UPDATING revision 137510
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
2620041110:
27	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
28	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
29	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
30	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
31	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
32	their /etc/rc scripts.
33
3420041102:
35	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
36	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
37	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
38
3920041022:
40	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
41	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
42	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
43
4420041018:
45	A major sweep over the tty drivers to elimnate approx 3100
46	lines of copy&pasted code have been performed.  As a part of
47	this change some tty devices have changed names:
48	sio devices are now named:	{tty,cua}d%d[.init,.lock]
49	ucom devices are now named:	{tty,cua}U%d[.init,.lock]
50	For other drivers see the commit logs.
51
5220041007:
53	The FreeBSD keyword is no longer a requirement for a valid
54	rc.d script. The rc(8) and rc.shutdown(8) scripts no longer check
55	for the existence of this keyword when ordering rc.d scripts.
56	This change touches most of the file in /etc/rc.d; therefore,
57	if you have not modified any files in that directory it may
58	be easier to rm -rf /etc/rc.d and then use the -i switch with
59	mergemaster(8).
60
6120041007:
62	One of the syscalls the 1:1 threading library libthr uses has
63	changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild
64	this library with the kernel.
65
6620041001:
67	The following libraries had their version number bumped up:
68		/lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3
69		/lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5
70		/usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5
71		/usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3
72		/usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3
73	FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the
74	compat4x collection.  If you expect to be able to run old 4.X
75	executables you will need to remove the old versions of these
76	libraries.  However note that any 5.X executables you have built
77	will stop working once you remove those old libraries.  You should
78	have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old
79	libraries.
80
8120040929:
82	The pfil API has gained an additional argument to pass an inpcb.
83	You should rebuild all pfil consuming modules: ipfw, ipfilter
84	and pf.
85
8620040928:
87	If named is enabled, the default is now to run it in a chroot
88	"sandbox." For users with existing configurations in
89	/etc/namedb the migration should be simple. Upgrade your
90	world as usual, then after installworld but before
91	mergemaster do the following:
92
93	If named is running: /etc/rc.d/named stop
94	cd /etc
95	mv namedb namedb.bak
96	mkdir -p /var/named/etc/namedb
97	cp -Rp namedb.bak/* /var/named/etc/namedb/
98	mergemaster (with your usual options)
99	If using the generated localhost* files:
100		cd /var/named/etc/namedb
101		/bin/sh make-localhost
102		rm -f localhost-v6.rev localhost.rev
103	/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart
104	/etc/rc.d/named start
105
106	If you are using a custom configuration, or if you have
107	customised the named_* variables in /etc/rc.conf[.local]
108	then you may have to adjust the instructions accordingly.
109	It is suggested that you carefully examine the new named
110	variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and the options in
111	/var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf to see if they might
112	now be more suitable.
113
11420040925:
115	BIND 9 has been imported into the base, and is now fully
116	functional. BIND 8 has now been removed. There are numerous
117	differences between BIND 8 and 9, and users with critical
118	named installations should read the migration documentation
119	in /usr/share/doc/bind9/misc/migration. There is also a
120	new instruction manual in /usr/share/doc/bind9/arm.
121
122	The key differences that most users will experience are in
123	how picky BIND 9 is about zone file format. If you are using
124	named as a resolving (caching) name server, you will likely
125	not have trouble.
126
127	The following files are part of the old BIND 8 installation
128	and should be removed:
129	/usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery /usr/libexec/named-xfer
130	/usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc
131
132	The following files have moved to /usr/bin, and should be
133	removed from their old locations:
134	/usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate
135
13620040914:
137	The format of the pflogd(8) logfile "/var/log/pflog" has changed for
138	architectures that have a 64 bit long type to make it compatible to
139	the standard pcap format. In order to prevent corruption move away
140	any old logfile before using a new pflogd(8).
141
14220040906:
143	debug.witness_* has been renamed to debug.witness.*.  There are
144	compatibility tunables left in for a few days.  Update loader.conf
145	as necessary.
146
14720040902:
148	The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage
149	was too extensive.  If you are running with a kernel/userland
150	containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the
151	warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again.
152	With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once
153	again interoperable.
154
15520040830:
156	A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data
157	which is part if struct ifnet.  This means all network drivers
158	and network monitoring applications need to be recompiled.
159
160        WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
161
162        This also breaks ifconfig compatibility.  An old ifconfig will
163        not work with the new kernel and a new ifconfig will not work
164        with the old.  It is strongly recommended that you make a copy
165        of your old ifconfig before installworld.  If you are installing
166        remotely, you must copy over a new ifconfig before rebooting in
167        to the new kernel.
