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It describes - new features of FreeBSD that have been added (or changed) - since 4.3-RELEASE.</p> - - <p>This distribution of FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE is a release - distribution. It can be found at <a href= - "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/" target= - "_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</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/handbook/mirrors.html" target= - "_top">``Obtaining FreeBSD'' appendix</a> to the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD - Handbook</a>.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT1"> - <hr> - - <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN17">2 What's New</a></h1> - $FreeBSD: - src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml,v - 1.22.2.86.2.1 2001/09/14 19:35:01 bmah Exp $ - - <p>This section describes the most user-visible new or - changed features in FreeBSD since 4.3-RELEASE.</p> - - <p>Many additional changes were made to FreeBSD that are - not listed here for lack of space. For example, - documentation was corrected and improved, minor bugs were - fixed, insecure coding practices were audited and - corrected, and source code was cleaned up.</p> - - <p>The release notes items are organized into three - different sections. <a href="#KERNEL">Section 2.1</a> lists - recent changes to the FreeBSD kernel. Security fixes, - including those pertaining to security advisories, are - listed in <a href="#SECURITY">Section 2.2</a>. Finally, <a - href="#USERLAND">Section 2.3</a> covers changes to FreeBSD - userland applications included in the base system.</p> - - <div class="SECT2"> - <hr> - - <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="KERNEL">2.1 Kernel - Changes</a></h2> - - <p>The <tt class="LITERAL">O_DIRECT</tt> flag has been - added to <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=open&sektion=2"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">open</span>(2)</span></a> and <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fcntl&sektion=2"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">fcntl</span>(2)</span></a>. Specifying - this flag for open files will attempt to minimize the - cache effects of reading and writing.</p> - - <p>An <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=orm&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">orm</span>(4)</span></a> device has been - added to claim the option ROMs in the ISA memory I/O - space, to prevent other drivers from mistakenly assigning - addresses that conflict with these ROMs.</p> - - <p>The out-of-swap process termination code now begins - killing processes earlier to avoid deadlocks; it now also - takes into account the swap space used by processes when - computing the process sizes.</p> - - <p>Network device cloning has been implemented, and the - <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gif&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">gif</span>(4)</span></a> device has been - modified to take advantage of it. Thus, instead of - specifying how many <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gif&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">gif</span>(4)</span></a> interfaces are - available in kernel configuration files, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a>'s <tt - class="OPTION">create</tt> option should be used when - another device instance is desired.</p> - - <p>Two new <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ddb&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ddb</span>(4)</span></a> commands, <tt - class="COMMAND">hwatch</tt> and <tt class= - "COMMAND">dhwatch</tt>, have been introduced. Analogous - to <tt class="COMMAND">watch</tt> and <tt class= - "COMMAND">dwatch</tt>, they install hardware watchpoints - (as opposed to software watchpoints) if supported by the - architecture.</p> - - <p>A <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nmdm&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">nmdm</span>(4)</span></a> null-modem - terminal driver has been added.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=stl&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">stl</span>(4)</span></a> driver now - supports the PCI and ISA EasyIO multi-port serial cards - from Stallion Technologies based on the Signetics - SC26C194/8 Intelligent Quad/Octal UART.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="VARNAME">maxusers</tt> kernel - configuration parameter is now a boot-time tunable - variable. The kernel parameters derived from <tt class= - "VARNAME">maxusers</tt> are now also tunables and can be - overridden at boot-time. The <tt class="VARNAME">hz</tt> - parameter is also now a tunable.</p> - - <p>A long standing bug in the FreeBSD boot from CDROM has - been fixed. This means that machines like the AlphaServer - 1200 can now be booted from the installation and fixit - CDROMs.</p> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN75">2.1.1 - Processor/Motherboard Support</a></h3> - - <p>Because of space constraints on the boot floppy, - support for DEC3000 TurboChannel-based machines has - been removed from the installation kernel. For the same - reason, the following device drivers are no longer - present in the installation kernel: <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ncr&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ncr</span>(4)</span></a>, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sa&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sa</span>(4)</span></a>, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=amr&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">amr</span>(4)</span></a>, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=plip&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">plip</span>(4)</span></a>, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">le</span>(4)</span></a>, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pcn&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pcn</span>(4)</span></a>, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wx&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">wx</span>(4)</span></a>, and <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sl&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sl</span>(4)</span></a>. Note that most - if not all Symbios adapters are covered by the new <a - href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sym&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sym</span>(4)</span></a> driver.