UPDATING revision 284959
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users.
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook:
8
9    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
10
11Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
12/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
13
14NOTE: FreeBSD has switched from gcc to clang. If you have trouble bootstrapping
15from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and WITH_GCC to bootstrap to
16the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process from
17older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
18
19NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW:
20	FreeBSD 11.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
21	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
22	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
23	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
24	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
25	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
26	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
27	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
28	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
29	machines to maximize performance.  (To completely disable malloc
30	debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
31	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
32	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
33
3420150630:
35	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
36	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
37
38	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
39	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
40	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
41
42	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
43	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
44
45	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
46	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
47	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
48
49	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
50	entopy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
51	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
52	and it is assumed you know what you need.
53
54	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
55	habit of tweeking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
56	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
57	behaviour from your security subsystems.
58
59	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
60	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
61	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
62	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
63	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
64	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
65	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
66	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
67	will never happen.
68
6920150623:
70	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
71	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
72
7320150616:
74	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
75	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
76	
7720150615:
78	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
79	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
80	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
81	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
82	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
83
8420150614:
85	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
86	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
87	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
88	with Kyuafile and kyua.
89
9020150614:
91	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
92	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
93	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
94	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
95	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
96	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
97	2048 bit DH parameter by:
98
99	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc 
100	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
101	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
102	   replace it with '2'.
103	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
104	   a file path, create a new file with:
105		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
106	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
107		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
108	5. Restart sendmail:
109		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
110
111	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
112	updated.
113
11420150604:
115	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
116	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
117	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
118	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
119	5.x.
120
121	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
122
12320150525:
124	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
125	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
126	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
127
12820150521:
129	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
130	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
131	and Pandaboard:
132
133	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
134	  same but content is different now
135	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
136	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
137	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
138	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
139	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
140
14120150501:
142	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
143	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
144	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
145
14620150423:
147	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
148	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
149
15020150415:
151	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
152	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
153
15420150416:
155	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
156	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
157	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
158
15920150324:
160	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
161	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
162	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
163	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
164
16520150315:
166	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
167	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
168	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
169
17020150307:
171	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
172	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
173	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
174	kernel before rebooting.
175
17620150217:
177	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
178	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
179	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
180	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
181	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
182	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
183
18420150210:
185	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
186	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
187	with the new kernel.
188
18920150131:
190	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
191	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
192	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
193
19420150118:
195	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
196	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
197	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
198	are not already using 3.5.0.
199
20020150107:
201	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
202	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
203	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
204	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
205	binutils tools, if necessary.
206
20720150105:
208	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
209	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
210	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
211	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
212	
21320150102:
214	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
215	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
216
21720141231:
218	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
219
220	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
221	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
222	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
223	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
224	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
225	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
226	later.
227
228	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
229	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
230	of the box.
231
232	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
233	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
234	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
235	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
236
237	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
238	the instructions for 9.x above.
239
240	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
241	default, and do not build clang.
242
243	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
244	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
245	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
246
247	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
248	the following are most likely to appear:
249
250	-Wabsolute-value
251
252	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
253	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
254	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
255	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
256	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
257	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
258	  cast, or disable the warning.
259
260	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
261	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
262	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
263	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
264	  side-effects.
265
266	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
267	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
268
269	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
270	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
271	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
272	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
273
274	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
275	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
276	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
277	unreachable could be optimized away.
278
27920141222:
280	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
281	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
282	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
283	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
284	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
285	the utilities will report errors.
286
28720141121:
288	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
289	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
290	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
291	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
292	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
293	LOCAL_DIRS.
294
29520141109:
296	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
297	has been obsolete for a very long time.
298
29920141104:
300	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
301	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
302	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
303	drivers.
304
305	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
306	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
307	indicate what you need to do.
308
309	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
310	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
311	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
312
313	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
314	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
315	  kern.vty=sc
316
31720141102:
318	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
319	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
320	execute it.
321
32220141009:
323	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
324	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
325	devel/gperf port.
326
32720140923:
328	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
329	contrib/pjdfstest .
330
33120140922:
332	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
333	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
334	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
335	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
336	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
337	their next update cycle.
338
33920140729:
340	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
341	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
342	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
343	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
344	1.12.4_8 or newer.
345
34620140723:
347	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
348	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
349
35020140719:
351	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
352	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
353	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
354	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
355	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
356	new configuration.
357
35820140709:
359	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
360	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
361	them again.
362	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
363
36420140708:
365	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
366	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
367	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
368	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
369	requires readline.
370
37120140702:
372	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
373	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
374	architecture.
375
37620140701:
377	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
378	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
379	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
380	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
381	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
382
38320140629:
384	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
385	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
386	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
387
38820140619:
389	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
390	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
391	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
392
39320140606:
394	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
395	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
396	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
397	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
398	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
399	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
400	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
401	"make installworld".
402
403	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
404	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
405	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
406	is run.
407
408	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
409	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
410	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
411	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
412	be removed during a clean upgrade.
413
41420140512:
415	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
416
41720140508:
418	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
419	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
420	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
421
42220140505:
423	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
424	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
425	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
426	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
427	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
428	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
429	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
430	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
431	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
432	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
433	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
434	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
435
436	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
437	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
438	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
439	as well.
