries.
1835
1836	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1837	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1838	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1839	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1840	much fewer pitfalls.
1841
1842	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1843	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1844	system on reboot.
1845
1846	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1847	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1848	configuration.
1849
1850	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1851		fsck -p
1852		mount -u /
1853		mount -a
1854		cd src
1855		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1856	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1857	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1858	For the 4.x -> 5.x upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1859	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1860	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1861
1862	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1863	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1864	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1865	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1866	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1867	for potential gotchas.
1868
1869	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1870	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1871	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1872	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1873	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1874	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1875
1876	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1877	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1878	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1879		ok unload
1880		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1881	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1882	described here.
1883
1884	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1885	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form /dev/ad0a
1886	without the actual slice name.  These will break with 5.x and newer.
1887	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1888	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a. i386 and pc98 are affected, while alpha
1889	is not.
1890
1891	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1892	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1893	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1894	that is hard to boot to recover.
1895
1896	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1897	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1898
1899	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1900	cvs prune empty directories.
1901
1902	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1903	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1904	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1905
1906	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1907	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1908	warn if it is improperly defined.
1909
1910	In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything,
1911	you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X=	YES" entry, so that 4.x
1912	compatibility libraries are built which should allow you to continue
1913	using your existing software for a while.  Alternatively, you can
1914	install the misc/compat4x port.
1915
1916	[10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
1917	initialized by feeding data into it.  src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
1918	takes care of this.
1919FORMAT:
1920
1921This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1922breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1923and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1924previous releases if your system is older than this.
1925
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