168
16920040828:
170	The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
171	such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
172	otherwise.  If you experience network-related instability, you
173	may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
174	kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT".  Details on the netperf
175	project may be found at:
176
177	    http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
178
179	Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
180	details.
181
18220040827:
183	PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
184	need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.
185
18620040819:
187	Netgraph changed its message format slightly to align the data
188	portion well on 64 bit machines.
189	Netgraph using utilities (e.g. ngctl, nghook, ppp, mpd,
190	pppoed, bluetooth, ATM) should be recompiled when a new kernel
191	is installed.
192
19320040817:
194	IPFW has been converted to use PFIL_HOOKS.  This change is
195	transparent to userland and preserves the ipfw ABI.  The ipfw
196	core packet inspection and filtering functions have not been
197	changed, only how ipfw is invoked is different.  Note that
198	"option PFIL_HOOKS" is required to use IPFIREWALL compiled
199	into the kernel or as KLD.
200
20120040814:
202	The RANDOM_IP_ID option has been replaced by the sysctl
203	net.inet.ip.random_id. If you had RANDOM_IP_ID in your kernel then
204	you may want to add "net.inet.ip.random_id=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf.
205
20620040807:
207	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of the
208	if_carp placeholder.  All kernel modules implementing network
209	interfaces must be recompiled as a result.
210
21120040806:
212	Module loading has been fixed.  Some older installations will
213	drop proper module_path initialization and modules will fail to
214	load properly.  If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
215	"initialize drop", do (i386 only):
216		cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
217		chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
218		chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc
219
22020040802:
221	making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
222	so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
223
22420040801:
225	The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
226	so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
227	GENERIC for examples.
228
22920040728:
230	System compiler has been upgraded to GCC 3.4.2-pre. As with any major
231	compiler upgrade, there are several issues to be aware of. GCC 3.4.x
232	has broken C++ ABI compatibility with previous releases yet again
233	and users will have to rebuild all their C++ programs with the new
234	compiler. If you are getting run-time error such as
235	/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Undefined symbol "_ZNSs20_S_empty_rep_storageE"
236	This entry does apply to you.
237
238	A new unit-at-a-time optimization mode, which is default in this
239	compiler release, is more aggressive in removing unused static
240	symbols. This is the likely cause of 'make buildworld' breakages
241	with non-default CFLAGS where optimization level is set to -O2
242	or higher.
243
244	With the upgrade of the system compiler, the kernel has been upgraded
245	to match the new system compiler.  This makes it impossible to build
246	a new kernel with the old compiler.  Upgrade your system via
247	make buildworld and make kernel (see below) to fix this problem.
248
24920040727:
250	The size of 'struct ifnet' has changed due to the addition of
251	the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag (and what it implies).  All kernel
252	modules implementing network interfaces must be recompiled as
253	a result.
254
25520040716:
256	The sound device drivers are renamed.  `sound' is always required,
257	while `snd_*' should be configured accordingly to your hardware.
258	Refer to NOTES for the detail of the drivers.
259
26020040710:
261	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122.
262
26320040710:
264	The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now
265	identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of
266	the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such,
267	hints are now required for the sio(4) driver to become a console
268	or debug port. The NO_SIO option has been decommissioned because
269	of this.
270
27120040710:
272	A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible
273	changes beyond just the debugging experience:
274	o  The DDB option is now specific to the DDB debugger backend
275	   and should not be used any more for conditional compilation
276	   of debugging code for when debugging is enabled. Use the KDB
277	   option for this.
278	o  The WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE and DDB_UNATTENDED options have
279	   been renamed to WITNESS_KDB, KDB_TRACE and KDB_UNATTENDED
280	   respectively. This is in line with the first bullet.
281	o  The remote GDB support has been untangled from DDB and needs
282	   to be enabled separately now. Use the GDB option for this.
283	o  The GDB_REMOTE_CHAT option has been removed. Support for this
284	   homegrown feature is discontinued. The GDB remote protocol
285	   supports console output and it makes sense to use that. 
286	o  The DDB_NOKLDSYM option has been removed. The DDB debugger
287	   now supports both direct symbol table lookups as well as KLD
288	   symbol lookups through the linker.
289
29020040708:
291	Bluetooth code has been marked as non-i386 specific.
292	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 502121 to mark this change.
293
29420040702:
295	The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler.
296	There is some report that the ULE scheduler was broken in some
297	machines and we encourage users using the ULE scheduler either
298	stick with a known good kernel, or temporarily switch to the 4BSD
299	scheduler as a workaround.
