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Both changes for kernel and userland are +listed, as well as applicable security advisories for the base system that were issued +since the last release. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<hr /> +</div> + +<div class="TOC"> +<dl> +<dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt> + +<dt>1 <a href="#INTRO">Introduction</a></dt> + +<dt>2 <a href="#NEW">What's New</a></dt> + +<dd> +<dl> +<dt>2.1 <a href="#SECURITY">Security Advisories</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2 <a href="#KERNEL">Kernel Changes</a></dt> + +<dd> +<dl> +<dt>2.2.1 <a href="#PROC">Platform-Specific Hardware Support</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.2 <a href="#BOOT">Boot Loader Changes</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.3 <a href="#NET-IF">Network Interface Support</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.4 <a href="#NET-PROTO">Network Protocols</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.5 <a href="#DISKS">Disks and Storage</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.6 <a href="#FS">File Systems</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.7 <a href="#PCCARD">PCCARD Support</a></dt> + +<dt>2.2.8 <a href="#MM">Multimedia Support</a></dt> +</dl> +</dd> + +<dt>2.3 <a href="#USERLAND">Userland Changes</a></dt> + +<dt>2.4 <a href="#CONTRIB">Contributed Software</a></dt> + +<dt>2.5 <a href="#PORTS">Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</a></dt> + +<dt>2.6 <a href="#RELENG">Release Engineering and Integration</a></dt> +</dl> +</dd> + +<dt>3 <a href="#UPGRADE">Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD</a></dt> +</dl> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="INTRO" name="INTRO">1 Introduction</a></h2> + +<p>This document contains the release notes for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE on the Alpha/AXP +hardware platform. It describes new features of FreeBSD that have been added (or changed) +since 4.9-RELEASE. It also provides some notes on upgrading from previous versions of +FreeBSD.</p> + +<p>This distribution of FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE is a release distribution. It can be found +at <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a> or any of +its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or other) release distributions of +FreeBSD can be found in the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html" +target="_top">``Obtaining FreeBSD''</a> appendix in the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD +Handbook</a>.</p> + +<p>For significant information discovered after the release or last-minute changes in the +release cycle to be otherwise included in the release documentation, please read <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.10R/errata.html" target="_top">Errata</a> +document.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<hr /> +<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="NEW" name="NEW">2 What's New</a></h2> + +<p>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed features in FreeBSD since +4.9-RELEASE. Typical release note items document new drivers or hardware support, new +commands or options, major bugfixes, or contributed software upgrades. Security +advisories for the base system that were issued after 4.9-RELEASE are also listed.</p> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="SECURITY" name="SECURITY">2.1 Security Advisories</a></h3> + +<p>A potential denial of service in <b class="APPLICATION">BIND</b> has been fixed. For +more information, see security advisory <a +href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:19.bind.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-03:19</a>.</p> + +<p>A bug with the System V Shared Memory interface (specifically the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=shmat&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">shmat</span>(2)</span></a> system +call) has been fixed. This bug can cause a shared memory segment to reference unallocated +kernel memory. In turn, this can permit a local attacker to gain unauthorized access to +parts of kernel memory, possibly resulting in disclosure of sensitive information, bypass +of access control mechanisms, or privilege escalation. More details can be found in +security advisory <a +href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:02.shmat.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:02</a>.</p> + +<p>A potential low-bandwidth denial-of-service attack against the FreeBSD TCP stack has +been prevented by limiting the number of out-of-sequence TCP segments that can be held at +one time. More details can be found in security advisory <a +href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:04</a>.</p> + +<p>A bug in <b class="APPLICATION">OpenSSL</b>'s SSL/TLS ChangeCipherSpec message +processing could result in a null pointer dereference, has been fixed. This could allow a +remote attacker to crash an <b class="APPLICATION">OpenSSL</b>-using application and +cause a denial-of-service on the system. More details can be found in security advisory +<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:05.openssl.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:05</a>.</p> + +<p>Two programming errors in <b class="APPLICATION">CVS</b> have been fixed. They allow a +server to overwrite arbitrary files on the client, and a client to read arbitrary files +on the server when accessing remote CVS repositories. More details can be found in +security advisory <a +href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:07</a>.