UPDATING revision 285232
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
3420150706:
35	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
36	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
37	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
38	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
39	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
40	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
41	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
42	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
43	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
44	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
45	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
46	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
47
4820150630:
49	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
50	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
51
52	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
53	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
54	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
55
56	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
57	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
58
59	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
60	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
61	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
62
63	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
64	entopy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
65	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
66	and it is assumed you know what you need.
67
68	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
69	habit of tweeking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
70	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
71	behaviour from your security subsystems.
72
73	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
74	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
75	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
76	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
77	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
78	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
79	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
80	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
81	will never happen.
82
8320150623:
84	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
85	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
86
8720150616:
88	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
89	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
90	
9120150615:
92	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
93	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
94	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
95	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
96	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
97
9820150614:
99	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
100	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
101	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
102	with Kyuafile and kyua.
103
10420150614:
105	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
106	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
107	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
108	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
109	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
110	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
111	2048 bit DH parameter by:
112
113	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc 
114	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
115	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
116	   replace it with '2'.
117	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
118	   a file path, create a new file with:
119		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
120	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
121		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
122	5. Restart sendmail:
123		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
124
125	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
126	updated.
127
12820150604:
129	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
130	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
131	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
132	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
133	5.x.
134
135	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
136
13720150525:
138	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
139	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
140	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
141
14220150521:
143	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
144	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
145	and Pandaboard:
146
147	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
148	  same but content is different now
149	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
150	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
151	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
152	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
153	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
154
15520150501:
156	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
157	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
158	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
159
16020150423:
161	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
162	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
163
16420150415:
165	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
166	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
167
16820150416:
169	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
170	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
171	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
172
17320150324:
174	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
175	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
176	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
177	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
178
17920150315:
180	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
181	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
182	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
183
18420150307:
185	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
186	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
187	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
188	kernel before rebooting.
189
19020150217:
191	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
192	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
193	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
194	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
195	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
196	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
197
19820150210:
199	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
200	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
201	with the new kernel.
202
20320150131:
204	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
205	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
206	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
207
20820150118:
209	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
210	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
211	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
212	are not already using 3.5.0.
213
21420150107:
215	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
216	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
217	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
218	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
219	binutils tools, if necessary.
220
22120150105:
222	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
223	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
224	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
225	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
226	
22720150102:
228	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
229	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
230
23120141231:
232	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
233
234	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
235	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
236	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
237	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
238	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
239	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
240	later.
241
242	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
243	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
244	of the box.
245
246	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
247	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
248	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
249	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
250
251	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
252	the instructions for 9.x above.
253
254	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
255	default, and do not build clang.
256
257	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
258	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
259	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
260
261	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
262	the following are most likely to appear:
263
264	-Wabsolute-value
265
266	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
267	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
268	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
269	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
270	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
271	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
272	  cast, or disable the warning.
273
274	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
275	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
276	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
277	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
278	  side-effects.
279
280	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
281	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
282
283	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
284	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
285	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
286	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
287
288	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
289	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
290	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
291	unreachable could be optimized away.
292
29320141222:
294	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
295	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
296	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
297	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
298	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
299	the utilities will report errors.
300
30120141121:
302	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
303	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
304	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
305	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
306	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
307	LOCAL_DIRS.
308
30920141109:
310	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
311	has been obsolete for a very long time.
312
31320141104:
314	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
315	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
316	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
317	drivers.
318
319	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
320	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
321	indicate what you need to do.
322
323	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
324	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
325	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
326
327	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
328	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
329	  kern.vty=sc
330
33120141102:
332	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
333	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
334	execute it.
335
33620141009:
337	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
338	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
339	devel/gperf port.
340
34120140923:
342	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
343	contrib/pjdfstest .
344
34520140922:
346	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
347	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
348	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
349	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
350	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
351	their next update cycle.
352
35320140729:
354	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
355	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
356	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
357	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
358	1.12.4_8 or newer.
359
36020140723:
361	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
362	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
363
36420140719:
365	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
366	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
367	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
368	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
369	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
370	new configuration.
371
37220140709:
373	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
374	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
375	them again.
376	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
377
37820140708:
379	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
380	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
381	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
382	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
383	requires readline.
384
38520140702:
386	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
387	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
388	architecture.
389
39020140701:
391	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
392	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
393	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
394	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
395	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
396
39720140629:
398	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
399	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
400	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
401
40220140619:
403	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
404	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
405	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
406
40720140606:
408	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
409	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
410	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
411	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
412	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
413	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
414	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
415	"make installworld".
416
417	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
418	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
419	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
420	is run.
421
422	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
423	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
424	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
425	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
426	be removed during a clean upgrade.
427
42820140512:
429	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
430
43120140508:
432	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
433	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
434	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
435
43620140505:
437	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
438	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
439	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
440	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
441	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
442	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
443	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
444	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
445	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
446	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
447	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
448	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
449
450	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
451	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
452	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
453	as well.
454
45520140430:
456	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
457	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
458
45920140424:
460	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
461	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
462	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
463	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
464	build hosts for older releases.