440
44120140430:
442	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
443	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
444
44520140424:
446	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
447	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
448	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
449	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
450	build hosts for older releases.
451
452	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
453	r276991, respectively.
454
45520140418:
456	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
457	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
458	will silently lack HESIOD.
459
46020140405:
461	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
462	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
463	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
464	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
465	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
466	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
467	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
468	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
469	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
470	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
471	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
472	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
473
47420140306:
475	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
476	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
477	with command line option -W.
478
47920140226:
480	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
481	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
482	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
483	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
484	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
485
48620140216:
487	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
488
48920140216:
490	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
491	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
492
49320140212:
494	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
495	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
496	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
497	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
498	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
499
50020140204:
501	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
502	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
503	kernel is still highly recommended.
504
50520140131:
506	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
507	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
508	capability mode support in kernel.
509
51020140128:
511	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
512	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
513	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
514	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
515	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
516
51720140110:
518	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
519	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
520	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
521	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
522	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
523	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
524
52520131213:
526	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
527	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
528	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
529	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
530	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
531	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
532	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
533	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
534	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
535
53620131108:
537	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
538	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
539	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
540	should change your settings to use the latter.
541
54220131025:
543	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
544	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
545	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
546	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
547	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
548
54920131014:
550	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
551	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
552	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
553	delete-old-libs":
554	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
555	  or
556	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
557
55820131010:
559	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
560	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
561	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
562	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
563	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
564	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
565
566	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
567	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
568	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
569	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
570	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
571	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
572
573	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
574	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
575	with an integer.
576
57720130930:
578	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
579	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
580	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
581	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
582
583	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
584	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
585	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
586	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
587
58820130916:
589	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
590	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
591	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
592
59320130911:
594	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
595	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
596	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
597	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
598
59920130906:
600	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
601	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
602	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
603	options in src.conf.  
604
60520130905:
606	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
607	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
608	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
609	'options PROCDESC'.
610
61120130905:
612	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
613	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
614	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
615	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
616	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
617	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
618
61920130903:
620	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
621	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
622	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
623
62420130821:
625	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
626	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
627	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
628
62920130813:
630	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
631	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
632	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
633	compatability.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
634	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
635	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
636
63720130806:
638	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
639	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
640	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
641	explicitly.
642	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
643	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
644	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
645	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
646	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
647
64820130806:
649	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
650	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
651	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
652	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
653	to r253970 or later.
654
65520130802:
656	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
657	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
658	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
659	would result:
660
661	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
662
663	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
664	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
665	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
666	old as well as the new version of find.
667
66820130726:
669	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
670	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
671	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
672	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
673	subdirectories must be reviewed.
674
67520130716:
676	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
677	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
678	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
679
680	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
681
682	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
683	users are advised to upgrade.
684
68520130709:
686	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
687	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
688
68920130709:
690	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
691	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
692	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
693
69420130629:
695	Fix targets that run multiple make's to use && rather than ;
696	so that subsequent steps depend on success of previous.
697
698	NOTE: if building 'universe' with -j* on stable/8 or stable/9
699	it would be better to start the build using bmake, to avoid
700	overloading the machine.
701
70220130618:
703	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
704	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
705	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
706	write access to that file.
707
70820130615:
709	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
710	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
711
71220130613:
713	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
714
715		make: illegal option -- J
716		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
717			...
718		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
719
720	this likely due to an old instance of make in
721	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
722	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
723	you see the above error:
724
725		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
726
727	should resolve it.
728
72920130516:
730	Use bmake by default.
731	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
732	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
733	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
734
735	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
736	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
737	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
738	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
739	behavior in parallel build.
740
74120130429:
742        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
743
74420130426:
745	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
746	the IDEA patent expired.
747
74820130426:
749	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
750	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
751	enabled by default.
752
75320130425:
754	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
755	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
756	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
757	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
758	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
759	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
760	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
761	&& make install).
762
76320130404:
764	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
765	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
766	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
767	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
768	and removed.
769
77020130319:
771	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
772	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
773	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
774	binaries will not work on older kernels.
775
77620130308:
777	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
778	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
779
78020130304:
781	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
782	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
783	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
784	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
785	is requested.
786
787	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
788	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
789	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
790	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
791	in /boot/loader.conf.
792
79320130301:
794	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
795	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
796	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
797	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
798	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
799
80020130208:
801	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
802	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
803
804	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
805	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
806
80720130129:
808	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
809	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
810	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
811	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
812	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
813
81420130121:
815	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
816	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
817	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
818	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
819	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
820	/etc/src.conf.
821
82220130118:
823	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
824	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
825	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
826	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
827	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
828	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
829	use is expected to be extremely rare.
830
83120121223:
832	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
833	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
834	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
835
83620121222:
837	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
838	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
839	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
840	be updated.
841
84220121217:
843	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
844	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
845	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
846
847		savecore_flags=""
848
84920121201:
850	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
851	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
852	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
853
85420121117:
855	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
856	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
857	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
858	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
859	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
860	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
861
86220121105:
863	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
864	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
865	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
866	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
867	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
868	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
869	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
870	branch point).