</p> - - <p>Whitebox (NT-only) AlphaServer 530x machines are now - supported by FreeBSD. FreeBSD is, as always, booted - from SRM, not from AlphaBIOS. Make sure your SCSI - adapters are on hose 0 for use with FreeBSD.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN111">2.1.2 Network - Interface Support</a></h3> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">fxp</span>(4)</span></a> driver now - requires a <tt class="LITERAL">device miibus</tt> entry - in the kernel configuration file.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wx&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">wx</span>(4)</span></a> driver now - supports the Intel PRO1000-F and PRO1000-T - (10/100/1000) adapters.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">an</span>(4)</span></a> driver now - supports the Cisco Aironet 350 series of adaptors and - has received a few bug fixes; promiscuous mode now - works, and it can be configured before being brought - <tt class="LITERAL">up</tt>.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">xl</span>(4)</span></a> driver now - supports reception of VLAN tagged frames (on the - ``Cyclone'' or newer chipsets).</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ti&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ti</span>(4)</span></a> driver - correctly masks VLAN tags.</p> - - <p>Added the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nge&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">nge</span>(4)</span></a> driver, which - supports PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the - National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 Gigabit - Ethernet controller chips, including the D-Link - DGE-500T, SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX), Asante - FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC and Addtron - AEG320T. This driver supports transmit and receive - checksum offloading.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lge&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">lge</span>(4)</span></a> driver has - been added to support the Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator - Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This device is used - on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link and - Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on - receive are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering - is not.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tx&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">tx</span>(4)</span></a> driver now - supports the fiber-optic SMC 9432FTX NICs.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ed&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ed</span>(4)</span></a> driver now has - support for D-Link DL10022 chips, necessary for the - NetGear FA-410TX and other cards. As a result, <tt - class="LITERAL">device miibus</tt> is required in - kernel configurations using the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ed&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ed</span>(4)</span></a> driver.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=txp&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">txp</span>(4)</span></a> driver has - been added to support NICs based on the 3Com 3XP - Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) chipset.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN160">2.1.3 Network - Protocols</a></h3> - - <p>TCP now has RFC 1323 extensions enabled by default - in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - - <p>RFC 1323 and RFC 1644 TCP extensions are now - disabled for a connection in progress if no response - has been received by the third SYN segment sent. This - behavior tries to work around (very old) terminal - servers with buggy VJ header compression - implementations.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="LITERAL">TCP_RESTRICT_RST</tt> kernel - option has been removed. Similar functionality can be - achieved with the <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet.tcp.blackhole</tt> sysctl - variable.</p> - - <p>The TCP implementation no longer requires the - allocation of a TCP template structure for each - connection; this should reduce the buffer usage on - large systems handling many connections.</p> - - <p>A new sysctl <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet.ip.check_interface</tt>, which is - off by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming - packet arrives on an interface that has an address - matching the packet's destination address.</p> - - <p>A new <tt class="LITERAL">options RANDOM_IP_ID</tt> - kernel option causes the ID field of IP packets to be - randomized. This closes a minor information leak which - allows a remote observer to determine the rate at which - the machine is generating packets, since the default - behavior is to increment a counter for each packet - sent.