300
30120040630:
302	The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate
303	an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse
304	to attach until recompiled. Netgraph now uses mbuf tags to move
305	metadata and this commit removes its home-grown metadata facility.
306	Nodes should just recompile, unless they use metadata, in which
307	case the changes are simple; the file ng_ksocket.c serves as an
308	example of such changes.
309
310	This also broke i4b, although the compile problem has been papered
311	over.
312
31320040630:
314	ACPI has been updated to disable known-bad BIOS revisions.  A message
315	will be printed on the console indicating that ACPI has been disabled
316	automatically and that the user should use a newer BIOS, if possible.
317	If you think ACPI does work on your system and want to override
318	this (i.e., for testing), set hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" at the
319	loader prompt.
320
32120040623:
322	pf was updated to OpenBSD-stable 3.5 and pflogd(8) is privilege
323	separated now. It uses the newly created "_pflogd" user/group
324	combination. If you plan to use pflogd(8) make sure to run
325	mergemaster -p or install the "_pflogd" user and group manually.
326
32720040622:
328	Network interface cloning has been overhauled.  This change will
329	require a recompile of modules using cloning and modification of
330	external ones to the new API.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
331	to 502119 to mark this change.  Additionally, users creating
332	stf(4) interfaces via "ifconfig stf" will need to update their
333	scripts as this will create an interface named "stf" instead of
334	"stf0" and ifconfig will not print "stf0" to stdout.
335
33620040621:
337	On 20040524, the /etc/rc.d/nsswitch script was modified to
338	automatically create /etc/nsswitch.conf on startup if it did
339	not already exist.  Unfortunately, an error in the man page
340	was carried over to the script, resulting in incorrect
341	nsswitch settings.  The simplest remedy is to remove both
342	/etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf; they will be recreated
343	during the next reboot.
344
34520040614:
346	The return value of sema_timedwait(9) has been changed to
347	make it consistent with cv_timedwait(9).  Be sure to recompile
348	the ips module and any third-party modules which call
349	sema_timedwait.
350
35120040613:
352	ALTQ is now linked to the build. This breaks ABI for struct ifnet.
353	Make sure to recompile modules and any userland that makes use of
354	sizeof(struct ifnet). In order to get the altq headers in place
355	please recompile and reinstall world.
356
35720040607:
358	Splitting kern_thread.c into 2 files (adding kern_kse.c)
359	requires that you re-run config after updating your tree.
360
36120040601:
362	The MIDI drivers have been removed. Until the new module-friendly
363	ones are merged, remove or comment out midi and seq from your
364	kernel configuration.
365
36620040423:
367	Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
368	needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
369	options are not affected but those with options may break until
370	ipfw(8) is recompiled.
371
37220040420:
373	Due to changes in the callout ABI, kernels compiled after this
374	date may be incompatible with kernel modules compiled prior to
375	20040406.
376
37720040414:
378	The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
379	problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
380	hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.
381
38220040412:
383	The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
384	drive is still broken.
385
38620040410:
387	A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
388	have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
389	the unanticipated problems have been resolved.
390
39120040409:
392        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
393        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
394        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
395        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
396        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040415 source by running
397        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".
398
39920040322:
400	The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
401	lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
402	by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
403	the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
404	tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
405	If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
406	set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
407	An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
408	locking is merged to permit this to take place.
409
41020040310:
411	The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
412	64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
413	using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
414	detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
415	upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.
416
41720040308:
418	The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
419	sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
420	user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
421	system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
422	Also note that pf requires "options PFIL_HOOKS" in the kernel. The
423	pf system consists of the following three devices:
424	device		pf		# required
425	device		pflog		# optional
426	device		pfsync		# optional
427
42820040303:
429	If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
430	(see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
431	/etc/libmap.conf:
432
433	libc_r.so.5		libpthread.so.1
434	libc_r.so		libpthread.so
435
436	This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
437	to use libpthread instead.
438
43920040226:
440	Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
441	is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
442	disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
443	OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
444	have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.
445
44620040225:
447	The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
448	to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
449	reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
450	problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
451	should remain unaffected.
452
45320040225:
454	routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
455	sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
456	for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
457	-CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
458	of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
459	from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.
460
46120040224:
462	The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
463	and related userland network utilities necessary.
464
46520040222:
466	The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
467	First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
468	Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
469	Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.
470
47120040207:
472	The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
473	necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.
474
47520040130:
476	libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
477	default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
478	been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
479	alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
480	are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
481	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
482	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
483	maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
484	libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
485	that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
486	nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
487	that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
488	do not work with libpthread.
