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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> - |