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN175">2.1.4 Disks and - Storage</a></h3> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ata</span>(4)</span></a> driver again - has write-caching enabled by default.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wd&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">wd</span>(4)</span></a> compatibility - devices were removed from the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ata</span>(4)</span></a> driver.</p> - - <p>Access to the floppy drive on the AlphaServer DS10 - and AlphaServer DS20 is broken. On the DS10, various - errors are reported; on the DS20, the machine locks - up.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN197">2.1.5 - Filesystems</a></h3> - - <p>A simple hash-based lookup optimization for large - directories called <tt class="LITERAL">dirhash</tt> has - been added. Conditional on the <tt class= - "LITERAL">UFS_DIRHASH</tt> kernel option, it improves - the speed of operations on very large directories at - the expense of some memory.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN204">2.1.6 PCCARD - Support</a></h3> - - <p>On many modern hosts, PCCARD devices can be - configured to route their interrupts via either the ISA - or PCI interrupt paths. The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pcic&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pcic</span>(4)</span></a> driver has - been updated to support both interrupt paths (formerly, - only routing via ISA was supported). In most cases, - configuration of PCMCIA devices in laptops is simpler - and more flexible. In addition, various Cardbus bridge - PCI cards (such as those used by Orinoco PCI NICs) are - now supported. Some hosts may experience problems, such - as hangs or panics, with PCI interrupt routing; they - can frequently be made to work by forcing the - older-style ISA interrupt routing. The following lines, - placed in <tt class="FILENAME">/boot/loader.conf</tt>, - may fix the problem:</p> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> - hw.pcic.intr_path="1" - hw.pcic.irq="0" -</pre> - - <p>When installing FreeBSD on such a system, typing the - following lines to the boot loader may be helpful in - starting up FreeBSD for the first time:</p> - - <p> </p> -<pre class="SCREEN"> - <tt class="PROMPT">ok</tt> <tt class= -"USERINPUT"><b>set hw.pcic.intr_path="1"</b></tt> - <tt class="PROMPT">ok</tt> <tt class= -"USERINPUT"><b>set hw.pcic.irq="0"</b></tt> -</pre> - <br> - <br> - - <p>PCCARD ejection can sometimes result in a hang; a - workaround for these cases is to perform a:</p> -<pre class="SCREEN"> - <tt class="PROMPT">#</tt> <tt class= -"USERINPUT"><b>pccardc power 0 <tt class= -"REPLACEABLE"><i>slot</i></tt></b></tt> -</pre> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN224">2.1.7 Multimedia - Support</a></h3> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN227">2.1.8 Contributed - Software</a></h3> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">IPFilter</b> has been updated - to 3.4.20.</p> - - <div class="SECT4"> - <hr> - - <h4 class="SECT4"><a name="KAME-KERNEL">2.1.8.2 - KAME</a></h4> - - <p>The IPv6 stack is now based on a snapshot based on - the KAME Project's IPv6 snapshot as of 28 May, 2001. - Most of the items listed in this section are a result - of this import. <a href="#KAME-USERLAND">Section - 2.3.1.2</a> lists userland updates to the KAME IPv6 - stack.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gif&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">gif</span>(4)</span></a> is now based - on RFC 2893, rather than RFC 1933. The <tt class= - "LITERAL">IFF_LINK2</tt> interface flag can be used - to control ingress filtering.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">IPSec</b> has received some - enhancements, including the ability to use the - Rijndael and SHA2 algorithms. IPSec RC5 support has - been removed due to patent issues.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=stf&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">stf</span>(4)</span></a> now conforms - to RFC 3056; the <tt class="LITERAL">IFF_LINK2</tt> - interface flag can be used to control ingress - filtering.</p> - - <p>IPv6 has better checking of illegal addresses - (such as loopback addresses) on physical - networks.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="VARNAME">IPV6_V6ONLY</tt> socket - option is now completely supported. The kernel's - default behavior with respect to this option is - controlled by the <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet6.ip6.v6only</tt> sysctl - variable.</p> - - <p>RFC 3041 (Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address - Autoconfiguration) is now supported. It can be - enabled via the <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet6.ip6.use_tempaddr</tt> sysctl - variable.</p> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - <div class="SECT2"> - <hr> - - <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="SECURITY">2.2 Security-Related - Changes</a></h2> - - <p>The security fix mentioned in security advisory - FreeBSD-SA-01:39, which governs initial sequence number - generation for TCP connections, has raised some possible - compatibility issues. To mitigate this effect, the fix - can now be enabled or disabled using the <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet.tcp.tcp_seq_genscheme</tt> sysctl - variable.</p> - - <p>A vulnerability in the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">fts</span>(3)</span></a> routines (used - by applications for recursively traversing a filesystem) - could allow a program to operate on files outside the - intended directory hierarchy. This bug has been fixed - (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:40).