489
49020040125:
491	ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
492	in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
493	better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
494	efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
495	running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
496	SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.
497
49820040125:
499	Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
500	belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
501	depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.
502
50320031213:
504	src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
505	if the login process is unable to successfully set the
506	process credentials to include all groups defined for the
507	user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
508	may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
509	defined, or they will be unable to log in.
510
51120031203:
512	The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
513	to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.
514
51520031112:
516	The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
517	allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
518	sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
519	BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
520	binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
521	not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
522	structure.
523	Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
524	kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
525	even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
526	you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
527	have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
528	Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
529	such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
530	system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
531	that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
532	these changes are installed.
533
534	****************************DANGER*******************************
535
536	DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
537	installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
538	new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
539	kernel.
540
54120031112:
542	Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
543	change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
544	userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
545	netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
546	sync before rebooting.
547
54820031111:
549	Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
550	when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
551	CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
552	If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
553	BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
554	with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
555
55620031103:
557	The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
558	'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
559	disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
560	kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.
561
56220031031:
563	The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
564	the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
565	if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
566	userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
567	and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
568	reflect this change.
569
57020030928:
571	Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
572	the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
573	__FreeBSD_version bumped to 501110.
574
57520030926:
576	kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
577	mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.
578
57920030925:
580	Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS
581	also be explicitly configured.  Previously this dependency was
582	magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has
583	been removed.  Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS
584	will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c.
585
58620030923:
587	Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
588	attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
589	panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
590	FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.
591
59220030915:
593	A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
594	with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
595	causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
596	that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.
597
59820030829:
599	The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
600	deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
601	localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
602	you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
603	may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
604	solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
605	The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
606	ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
607	may or may not exist on your system.
608
60920030824:
610	ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h
611	has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
612	If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
613	kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.
614
61520030819:
616	The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
617	Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
618	closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
619	to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.
620
62120030728:
622	All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
623	and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
624	umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
625	and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
626	so the quirk can be re-enabled.
627
62820030724:
629	Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
630	with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.
631
63220030722:
633	FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
634	notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
635	it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
636	FPU hardware.
637
63820030714:
639	Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
640	If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
641	will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
642	People should report those issues to current@.
643
64420030711:
645	gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
646	across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
647	/usr/obj.
648
64920030610:
650	Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
651	for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
652	LANG environment variable.
653
65420030609:
655	CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
656	and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
657	important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
658	a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
659	into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
660	kernel.
661
66220030605:
663	There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
664	happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
665	evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
666	given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
667	(and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
668	time snafu. Typical failure mode:
669
670	In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
671	targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
672	targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
673	targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
674		:
675
676	The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
677	to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
678	usr.bin/sed/process.c).
679
68020030505:
681	Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
682	MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
683	want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.
684
68520030502:
686	groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
687	get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
688	have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
689	to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.
690
69120030501:
692	The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
693	to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
694	Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
695	continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
696	especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
697	utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.
698
69920030423:
700	A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
701	to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
702	work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
703	have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
704	userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
705	kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
706	effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
707	allowances are made.
708
70920030329:
710	Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
711	floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
712	while upgrading the system through a buildworld.
713
714	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
715	downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
716	/usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
717	to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:
718
719	cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
720	    make cleandir && make obj && \
721	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
722	    make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install
723
72420030208:
725	sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
726	change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
727	'[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
728	used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
729	will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.
730
73120030128:
732	NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
733	This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
734	be removed when convenient.
735
73620030126:
737	The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
738	must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.
739
74020030125:
741	The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
742	you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
743	The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
744	which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
745	to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
746	'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.
747
74820030115:
749	A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
750	One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
751	properly.
752
753	In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
754	configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
755	with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
756	with NetBSD.
757
75820021222:
759 	For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
760 	used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
761 	which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
762 	versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
763 	code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
764 	built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be
765	rebuilt.
766
76720021216:
768	A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
769	compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
770	to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
771	with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
772	a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.
773
77420021202:
775	The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
776	sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
777	with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
778	panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
779
78020021029:
781	The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
782	your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
783	consumers in sync.
784
78520021024:
786	Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
787	This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
788	not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
789	now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
790	partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
791	away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
792	those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
793	the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)
794
79520021023:
796	Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
797	rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
798	with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
799	fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
800	segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).
801
802	So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
803	upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
804	tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
805	"transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
806	transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
807	-DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.
808
80920020831:
810	gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
811	with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
812	programs and libraries need to be recompiled.
813
814	Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
815	doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.
816
81720020827:
818	Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
819	almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
820	If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
821	TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).
822
82320020815:
824	A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
825	fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
826	again.