465
466	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
467	r276991, respectively.
468
46920140418:
470	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
471	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
472	will silently lack HESIOD.
473
47420140405:
475	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
476	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
477	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
478	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
479	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
480	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
481	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
482	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
483	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
484	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
485	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
486	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
487
48820140306:
489	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
490	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
491	with command line option -W.
492
49320140226:
494	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
495	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
496	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
497	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
498	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
499
50020140216:
501	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
502
50320140216:
504	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
505	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
506
50720140212:
508	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
509	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
510	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
511	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
512	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
513
51420140204:
515	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
516	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
517	kernel is still highly recommended.
518
51920140131:
520	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
521	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
522	capability mode support in kernel.
523
52420140128:
525	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
526	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
527	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
528	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
529	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
530
53120140110:
532	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
533	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
534	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
535	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
536	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
537	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
538
53920131213:
540	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
541	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
542	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
543	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
544	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
545	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
546	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
547	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
548	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
549
55020131108:
551	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
552	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
553	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
554	should change your settings to use the latter.
555
55620131025:
557	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
558	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
559	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
560	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
561	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
562
56320131014:
564	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
565	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
566	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
567	delete-old-libs":
568	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
569	  or
570	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
571
57220131010:
573	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
574	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
575	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
576	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
577	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
578	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
579
580	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
581	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
582	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
583	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
584	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
585	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
586
587	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
588	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
589	with an integer.
590
59120130930:
592	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
593	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
594	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
595	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
596
597	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
598	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
599	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
600	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
601
60220130916:
603	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
604	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
605	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
606
60720130911:
608	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
609	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
610	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
611	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
612
61320130906:
614	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
615	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
616	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
617	options in src.conf.  
618
61920130905:
620	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
621	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
622	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
623	'options PROCDESC'.
624
62520130905:
626	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
627	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
628	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
629	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
630	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
631	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
632
63320130903:
634	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
635	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
636	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
637
63820130821:
639	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
640	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
641	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
642
64320130813:
644	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
645	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
646	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
647	compatability.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
648	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
649	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
650
65120130806:
652	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
653	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
654	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
655	explicitly.
656	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
657	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
658	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
659	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
660	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
661
66220130806:
663	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
664	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
665	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
666	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
667	to r253970 or later.
668
66920130802:
670	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
671	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
672	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
673	would result:
674
675	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
676
677	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
678	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
679	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
680	old as well as the new version of find.
681
68220130726:
683	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
684	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
685	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
686	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
687	subdirectories must be reviewed.
688
68920130716:
690	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
691	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
692	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
693
694	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
695
696	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
697	users are advised to upgrade.
698
69920130709:
700	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
701	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
702
70320130709:
704	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
705	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
706	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
707
70820130629:
709	Fix targets that run multiple make's to use && rather than ;
710	so that subsequent steps depend on success of previous.
711
712	NOTE: if building 'universe' with -j* on stable/8 or stable/9
713	it would be better to start the build using bmake, to avoid
714	overloading the machine.
715
71620130618:
717	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
718	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
719	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
720	write access to that file.
721
72220130615:
723	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
724	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
725
72620130613:
727	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
728
729		make: illegal option -- J
730		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
731			...
732		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
733
734	this likely due to an old instance of make in
735	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
736	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
737	you see the above error:
738
739		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
740
741	should resolve it.
742
74320130516:
744	Use bmake by default.
745	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
746	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
747	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
748
749	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
750	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
751	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
752	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
753	behavior in parallel build.
754
75520130429:
756        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
757
75820130426:
759	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
760	the IDEA patent expired.
761
76220130426:
763	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
764	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
765	enabled by default.
766
76720130425:
768	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
769	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
770	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
771	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
772	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
773	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
774	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
775	&& make install).
776
77720130404:
778	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
779	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
780	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
781	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
782	and removed.
783
78420130319:
785	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
786	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
787	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
788	binaries will not work on older kernels.
789
79020130308:
791	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
792	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
793
79420130304:
795	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
796	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
797	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
798	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
799	is requested.
800
801	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
802	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
803	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
804	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
805	in /boot/loader.conf.
806
80720130301:
808	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
809	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
810	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
811	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
812	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
813
81420130208:
815	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
816	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
817
818	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
819	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
820
82120130129:
822	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
823	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
824	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
825	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
826	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
827
82820130121:
829	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
830	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
831	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
832	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
833	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
834	/etc/src.conf.
835
83620130118:
837	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
838	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
839	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
840	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
841	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
842	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
843	use is expected to be extremely rare.
844
84520121223:
846	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
847	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
848	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
849
85020121222:
851	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
852	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
853	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
854	be updated.
855
85620121217:
857	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
858	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
859	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
860
861		savecore_flags=""
862
86320121201:
864	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
865	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
866	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
867
86820121117:
869	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
870	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
871	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
872	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
873	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
874	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
875
87620121105:
877	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
878	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
879	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
880	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
881	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
882	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
883	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
884	branch point).