</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmap&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">portmap</span>(8)</span></a> is now - turned off by default, although it will be started - automatically on machines that enable NFS serving, NIS - services, or <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=amd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">amd</span>(8)</span></a> through <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - - <p>A flaw allowed some signal handlers to remain in - effect in a child process after being exec-ed from its - parent. This allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary - code in the context of a setuid binary. This flaw has - been corrected (see security advisory - FreeBSD-SA-01:42).</p> - - <p>A remote buffer overflow in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">tcpdump</span>(1)</span></a> has been - fixed (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:48).</p> - - <p>A remote buffer overflow in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">telnetd</span>(8)</span></a> has been - fixed (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:49).</p> - - <p>The new <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet.ip.maxfragpackets</tt> and <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet.ip6.maxfragpackets</tt> sysctl - variables limit the amount of memory that can be consumed - by IPv4 and IPv6 packet fragments, which defends against - some denial of service attacks (see security advisory - FreeBSD-SA-01:52).</p> - - <p>The number of ``security profiles'' available in <a - href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> for new - installations has been reduced to two.</p> - - <p>All services in <tt class="FILENAME">inetd.conf</tt> - are now disabled by default for new installations. <a - href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> gives the - option of enabling or disabling <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inetd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">inetd</span>(8)</span></a> on new - installations, as well as editing <tt class= - "FILENAME">inetd.conf</tt>.</p> - - <p>A flaw in the implementation of the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ipfw</span>(8)</span></a> <tt class= - "LITERAL">me</tt> rules on point-to-point links has been - corrected. Formerly, <tt class="LITERAL">me</tt> filter - rules would match the remote IP address of a - point-to-point interface in addition to the intended - local IP address (see security advisory - FreeBSD-SA-01:53).</p> - - <p>A vulnerability in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procfs&sektion=5"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">procfs</span>(5)</span></a>, which could - allow a process to read sensitive information from - another process's memory space, has been closed (see - security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:55).</p> - - <p>The <tt class="LITERAL">PARANOID</tt> hostname - checking in <b class="APPLICATION">tcp_wrappers</b> now - works as advertised (see security advisory - FreeBSD-SA-01:56).</p> - - <p>A local root exploit in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sendmail</span>(8)</span></a> has been - closed (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:57).</p> - - <p>A remote root vulnerability in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">lpd</span>(8)</span></a> has been closed - (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:58).</p> - - <p>A race condition in <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rmuser&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">rmuser</span>(8)</span></a> that briefly - exposed a world-readable <tt class= - "FILENAME">/etc/master.passwd</tt> has been fixed (see - security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:59).</p> - - <p>All non-<tt class="USERNAME">root</tt>-owned binaries - in standard system paths now have the <tt class= - "LITERAL">schg</tt> flag set to prevent exploit vectors - when run by <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cron&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">cron</span>(8)</span></a>, by <tt class= - "USERNAME">root</tt>, or by a user other then the one - owning the binary. In addition, <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uustat&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">uustat</span>(1)</span></a> is now run - via <tt class= - "FILENAME">/etc/periodic/daily/410.status-uucp</tt> as - <tt class="USERNAME">uucp</tt>, not <tt class= - "USERNAME">root</tt>.</p> - - <p>A security hole in the form of a buffer overflow in - the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=semop&sektion=2"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">semop</span>(2)</span></a> system call - has been closed.</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT2"> - <hr> - - <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="USERLAND">2.3 Userland - Changes</a></h2> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ip6fw&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ip6fw</span>(8)</span></a> now has the - ability to use a preprocessor and use the <tt class= - "OPTION">-q</tt> (quiet) flag when reading from a - file.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ping</span>(8)</span></a> now supports a - <tt class="OPTION">-m</tt> option to set the TTL of - outgoing packets.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ln&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ln</span>(1)</span></a> now takes a <tt - class="OPTION">-h</tt> flag to avoid following a target - that is a link, with a <tt class="OPTION">-n</tt> flag - for compatibility with other implementations.