827
82820020729:
829	COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
830	it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
831	before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
832	-C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.
833
83420020702:
835	Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
836	There are still some minor problems with some signals but the
837	system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
838	but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
839	Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.
840
84120020701:
842	Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
843	KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
844	GNOME.
845
84620020511:
847	The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
848	installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
849	ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
850	with the set-user-ID bit set.
851
85220020510:
853	Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
854	Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
855	the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
856	generated debugging information for our native GDB.
857
85820020510:
859	Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
860	to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
861	and then do a cvs update.
862
86320020421:
864	When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
865	stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.
866
86720020404:
868	New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
869	easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
870	variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
871	daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
872	"NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
873	an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
874	also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.
875
87620020403:
877	UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.
878
87920020315:
880	FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.
881
88220020225:
883	Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
884	you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.
885
88620020217:
887	sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
888	longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
889	command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
890	mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
891	and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.
892
893	Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
894	required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
895	binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
896	to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
897	fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
898	and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
899	src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
900	'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
901	mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
902	very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
903	as of this date.
904
90520020112:
906	The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
907	rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
908	pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
909	you have local modifications, you can use
910	/usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
911	/etc/pam.d.
912
913	Please see the following url for more details:
914http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
91520011229:
916	If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
917	networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
918http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
919
92020011220:
921	sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
922	started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
923	from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
924	own.  All the accumulated features and bug fixes of the i4b
925	version have now been merged back into the base system's
926	version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
927	is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
928	spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
929	as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
930	ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
931	reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)
932
93320011215:
934	The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
935	recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
936	720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
937	default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
938	floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
939	default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
940	will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
941	fdcontrol(8).
942
94320011209:
944	The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
945	and truss(1) now works again.
946
94720011207:
948	Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
949	scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
950	see
951http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
952	for details.
953
95420011204:
955	sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
956	kernel and burncd to be in sync.
957
95820011203:
959	The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
960	pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
961	kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
962	not there already.
963
964	This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
965	until the issue has been resolved.
966
96720011202:
968	A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
969	patched.
970
97120011126:
972	You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
973	after this date.  You need to do this only once.
974
97520011103:
976	Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
977	edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
978	back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."
979
98020011030:
981	Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
982	choppy waves in the upgrade process.
983
98420011030:
985	The asr driver problem has been resolved.
986
98720011027:
988	Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
989	now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
990	correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
991	try to use from this date forward.
992
99320011025:
994	When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
995	MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
996	unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
997	an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
998	TARGET_ARCH=i386.
999
100020011001:
1001	The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
1002	You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
1003	at the same time.
1004
100520010929:
1006	When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
1007	MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
1008	set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
1009	setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
1010	(eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).
1011
101220010927:
1013	Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
1014	To disable ACPI you can add
1015		hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
1016	to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
1017	loader "ok" prompt).
1018
1019	Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
1020	or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
1021	file and not list acpi in that list.
1022
102320010924:
1024	The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
1025	the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
1026	to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
1027	get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
1028	following to get them installed only once:
1029		cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
1030		make all install
1031	You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.
1032
103320010919:
1034	There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
1035	are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
1036	leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
1037	workaround is to add
1038		CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
1039	before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
1040	can be removed afterwards.
1041
1042	A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.
1043
104420010918:
1045	Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
1046	NFS may be unstable after this date.
1047
104820010912:
1049	KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
1050	the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
1051	initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
1052	corrected.
1053
105420010901:
1055	In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
1056	arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
1057	necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
1058	have been rectified around this date.
1059
106020010823:
1061 	named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as
1062 	root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure
1063 	that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8))
1064 	and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make
1065 	sure that user or group bind has read (and not write)
1066 	permission for your name server configuration and that it
1067 	has read and write permission for your slave zone files and
1068 	directory.
1069
1070 	If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure
1071 	alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
1072
1073 		named_flags=
1074
107520010709:
1076	The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
1077	the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
1078	It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
1079	solution is to rebuild those ports.
1080
108120010628:
1082	The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
1083	to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.
1084
108520010625:
1086	The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
1087	OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
1088	known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
1089	cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
1090	IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.
1091
109220010617:
1093	Softupdates problems have been corrected.
1094
109520010614:
1096	Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
1097	rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
1098	kernel building methods.
1099
110020010613:
1101	pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
1102	do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
1103	config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
1104	problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).
1105
110620010613:
1107	SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
1108	use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
1109	partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.
1110
111120010612:
1112	After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
1113	that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
1114	to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
1115	work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
1116	until this bug is fixed.
1117
1118	Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
1119	file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
1120	hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.