</p> + +<p>A bugfix for <b class="APPLICATION">Heimdal</b> rectifies a problem in which it would +not perform adequate checking of authentication across autonomous realms. For more +information, see security advisory <a +href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:08.heimdal.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:08</a>.</p> + +<p>A fix in <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kadmind&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kadmind</span>(8)</span></a> +closes a potential buffer overflow. Details can be found in security advisory <a +href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc" +target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:09</a>.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="KERNEL" name="KERNEL">2.2 Kernel Changes</a></h3> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dcons&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dcons</span>(4)</span></a> ``dumb +console'' driver has been added to provide a local and remote console. It can be accessed +over FireWire using the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dcons_crom&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dcons_crom</span>(4)</span></a> +driver. A <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dconschat&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dconschat</span>(8)</span></a> +utility provides user access to <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dcons&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dcons</span>(4)</span></a> +devices.</p> + +<p>A bug in <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mmap&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mmap</span>(2)</span></a> that +pages marked as <var class="LITERAL">PROT_NONE</var> may become readable under certain +circumstances, has been fixed.</p> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=stl&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">stl</span>(4)</span></a> driver +has been updated to version 5.6.0b1.</p> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=umct&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">umct</span>(4)</span></a> driver, +which provides support for USB to RS-232 converters based on the Magic Control Technology +USB-232 has been added.</p> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">usb</span>(4)</span></a> support +has been improved, which includes a lot of bug fixes and early support for some USB2 +devices.</p> + +<div class="NOTE"> +<blockquote class="NOTE"> +<p><b>Note:</b> <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=umodem&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">umodem</span>(4)</span></a> now +uses <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ucom*</tt> instead of <tt +class="FILENAME">/dev/umodem*</tt> device nodes.</p> +</blockquote> +</div> + +<br /> +<br /> +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="PROC" name="PROC">2.2.1 Platform-Specific Hardware +Support</a></h4> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="BOOT" name="BOOT">2.2.2 Boot Loader Changes</a></h4> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="NET-IF" name="NET-IF">2.2.3 Network Interface Support</a></h4> + +<p>A short hiccup in the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">em</span>(4)</span></a> during +parameter reconfiguration, has been fixed.</p> + +<p>A bug, which prevents VLAN support in the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nge&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">nge</span>(4)</span></a> driver +from working has been fixed.</p> + +<p>Several bugs related to <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=polling&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">polling</span>(4)</span></a> +support in the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rl&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rl</span>(4)</span></a> driver +have been fixed.</p> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ste</span>(4)</span></a> driver +now supports <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=polling&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">polling</span>(4)</span></a>.</p> + +<p>The hardware TX checksum support of the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">xl</span>(4)</span></a> driver has +been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down the transmission rate.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="NET-PROTO" name="NET-PROTO">2.2.4 Network Protocols</a></h4> + +<p>The <var class="LITERAL">DA_OLD_QUIRKS</var> kernel option, which is for the CAM SCSI +disk driver (<a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cam&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cam</span>(4)</span></a>) has been +removed.</p> + +<p>The TCP implementation now includes partial (output-only) support for RFC 2385 +(TCP-MD5) digest support. This feature, enabled with the <var +class="LITERAL">TCP_SIGNATURE</var> and <var class="LITERAL">FAST_IPSEC</var> kernel +options, is a TCP option for authenticating TCP sessions. <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=setkey&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">setkey</span>(8)</span></a> now +includes support for the TCP-MD5 class of security associations.</p> + +<p>The random ephemeral port allocation, which come from OpenBSD has been implemented. +This is enabled by default and can be disabled using the <var +class="VARNAME">net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized</var> sysctl.