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=find&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">find</span>(1)</span></a> now has the <tt - class="OPTION">-anewer</tt>, <tt class= - "OPTION">-cnewer</tt>, <tt class="OPTION">-mnewer</tt>, - <tt class="OPTION">-okdir</tt>, and <tt class= - "OPTION">-newer[acm][acmt]</tt> primaries for comparisons - of file timestamps.</p> - - <p>The performance of the ELF dynamic linker has been - improved.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> can now - accept addresses in slash/CIDR notation.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=c89&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">c89</span>(1)</span></a> has been - converted from a shell script to a binary executable, - fixing some minor bugs.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidcontrol&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">vidcontrol</span>(1)</span></a> now - supports a <tt class="OPTION">-p</tt> option to take a - snapshot of a <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syscons&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">syscons</span>(4)</span></a> video - buffer. These snapshots can be manipulated by the <a - href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/graphics/scr2png/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">graphics/scr2png</tt></a> utility in the - Ports Collection.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidcontrol&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">vidcontrol</span>(1)</span></a> now - allows the user to omit the font size specification when - loading a font, and has some better error-handling.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=telnet&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">telnet</span>(1)</span></a> now supports - a <tt class="OPTION">-u</tt> flag to allow connections to - UNIX-domain (<tt class="LITERAL">AF_UNIX</tt>) - sockets.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">newfs</span>(8)</span></a> now takes a - <tt class="OPTION">-U</tt> option to enable softupdates - on a new filesystem.</p> - - <p><tt class="FILENAME">libcrypt</tt> now has support for - Blowfish password hashing.</p> - - <p>Ukrainian language support has been added to the - FreeBSD console.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=savecore&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">savecore</span>(8)</span></a> now works - correctly on machines with 2 GB or more of RAM.</p> - - <p>The syntax of <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inetd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">inetd</span>(8)</span></a>'s support for - <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=faithd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">faithd</span>(8)</span></a> is now - compatible with that of other BSDs.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="LITERAL">ident</tt> protocol support in - <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inetd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">inetd</span>(8)</span></a> has been - cleaned up and updated.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inetd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">inetd</span>(8)</span></a> now has the - ability to manage UNIX-domain sockets.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=resolver&sektion=3"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">resolver</span>(3)</span></a> in FreeBSD - now implements EDNS0 support, which will be necessary - when working with IPv6 transport-ready resolvers/DNS - servers.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=df&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">df</span>(1)</span></a> now takes a <tt - class="OPTION">-l</tt> option to only display information - about locally-mounted filesystems.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=whois&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">whois</span>(1)</span></a> now directs - queries for IP addresses to ARIN. If a query to ARIN - references APNIC or RIPE, the appropriate server will - also be queried, provided that the <tt class= - "OPTION">-Q</tt> option is not specified.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="OPTION">-T</tt> option to <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">dump</span>(8)</span></a> no longer - swallows an extra argument.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">dump</span>(8)</span></a> has a new <tt - class="OPTION">-D</tt> option, allowing the path to the - <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/dumpdates</tt> file to be - changed.</p> - - <p><tt class="FILENAME">libfetch</tt> now has support for - a <tt class="ENVAR">HTTP_USER_AGENT</tt> environment - variable.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getprogname&sektion=3"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">getprogname</span>(3)</span></a> and <a - href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=setprogname&sektion=3"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">setprogname</span>(3)</span></a> library - functions have been added to manipulate the name of the - current program. They are used by error-reporting - routines to produce consistent output.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xargs&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">xargs</span>(1)</span></a> now supports a - <tt class="OPTION">-J</tt> <tt class= - "REPLACEABLE"><i>replstr</i></tt> option that allows the - user to tell <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xargs&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">xargs</span>(1)</span></a> to insert the - data read from standard input at a specific point in the - command line arguments, rather than at the end.