1121
112220010610:
1123	Locale names have changed to match other systems better.
1124
112520010604:
1126	pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
1127	your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
1128	pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
1129	Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.
1130
1131	You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
1132	interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
1133	it is).
1134
1135	pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
1136	not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
1137	using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
1138	match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.
1139
114020010530:
1141	INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
1142	use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
1143	a limited time.  If you see
1144
1145install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together
1146
1147	in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
1148	COPY=-C.
1149
115020010525:
1151	It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
1152	there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
1153	definitely is in bad shape.
1154
115520010521:
1156	Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
1157	with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
1158	http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
1159	at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
1160	is
1161Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty
1162
116320010520:
1164	Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.
1165
116620010519:
1167	pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
1168	the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
1169	not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.
1170
117120010517:
1172	ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
1173	userland at the same time.
1174
117520010517:
1176	New ncurses imported.
1177
117820010512:
1179	DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
1180	will be the only way to go starting July 1.
1181
118220010504:
1183	OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
1184	including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.
1185
118620010502:
1187	Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.
1188
118920010501:
1190	Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.
1191
119220010430:
1193	The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
1194	go back in the water.
1195
119620010429:
1197	A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
1198	this date, but before the correction date.
1199
120020010423:
1201	old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.
1202
120320010411:
1204	fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
1205	to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
1206	Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
1207	fsck with the new kernel ever.
1208
120920010330:
1210	fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
1211	Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
1212	details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.
1213
121420010319:
1215	portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
1216	current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
1217	other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
1218	without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.
1219
122020010315:
1221	ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
1222	and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
1223	been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.
1224
122520010312:
1226	The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
1227	fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.
1228
122920010312:
1230	The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
1231	instead of ad-hoc.
1232
123320010310:
1234	/dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
1235	Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
1236	ssh might not work if you don't.
1237
123820010303:
1239	The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
1240	which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
1241	you use the ed driver.
1242
124320010220:
1244	The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
1245	safe to go back into the water.
1246
124720010211:
1248	The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
1249	you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
1250	all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
1251	that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
1252	dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.
1253
1254	To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
1255	workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
1256	don't have to move this to the updating section.
1257
1258	To get around the installworld problem, do:
1259		# cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
1260		# make install
1261		# cd /usr/src
1262		# make installworld
1263	If that doesn't work, then try:
1264		# make -k installworld
1265		# make installworld
1266
126720010207:
1268	DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
1269	do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.
1270
127120010205:
1272	FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
1273	Remove them from your config.
1274
127520010122:
1276	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1277			buildkernel has been changed slightly
1278	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1279	KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
1280	should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.
1281
128220010119:
1283	config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
1284	This requires a new config to build correctly.
1285
128620010116:
1287	The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
1288	other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
1289	only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.
1290
129120010110:
1292	Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.
1293
129420010102:
1295	Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
1296	/etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.
1297
129820010101:
1299	ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
1300	have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
1301	dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
1302	by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
1303	build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
1304	can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
1305	might have been ignored by the -k option.
1306
1307	Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
1308	vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
1309	of this working.
1310
131120001228:
1312	There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
1313	libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
1314	libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.
1315
131620001218:
1317	Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
1318	now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
1319	in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
1320	cards will not be recognized without it.
1321
132220001205:
1323	Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
1324	in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
1325	adding the following in pam.conf:
1326
1327	sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
1328	sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
1329	sshd    session required        pam_permit.so
1330
133120001031:
1332	cvs updated to 1.11.
1333
133420001020:
1335	The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
1336	that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
1337	/dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
1338	then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
1339	workaround.
1340
134120001010:
1342	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1343				Sendmail has been updated.
1344	****************************** WARNING ******************************
1345	o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
1346	o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
1347	  is set.
1348	o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
1349	  commands.
1350	o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
1351	o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
1352	  in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
1353	o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names
1354
1355	More details can be found at
1356		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010
1357
135820001009:
1359	The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
1360	your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.
1361
136220001006:
1363	The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
1364	the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
1365	/usr/bin/miniperl.
1366
136720001005:
1368	This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
1369	It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
1370	file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
1371	lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
1372	tree for anything to work.
1373
137420000928:
1375	There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.
1376
137720000916:
1378	/boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
1379	place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
1380	same time as your kernel.
1381
138220000914:
1383	The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
1384	include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
1385	when they resume.  Include
1386		device		pmtimer
1387	in your config file and
1388		hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
1389	to your /boot/device.hints file.
1390
139120000911:
1392	The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
1393	rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
1394	been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
1395	own kernel config file.
1396	Remove:
1397		options		RANDOMDEV
1398	Add:
1399		device		random
1400	If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
1401	nothing.