</p> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ng_vlan&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ng_vlan</span>(4)</span></a> +NetGraph node type, which supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="DISKS" name="DISKS">2.2.5 Disks and Storage</a></h4> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=amr&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">amr</span>(4)</span></a> driver +now has system crashdump support.</p> + +<p>The <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">umass</span>(4)</span></a> driver +now supports the missing ATAPI MMC commands and handles the timeout properly.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="FS" name="FS">2.2.6 File Systems</a></h4> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="PCCARD" name="PCCARD">2.2.7 PCCARD Support</a></h4> +</div> + +<div class="SECT3"> +<hr /> +<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="MM" name="MM">2.2.8 Multimedia Support</a></h4> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="USERLAND" name="USERLAND">2.3 Userland Changes</a></h3> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">disklabel</span>(8)</span></a> now +supports a <var class="OPTION">-f</var> option to work on regular files which contain +disk images.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> now +supports a <var class="OPTION">staticarp</var> option for an interface, which disables +the sending of ARP requests for that interface.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> now +prints the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=polling&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">polling</span>(4)</span></a> +status on the interface.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=killall&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">killall</span>(1)</span></a> now +supports a <var class="OPTION">-e</var> flag to make the <var class="OPTION">-u</var> +operate on effective, rather than real, user IDs.</p> + +<p>The default mode for the <tt class="FILENAME">lost+found</tt> directory of <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fsck&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fsck</span>(8)</span></a> is now +<var class="LITERAL">0700</var> instead of <var class="LITERAL">01777</var>.</p> + +<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">libalias</tt> library, <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=natd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">natd</span>(8)</span></a>, and <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ppp</span>(8)</span></a> now +support Cisco Skinny Station protocol, which is the protocol used by Cisco IP phones to +talk to Cisco Call Managers. Note that currently having the Call Manager behind the NAT +gateway is not supported.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=makewhatis&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">makewhatis</span>(1)</span></a>, +formerly a Perl script, has been reimplemented in C.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ps</span>(1)</span></a> +compatibility with POSIX/SUSv3 has been improved. The changes include <var +class="OPTION">-p</var> for a list of process IDs, <var class="OPTION">-t</var> for a +list of terminal names, <var class="OPTION">-A</var> which is equivalent to <var +class="OPTION">-ax</var>, <var class="OPTION">-G</var> for a list of group IDs, <var +class="OPTION">-X</var> which is the opposite of <var class="OPTION">-x</var>, and some +minor improvements. For more information, see <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ps</span>(1)</span></a>.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pw&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pw</span>(8)</span></a> now +supports a <var class="OPTION">-H</var> option, which accepts an encrypted password on a +file descriptor.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rtld&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rtld</span>(1)</span></a> now has +support for the dynamic mapping of shared object dependencies. More information on using +this feature can be found in <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libmap.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span +class="REFENTRYTITLE">libmap.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> + +<p> </p> + +<p> </p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">stat</span>(1)</span></a> from <b +class="APPLICATION">NetBSD</b>, as of 5 June 2002 has, been imported.</p> + +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=which&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">which</span>(1)</span></a>, +formerly a Perl script, has been reimplemented in C.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="CONTRIB" name="CONTRIB">2.4 Contributed Software</a></h3> + +<p><b class="APPLICATION">BIND</b> has been updated from version 8.3.4 to version +8.3.7.</p> + +<p><b class="APPLICATION">OpenSSL</b> has been updated from version 0.9.7c to version +0.9.7d.</p> + +<p><b class="APPLICATION">sendmail</b> has been updated from version 8.12.9 to version +8.12.11.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PORTS" name="PORTS">2.5 Ports/Packages Collection +Infrastructure</a></h3> + +<p>The <var class="LITERAL">SIZE</var> attribute for distfiles, which can be used for +checking file sizes before fetching, has been added and enabled by default. <var +class="VARNAME">DISABLE_SIZE</var> is a user control knob to disable the distfile size +checking. This is especially useful on old FreeBSD versions which didn't have <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fetch&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fetch</span>(1)</span></a> support +for this, and for some FTP proxies which always report incorrect or bogus sizes.