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> now has - support for setting parameters for IEEE 802.11 wireless - network devices. <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">wi</span>(4)</span></a> and <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">an</span>(4)</span></a> devices are - supported.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> no longer - displays the list of supported media by default. Instead - it displays it when the <tt class="OPTION">-m</tt> option - is given.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">lpd</span>(8)</span></a> now takes two - new options: <tt class="OPTION">-c</tt> will log all - connection errors to <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">syslogd</span>(8)</span></a>, while <tt - class="OPTION">-W</tt> will allow connections from - non-reserved ports.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpc&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">lpc</span>(8)</span></a> has been - improved; <tt class="COMMAND">lpc clean</tt> is now - somewhat safer, and a new <tt class="COMMAND">lpc - tclean</tt> command has been added to check to see what - files would be removed by <tt class="COMMAND">lpc - clean</tt>.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=du&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">du</span>(1)</span></a> now takes a <tt - class="OPTION">-I</tt> command-line flag to ignore/skip - files and subdirectories matching a specified shell-glob - mask.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=growfs&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">growfs</span>(8)</span></a>, a utility - for growing FFS filesystems, has been added. <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ffsinfo&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ffsinfo</span>(8)</span></a>, a utility - for dump all the meta-information of an existing - filesystem, has also been added.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mail&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">mail</span>(1)</span></a> now takes a <tt - class="OPTION">-E</tt> flag to avoid sending messages - with empty bodies.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidcontrol&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">vidcontrol</span>(1)</span></a> now - supports a <tt class="OPTION">-C</tt> option to clear the - history buffer for a given tty, as well as a <tt class= - "OPTION">-h</tt> option to set the size of the history - buffer.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=last&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">last</span>(1)</span></a> now implements - a <tt class="OPTION">-d</tt> option that provides a - ``snapshot'' of who was logged in at a particular date - and time.</p> - - <p><tt class="FILENAME">libcrypt</tt> and <tt class= - "FILENAME">libdescrypt</tt> have been unified to provide - a configurable password authentication hash library. Both - the md5 and des hash methods are provided unless the des - hash is specifically compiled out.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=install&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">install</span>(1)</span></a> has a number - of new features, including the <tt class="OPTION">-b</tt> - and <tt class="OPTION">-B</tt> options for backing up - existing target files and the <tt class="OPTION">-S</tt> - option for ``safe'' (atomic copy) operation. The <tt - class="OPTION">-c</tt> (copy) flag is now the default, - and the <tt class="OPTION">-D</tt> (debugging) flag has - been withdrawn. <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=install&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">install</span>(1)</span></a> now issues a - warning if <tt class="OPTION">-d</tt> (create - directories) and <tt class="OPTION">-C</tt> (copy changed - files only) are used together.</p> - - <p>The FreeBSD <tt class="FILENAME">Makefile</tt> - infrastructure now supports the <tt class= - "VARNAME">WARNS</tt> directive from NetBSD. This - directive controls the addition of compiler warning flags - to <tt class="VARNAME">CFLAGS</tt> in a relatively - compiler-neutral manner.</p> - - <p>A new <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fsck_msdosfs&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">fsck_msdosfs</span>(8)</span></a> utility - has been added to check the consistency of MS-DOS - filesystems.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">kldconfig</span>(8)</span></a> utility - has been added to make it easier to manipulate the kernel - module search path.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=moused&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">moused</span>(8)</span></a> now takes a - <tt class="OPTION">-a</tt> option to control mouse - acceleration.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="LITERAL">tcpmssfixup</tt> <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ppp</span>(8)</span></a> option now - adjusts the maximum receive segment size of incoming TCP - SYN segments as well as outgoing TCP SYN segments.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysctl</span>(8)</span></a> now supports - a <tt class="OPTION">-N</tt> option to print out variable - names only.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysctl</span>(8)</span></a> has replaced - the <tt class="OPTION">-A</tt> and <tt class= - "OPTION">-X</tt> options with <tt class="OPTION">-ao</tt> - and <tt class="OPTION">-ax</tt> respectively; the former - options are now deprecated. The <tt class= - "OPTION">-w</tt> flag is deprecated as well; it is not - needed to determine the user's intentions.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cdcontrol&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">cdcontrol</span>(1)</span></a> now - supports <tt class="LITERAL">next</tt> and <tt class= - "LITERAL">prev</tt> commands to skip forwards or - backwards a specified number of tracks while playing an - audio CD.