1402
140320000909:
1404	The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
1405	random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
1406	reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
1407	The line should read:
1408		random_load="YES"
1409
141020000907:
1411	The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
1412	doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
1413	to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
1414	sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
1415	first blush appear related to SMP.
1416
141720000906:
1418	nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
1419	this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
1420	nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
1421	will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
1422	don't have one, and you have host.conf.
1423
142420000905:
1425	The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
1426	that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
1427	kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
1428	kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
1429	needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.
1430
143120000905:
1432	The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
1433	now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
1434	is /boot/kernel.
1435
1436	You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
1437	The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
1438	installkernel/installworld dance.
1439
1440	Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
1441	before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
1442	modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
1443	path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
1444	is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.
1445
1446	if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
1447		mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
1448		chflags noschg /kernel.old
1449		mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1450		chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
1451	fi
1452
145320000904:
1454	A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
1455	/etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will
1456	incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
1457	move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
1458	file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
1459	run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
1460	while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
1461	is not likely to be generated.
1462
146320000825:
1464	/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
1465	succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
1466	into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
1467	into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
1468	if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
1469	you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
1470	messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
1471	kernel.
1472
147320000821:
1474	If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
1475	you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
1476	/boot/loader.conf.
1477
147820000812:
1479	suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
1480	with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
1481	this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
1482	to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
1483		chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
1484	will fix this until the next build.
1485
148620000812:
1487	sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
1488	visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
1489	include:
1490	- New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
1491	- newaliases limited to root and trusted users
1492	- MSA port (587) turned on by default
1493	- New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
1494	- FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
1495	- FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
1496	- FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
1497	- mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
1498	- See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info
1499
150020000810:
1501	suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
1502	specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
1503	Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
1504	/usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
1505	specific use for it.
1506
150720000729:
1508	Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
1509	/etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
1510	/etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
1511	afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
1512		# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
1513		inetd_enable="YES"
1514		portmap_enable="YES"
1515		sendmail_enable="YES"
1516
151720000728:
1518	If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
1519	will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".
1520
152120000728:
1522	The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
1523	you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
1524	it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
1525	target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
1526	updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
1527	should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
1528	to /MYKERNEL.
1529
153020000711:
1531	If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get
1532	the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
1533	out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
1534		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
1535	for details on potential problems that you might have and how
1536	to get around them.
1537
1538	If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
1539	clauses above, you needn't worry.
1540
154120000711:
1542	/etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
1543	setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
1544	in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
1545	mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.
1546
154720000710:
1548	/dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
1549	and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
1550	RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
1551	`randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
1552	not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
1553	lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
1554	errors. (see below, 20000624).
1555
1556	FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.
1557
155820000709:
1559	phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
1560	down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
1561	run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
1562		ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
1563
156420000706:
1565	libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
1566	has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
1567	before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
1568	won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
1569	break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
1570	interim if needed.
1571
157220000705:
1573	The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
1574	in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
1575	some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
1576	details.
1577
157820000704:
1579	With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
1580	set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.
1581
158220000704:
1583	rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
1584	or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
1585	rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.
1586
158720000630:
1588	The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
1589	Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
1590	which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.
1591
159220000625:
1593	From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
1594	system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
1595	While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
1596	required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
1597	trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
1598	were required.  You should check with the latest collections
1599	to make sure that these haven't changed.
1600
160120000624:
1602	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
1603	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
1604	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
1605	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
1606	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
1607	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
1608	date to the completion of the work.
1609
1610	If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
1611	options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
1612	module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
1613	recreate the random and urandom devices.
1614
161520000622:
1616	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
1617	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
1618	that used to be required when updating.
1619
162020000621:
1621	Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
1622	the config file update procedure.
1623		http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
1624	NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
1625	isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
1626		cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT
1627
162820000620:
1629	Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
1630	as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
1631	that workaround will no longer be required.
1632
163320000615:
1634	phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
1635	ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
1636	your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
1637	devices.
1638
1639	In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
1640	more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
1641	here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
1642	may work).
1643
164420000612:
1645	Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
1646	on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
1647	need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
1648	to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
1649	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
1650	NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
1651
1652	Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
1653	says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
1654	in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
1655	in it.
1656
165720000522:
1658	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
1659	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
1660	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
1661	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
1662
1663	Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
1664	or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
1665	is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
1666	is resolved.
1667
166820000513:
1669	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
1670
167120000510:
1672	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
1673	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
1674	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
1675
167620000503:
1677	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
1678	is now available.
1679
168020000502:
1681	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
1682	connected to the kernel building instead.