</p> + +<p>Two new files have been added to the ports tree to track note-worthy changes: <tt +class="FILENAME">ports/CHANGES</tt> lists major changes to the Ports Collection and its +infrastructure. <tt class="FILENAME">ports/UPDATING</tt> describes some potential +pitfalls that can be encountered when updating certain ports, analogous to <tt +class="FILENAME">src/UPDATING</tt> for the base system.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<hr /> +<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="RELENG" name="RELENG">2.6 Release Engineering and +Integration</a></h3> + +<p>The supported release of <b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> has been updated from 2.4 to +2.6.</p> + +<div class="NOTE"> +<blockquote class="NOTE"> +<p><b>Note:</b> If you are using the older <b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> desktop +itself (<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/gnome2/pkg-descr"><tt +class="FILENAME">x11/gnome2</tt></a>), simply upgrading it from the FreeBSD Ports +Collection with <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portupgrade&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">portupgrade</span>(1)</span></a> +(<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/sysutils/portupgrade/pkg-descr"><tt +class="FILENAME">sysutils/portupgrade</tt></a>) will cause serious problems. If you are a +<b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> desktop user, please read the instructions carefully at +<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq26.html" +target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq26.html</a>, and use the <tt +class="FILENAME">gnome_upgrade.sh</tt> script to properly upgrade to <b +class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> 2.6.</p> + +<p>Note that if you are just a casual user of some of the <b +class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> libraries, <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portupgrade&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">portupgrade</span>(1)</span></a> +should be sufficient to update your ports.</p> +</blockquote> +</div> + +<br /> +<br /> +<p>The supported release of <b class="APPLICATION">KDE</b> has been updated from 3.1.4 to +3.2.2.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<hr /> +<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="UPGRADE" name="UPGRADE">3 Upgrading from previous releases of +FreeBSD</a></h2> + +<p>If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, you generally will have three +options:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>Using the binary upgrade option of <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE"> +<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>. +This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes that your installation of +FreeBSD uses no special compilation options.</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>Performing a complete reinstall of FreeBSD. Technically, this is not an upgrading +method, and in any case is usually less convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it +requires you to manually backup and restore the contents of <tt +class="FILENAME">/etc</tt>. However, it may be useful in cases where you want (or need) +to change the partitioning of your disks.</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>From source code in <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/src</tt>. This route is more flexible, +but requires more disk space, time, and technical expertise. More information can be +found in the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html" +target="_top">``Using <tt class="COMMAND">make world</tt>''</a> section of the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD +Handbook</a>. Upgrading from very old versions of FreeBSD may be problematic; in cases +like this, it is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a complete +reinstall.</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<br /> +<br /> +<p>Please read the <tt class="FILENAME">INSTALL.TXT</tt> file for more information, +preferably <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">before</i></span> beginning an +upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read <tt +class="FILENAME">/usr/src/UPDATING</tt> as well.</p> + +<p>Finally, if you want to use one of various means to track the -STABLE or -CURRENT +branches of FreeBSD, please be sure to consult the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html" +target="_top">``-CURRENT vs. -STABLE''</a> section of the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD +Handbook</a>.</p> + +<div class="IMPORTANT"> +<blockquote class="IMPORTANT"> +<p><b>Important:</b> Upgrading FreeBSD should, of course, only be attempted after backing +up <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">all</i></span> data and configuration +files.</p> +</blockquote> +</div> +</div> +</div> + +<hr /> +<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be +downloaded from <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</small></p> + +<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting <<a +href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> + +<p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail <<a +href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> + +<br /> +<br /> +</body> +</html> + |