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=col&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">col</span>(1)</span></a> now takes a <tt - class="OPTION">-p</tt> flag to force unknown control - sequences to be passed through unchanged.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tmpnam&sektion=3"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">tmpnam</span>(3)</span></a> will now use - the <tt class="ENVAR">TMPDIR</tt> environment variable, - if set, to specify the location of temporary files.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">rc</span>(8)</span></a> now deletes all - non-directory files in <tt class="FILENAME">/var/run</tt> - and <tt class="FILENAME">/var/spool/lock</tt> at boot - time.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fmtcheck&sektion=3"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">fmtcheck</span>(3)</span></a>, a function - for checking consistency of format string arguments, has - been added.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=apmd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">apmd</span>(8)</span></a> now has the - ability to monitor battery levels and execute commands - based on percentage or minutes of battery life remaining - via the <tt class="LITERAL">apm_battery</tt> - configuration directive. See the commented-out examples - in <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/apmd.conf</tt> for the - syntax.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pppd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pppd</span>(8)</span></a> (the control - program for kernel-level PPP) is now installed mode <tt - class="LITERAL">4550</tt> and <tt class= - "USERNAME">root</tt><tt class="LITERAL">:</tt><tt class= - "GROUPNAME">dialer</tt>, rather than mode <tt class= - "LITERAL">4555</tt> (in other words, it is no longer - world-executable). Users of <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pppd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pppd</span>(8)</span></a> may need to - change their group settings.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> reports - <tt class="LITERAL">/: write failed, filesystem is - full</tt> when navigating the menus. These messages do - not affect the operation of <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> or the - actual installation process and can safely be - ignored.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=savecore&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">savecore</span>(8)</span></a> now works - correctly on Alpha machines.</p> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN678">2.3.1 Contributed - Software</a></h3> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">BIND</b> is now built with - the <tt class="LITERAL">NOADDITIONAL</tt> flag, which - causes <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">named</span>(8)</span></a> to operate - in a more consistent fashion for certain common - misconfigurations.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">BIND</b> has been updated to - 8.2.4-REL.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">Binutils</b> have been - upgraded to 2.11.2.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">bzip2</b> 1.0.1 has been - imported; this brings the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bzip2&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">bzip2</span>(1)</span></a> program and - the <tt class="FILENAME">libbz2</tt> library to the - base system.</p> - - <p>The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ee&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ee</span>(1)</span></a> <b class= - "APPLICATION">Easy Editor</b> has been updated to - 1.4.2.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">file</b> has been updated to - 3.36.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gcc&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">gcc</span>(1)</span></a> now supports - the environment variable <tt class= - "ENVAR">GCC_OPTIONS</tt>, which can hold a set of - default options for <b class="APPLICATION">GCC</b>.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">GNATS</b> has been updated to - 3.113.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">groff</b> and its related - utilities have been updated to FSF version 1.17.2. This - import brings in a new <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mdoc&sektion=7"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">mdoc</span>(7)</span></a> macro package - (sometimes referred to as <tt class= - "LITERAL">mdocNG</tt>), which removes many of the - limitations of its predecessor.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">libpcap</b> has been updated - to 0.6.2.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">OpenSSL</b> has been upgraded - to 0.9.6a.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">sendmail</b> and associated - utilities have been upgraded to version 8.11.6. See <tt - class= - "FILENAME">/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES</tt> - for more information.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=traceroute&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">traceroute</span>(8)</span></a> now - takes its default maximum TTL value from the <tt class= - "VARNAME">net.inet.ip.ttl</tt> sysctl variable.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">tcpdump</b> has been updated - to 3.6.3.