885
88620121102:
887	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
888	functionality now turned on by default.
889
89020121023:
891	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
892	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
893	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
894	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
895	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
896	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
897	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
898	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
899	of the two kernel options.
900
90120121023:
902	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
903	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
904	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
905	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
906
90720121022:
908	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
909	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
910	recompiled.
911
91220121018:
913	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
914	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
915	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
916
91720121016:
918	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
919	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
920	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
921	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
922	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
923
92420121015:
925	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
926	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
927	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
928	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
929
93020121014:
931	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
932
93320121013:
934	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
935	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
936	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
937	knob has also gone.
938
93920121006:
940	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
941	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
942	with new kernel.
943
94420121001:
945	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
946	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
947	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
948
94920120913:
950	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
951	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
952	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
953	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
954	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
955	configurations.
956
95720120908:
958	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
959	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
960
96120120828:
962	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
963	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
964	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
965	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
966	manual page.
967
96820120727:
969	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
970	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
971	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
972
97320120712:
974	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
975	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
976	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
977
97820120712:
979	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
980	with other variables:
981	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
982	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
983
98420120628:
985	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
986	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
987	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
988	installed as "bsdsort".
989
99020120611:
991	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
992	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
993	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
994	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
995	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
996	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
997	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
998	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
999	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1000
100120120417:
1002	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1003	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1004	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1005	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1006	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1007	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1008	NAMESPACE section).
1009
101020120328:
1011	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1012	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1013	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1014	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1015	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1016	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1017	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1018
101920120306:
1020	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1021	platforms.
1022
102320120229:
1024	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1025	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1026	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1027	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1028	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1029	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1030
103120120211:
1032	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1033	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1034	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1035	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1036	comes from 20111215.
1037
103820120114:
1039	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1040	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1041	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1042	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1043
1044	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1045	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1046
104720120109:
1048	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1049	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1050	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1051	tunable/sysctl.
1052	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1053
105420111215:
1055	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1056	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1057	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1058	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1059	not supported anymore.
1060
1061	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1062	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1063	need to be recompiled.
1064
106520111122:
1066	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1067	/dev/wmistat0.
1068
106920111108:
1070	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1071	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1072	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1073	time.
1074
107520111101:
1076	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1077	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1078
107920110930:
1080	sysinstall has been removed
1081
108220110923:
1083	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1084	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1085
1086COMMON ITEMS:
1087
1088	General Notes
1089	-------------
1090	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1091	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1092	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1093	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1094	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1095	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1096	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1097
1098	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1099	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1100	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1101	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1102	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1103
1104	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1105	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1106	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1107	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1108	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1109
1110	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1111	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1112	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1113	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1114
1115	ZFS notes
1116	---------
1117	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1118	these two steps:
1119
1120	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1121	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1122
1123	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1124
1125	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1126	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1127	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1128
1129	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1130
1131	To build a kernel
1132	-----------------
1133	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1134	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1135	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1136
1137	make kernel-toolchain
1138	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1139	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1140
1141	To test a kernel once
1142	---------------------
1143	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1144	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1145	debugging information) run
1146	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1147	nextboot -k testkernel
1148
1149	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1150	--------------------------------------------------------------
1151	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1152	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1153	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1154
1155	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1156	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1157	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1158	make depend
1159	make
1160	make install
1161
1162	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1163
1164	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1165	-----------------------------------------------------------
1166	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1167	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1168
1169	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1170	make buildworld
1171	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1172							[1]
1173	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1174	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1175	make installworld
1176	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1177	make delete-old					[6]
1178	<reboot>
1179
1180	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1181	--------------------------------------------------
1182	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1183	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1184	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1185	# size.
1186
1187	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1188	<boot into -stable>
1189	make buildworld
1190	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1191	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1192	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1193	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1194	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1195	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1196	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1197	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1198	<reboot into current>
1199	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1200	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1201	<reboot>
1202
1203
1204	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1205	----------------------------------------------
1206	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1207	make buildworld					[9]
1208	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1209							[1]
1210	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1211	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1212	make installworld
1213	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1214	make delete-old					[6]
1215	<reboot>
1216
1217	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1218	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1219	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1220	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1221	the UPDATING entries.
1222
1223	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1224	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1225	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1226	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1227	much fewer pitfalls.
1228
1229	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1230	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1231	system on reboot.
1232
1233	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1234		fsck -p
1235		mount -u /
1236		mount -a
1237		cd src
1238		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1239	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1240	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1241
1242	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1243	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1244	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1245	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1246	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1247	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1248	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1249
1250	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1251	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1252	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1253	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1254	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1255	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1256
1257	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1258	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1259	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1260
1261	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1262	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1263	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1264	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1265	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1266	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1267
1268	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1269	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1270
1271	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1272	cvs prune empty directories.
1273
1274	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1275	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1276	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1277
1278	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1279	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1280	warn if it is improperly defined.
1281FORMAT:
1282
1283This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1284breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1285list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1286If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1287to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1288
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