1683
168420000427:
1685	You may need to build gperf
1686		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
1687	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
1688	an option only in -current.
1689
169020000417:
1691	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
1692	acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
1693	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
1694	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
1695	before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
1696		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
1697	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
1698
169920000320:
1700	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
1701	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
1702	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
1703		/sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
1704	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
1705
170620000319:
1707	The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
1708	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
1709	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
1710	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
1711	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
1712	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
1713
171420000318:
1715	We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
1716	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1717	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1718	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1719	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1720	that you are loading are up to date.
1721
172220000315:
1723	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
1724	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
1725	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
1726	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
1727	boot.
1728
172920000315:
1730	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1731	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
1732
1733COMMON ITEMS:
1734
1735	# NOTE: 5.x below applies to 6.0-currrent as well, for the
1736	# momemnt.  4.any -> 5.any upgrade support will remain in
1737	# place for 6.0 current, but after 5.3 RELEASE, the 4.any ->
1738	# 6.0-current upgrade path will require moving through 5.3
1739	# RELEASE or newer.
1740
1741	General Notes
1742	-------------
1743	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1744	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1745	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1746	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1747	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1748	on the -current branch).
1749
1750	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1751	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1752	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1753	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1754	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1755	page for more details.
1756
1757	To build a kernel
1758	-----------------
1759	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1760	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
1761	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
1762	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1763	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1764
1765	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1766	--------------------------------------------------------------
1767	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1768	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1769	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1770
1771	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1772	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1773	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1774	make depend
1775	make
1776	make install
1777
1778	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1779
1780	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1781	-----------------------------------------------------------
1782	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1783	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1784
1785	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1786	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1787	make buildworld
1788	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1789							[1]
1790	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1791	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1792	mergemaster -p					[5]
1793	make installworld
1794	mergemaster					[4]
1795	<reboot>
1796
1797
1798	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1799	--------------------------------------------------
1800	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1801	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1802	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1803	# size.
1804
1805	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1806	<boot into -stable>
1807	make buildworld
1808	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1809	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1810	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1811	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1812	cp src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
1813		${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints	# as needed
1814	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1815	cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1816	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1817	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1818	<reboot into current>
1819	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1820	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
1821 	<reboot>
1822
1823
1824	To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current
1825	----------------------------------------------
1826	# 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
1827	# modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.x onto a 4.x
1828	# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
1829	# partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
1830	# to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
1831	# the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
1832	# before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
1833	# space on /.
1834
1835	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1836	<maybe fix /etc/fstab>				[7]
1837	make buildworld					[9]
1838	cp sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
1839	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1840	cd sys/boot ; make STRIP="" install		[6]
1841							[1]
1842	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1843	src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom			[10]
1844	mergemaster -p					[5]
1845	rm -rf /usr/include/g++
1846	make installworld
1847	mergemaster -i					[4]
1848	<reboot>
1849
1850	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1851	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1852	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1853	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1854	the UPDATING entries.
1855
1856	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1857	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1858	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1859	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1860	much fewer pitfalls.
1861
1862	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1863	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1864	system on reboot.
1865
1866	[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
1867	your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
1868	configuration.
1869
1870	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1871		fsck -p
1872		mount -u /
1873		mount -a
1874		cd src
1875		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1876	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1877	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1878	For the 4.x -> 5.x upgrade, you will also see many messages about
1879	needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
1880	be ignored while you proceed to the next step.
1881
1882	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1883	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1884	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1885	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1886	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1887	for potential gotchas.
1888
1889	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1890	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1891	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1892	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1893	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1894	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1895
1896	[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
1897	it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
1898	you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
1899		ok unload
1900		ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
1901	If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
1902	described here.
1903
1904	[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
1905	compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form /dev/ad0a
1906	without the actual slice name.  These will break with 5.x and newer.
1907	You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
1908	2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a. i386 and pc98 are affected, while alpha
1909	is not.
1910
1911	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1912	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1913	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1914	that is hard to boot to recover.
1915
1916	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1917	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1918
1919	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1920	cvs prune empty directories.
1921
1922	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1923	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1924	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1925
1926	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1927	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1928	warn if it is improperly defined.
1929
1930	In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything,
1931	you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X=	YES" entry, so that 4.x
1932	compatibility libraries are built which should allow you to continue
1933	using your existing software for a while.  Alternatively, you can
1934	install the misc/compat4x port.
1935
1936	[10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
1937	initialized by feeding data into it.  src/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
1938	takes care of this.
1939FORMAT:
1940
1941This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1942breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1943and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
1944previous releases if your system is older than this.
1945
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