871
87220121102:
873	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
874	functionality now turned on by default.
875
87620121023:
877	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
878	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
879	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
880	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
881	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
882	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
883	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
884	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
885	of the two kernel options.
886
88720121023:
888	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
889	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
890	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
891	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
892
89320121022:
894	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
895	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
896	recompiled.
897
89820121018:
899	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
900	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
901	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
902
90320121016:
904	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
905	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
906	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
907	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
908	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
909
91020121015:
911	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
912	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
913	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
914	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
915
91620121014:
917	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
918
91920121013:
920	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
921	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
922	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
923	knob has also gone.
924
92520121006:
926	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
927	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
928	with new kernel.
929
93020121001:
931	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
932	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
933	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
934
93520120913:
936	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
937	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
938	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
939	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
940	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
941	configurations.
942
94320120908:
944	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
945	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
946
94720120828:
948	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
949	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
950	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
951	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
952	manual page.
953
95420120727:
955	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
956	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
957	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
958
95920120712:
960	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
961	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
962	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
963
96420120712:
965	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
966	with other variables:
967	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
968	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
969
97020120628:
971	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
972	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
973	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
974	installed as "bsdsort".
975
97620120611:
977	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
978	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
979	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
980	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
981	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
982	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
983	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
984	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
985	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
986
98720120417:
988	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
989	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
990	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
991	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
992	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
993	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
994	NAMESPACE section).
995
99620120328:
997	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
998	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
999	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1000	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1001	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1002	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1003	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1004
100520120306:
1006	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1007	platforms.
1008
100920120229:
1010	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1011	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1012	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1013	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1014	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1015	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1016
101720120211:
1018	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1019	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1020	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1021	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1022	comes from 20111215.
1023
102420120114:
1025	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1026	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1027	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1028	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1029
1030	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1031	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1032
103320120109:
1034	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1035	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1036	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1037	tunable/sysctl.
1038	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1039
104020111215:
1041	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1042	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1043	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1044	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1045	not supported anymore.
1046
1047	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1048	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1049	need to be recompiled.
1050
105120111122:
1052	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1053	/dev/wmistat0.
1054
105520111108:
1056	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1057	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1058	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1059	time.
1060
106120111101:
1062	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1063	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1064
106520110930:
1066	sysinstall has been removed
1067
106820110923:
1069	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1070	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1071
1072COMMON ITEMS:
1073
1074	General Notes
1075	-------------
1076	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1077	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1078	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1079	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1080	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1081	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1082	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1083
1084	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1085	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1086	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1087	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1088	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1089
1090	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1091	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1092	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1093	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1094	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1095
1096	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1097	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1098	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1099	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1100
1101	ZFS notes
1102	---------
1103	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1104	these two steps:
1105
1106	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1107	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1108
1109	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1110
1111	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1112	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1113	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1114
1115	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1116
1117	To build a kernel
1118	-----------------
1119	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1120	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1121	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1122
1123	make kernel-toolchain
1124	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1125	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1126
1127	To test a kernel once
1128	---------------------
1129	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1130	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1131	debugging information) run
1132	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1133	nextboot -k testkernel
1134
1135	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1136	--------------------------------------------------------------
1137	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1138	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1139	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1140
1141	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1142	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1143	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1144	make depend
1145	make
1146	make install
1147
1148	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1149
1150	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1151	-----------------------------------------------------------
1152	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1153	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1154
1155	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1156	make buildworld
1157	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1158							[1]
1159	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1160	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1161	make installworld
1162	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1163	make delete-old					[6]
1164	<reboot>
1165
1166	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1167	--------------------------------------------------
1168	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1169	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1170	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1171	# size.
1172
1173	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1174	<boot into -stable>
1175	make buildworld
1176	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1177	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1178	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1179	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1180	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1181	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1182	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1183	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1184	<reboot into current>
1185	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1186	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1187	<reboot>
1188
1189
1190	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1191	----------------------------------------------
1192	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1193	make buildworld					[9]
1194	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1195							[1]
1196	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1197	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1198	make installworld
1199	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1200	make delete-old					[6]
1201	<reboot>
1202
1203	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1204	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1205	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1206	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1207	the UPDATING entries.
1208
1209	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1210	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1211	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1212	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1213	much fewer pitfalls.
1214
1215	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1216	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1217	system on reboot.
1218
1219	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1220		fsck -p
1221		mount -u /
1222		mount -a
1223		cd src
1224		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1225	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1226	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1227
1228	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1229	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1230	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1231	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1232	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1233	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1234	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1235
1236	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1237	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1238	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1239	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1240	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1241	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1242
1243	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1244	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1245	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1246
1247	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1248	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1249	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1250	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1251	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1252	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1253
1254	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1255	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1256
1257	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1258	cvs prune empty directories.
1259
1260	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1261	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1262	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1263
1264	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1265	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1266	warn if it is improperly defined.
1267FORMAT:
1268
1269This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1270breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1271list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1272If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1273to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1274
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