</p> - - <div class="SECT4"> - <hr> - - <h4 class="SECT4"><a name="AEN731">2.3.1.1 - CVSup</a></h4> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">CVSup</b>, a frequently - used utility in the FreeBSD Ports Collection, was - formerly installable using several ports and - packages. The <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/cvsup-bin/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">net/cvsup-bin</tt></a> and <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/cvsupd-bin/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">net/cvsupd-bin</tt></a> - ports/packages are no longer necessary or available; - the <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/cvsup/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">net/cvsup</tt></a> port should be - used instead.</p> - - <p><b class="APPLICATION">CVSup</b> has been updated - to 16.1_3, which is available in the FreeBSD Ports - Collection as <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/cvsup/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">net/cvsup</tt></a>. This update - fixes a long-standing (but only recently encountered) - bug which affects the timestamps on all files after - Sun Sep 9 01:46:40 UTC 2001 (1,000,000,000 seconds - after the UNIX epoch).</p> - </div> - - <div class="SECT4"> - <hr> - - <h4 class="SECT4"><a name="KAME-USERLAND">2.3.1.2 - KAME</a></h4> - - <p>The IPv6 stack is now based on a snapshot based on - the KAME Project's IPv6 snapshot as of 28 May, 2001. - Most of the items listed in this section are a result - of this import. <a href="#KAME-KERNEL">Section - 2.1.8.2</a> lists kernel updates to the KAME IPv6 - stack.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=faithd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">faithd</span>(8)</span></a> now - supports a configuration file for access control.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> can now - perform the functions of <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">gifconfig</span>(8)</span></a>.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> can now - perform the functions of <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=prefix&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">prefix</span>(8)</span></a>. <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=prefix&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">prefix</span>(8)</span></a> is now a - shell script for partial backwards compatibility.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ndp&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">ndp</span>(8)</span></a> now - implements garbage collection for stale NDP entries, - as described in RFC 2461 (Neighbor Discovery for IP - Version 6 (IPv6)).</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pim6dd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pim6dd</span>(8)</span></a> and <a - href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pim6sd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pim6sd</span>(8)</span></a> have been - removed due to restrictive licensing conditions. - These programs are available in the ports collection - as <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/pim6dd/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">net/pim6dd</tt></a> and <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/pim6sd/pkg-descr"> - <tt class="PORT">net/pim6sd</tt></a>.</p> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=route6d&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">route6d</span>(8)</span></a> now - supports an <tt class="OPTION">-n</tt> flag to avoid - updating the kernel forwarding table.</p> - - <p>The <tt class="OPTION">-R</tt> (router - renumbering) option to <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">rtadvd</span>(8)</span></a> is - currently ignored.</p> - </div> - </div> - - <div class="SECT3"> - <hr> - - <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN789">2.3.2 Ports/Packages - Collection</a></h3> - - <p><a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_version&sektion=1"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_version</span>(1)</span></a> now - takes a <tt class="OPTION">-s</tt> flag to limit its - operation to ports/packages matching a given - string.</p> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - <div class="SECT1"> - <hr> - - <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN796">3 Upgrading from - previous releases of FreeBSD</a></h1> - - <p>If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, - most likely it's 4.X and there may be some issues affecting - you, depending of course on your chosen method of - upgrading. There are two popular ways of upgrading FreeBSD - distributions:</p> - - <p></p> - - <ul> - <li> - <p>Using sources, via <tt class= - "FILENAME">/usr/src</tt></p> - </li> - - <li> - <p>Using the binary upgrade option of <a href= - "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8"> - <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= - "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>.</p> - </li> - </ul> - <br> - <br> - - <p>Please read the <tt class="FILENAME">INSTALL.TXT</tt> - file for more information, preferably <i class= - "EMPHASIS">before</i> 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/handbook/current-stable.html" - target="_top">``-CURRENT vs. -STABLE''</a> section of the - <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/" target= - "_top">FreeBSD Handbook</a>.</p> - </div> - </div> - <hr> - - <p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related - documents, can be downloaded from <a href= - "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</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><small>All users of FreeBSD 4-STABLE - should subscribe to the <<a href= - "mailto:stable@FreeBSD.org">stable@FreeBSD.org</a>> mailing - list.</small></small></p> - - <p align="center">For questions about this documentation, - e-mail <<a href= - "mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</p> - <br> - <br> - </body> -</html> - |