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Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based -upon architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.</p> - -<p>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their -products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and -the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed -by the ``™'' or the ``®'' symbol.</p> -</div> - -<div> -<div class="ABSTRACT"><a id="AEN23" name="AEN23"></a> -<p>The release notes for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the -FreeBSD base system since 5.3-RELEASE. This document lists applicable security advisories -that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD -kernel and userland. 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="#BOOT">Boot Loader Changes</a></dt> - -<dt>2.2.2 <a href="#PROC">Hardware Support</a></dt> - -<dt>2.2.3 <a href="#NET-PROTO">Network Protocols</a></dt> - -<dt>2.2.4 <a href="#DISKS">Disks and Storage</a></dt> - -<dt>2.2.5 <a href="#FS">File Systems</a></dt> - -<dt>2.2.6 <a href="#AEN292">Contributed Software</a></dt> -</dl> -</dd> - -<dt>2.3 <a href="#USERLAND">Userland Changes</a></dt> - -<dd> -<dl> -<dt>2.3.1 <a href="#RC-SCRIPTS"><tt class="FILENAME">/etc/rc.d</tt> Scripts</a></dt> -</dl> -</dd> - -<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> - -<dt>2.7 <a href="#DOC">Documentation</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 5.4-RELEASE on the NEC PC-98x1 -hardware platform. It describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of FreeBSD. -It also provides some notes on upgrading from previous versions of FreeBSD.</p> - -<p>This distribution of FreeBSD 5.4-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'' appendix</a> to the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD -Handbook</a>.</p> - -<p>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before installing FreeBSD. The -errata document is updated with ``late-breaking'' information discovered late in the -release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains information on known bugs, -security advisories, and corrections to documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata -for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE can be found on the FreeBSD Web site.</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 -5.3-RELEASE. In general, changes described here are unique to the 5-STABLE branch unless -specifically marked as [MERGED] features.</p> - -<p>Typical release note items document recent security advisories issued after -5.3-RELEASE, new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, -or contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to major ports/packages or -release engineering practices. Clearly the release notes cannot list every single change -made to FreeBSD between releases; this document focuses primarily on security advisories, -user-visible changes, and major architectural improvements.</p> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="SECURITY" name="SECURITY">2.1 Security Advisories</a></h3> - -<p>A bug in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fetch&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fetch</span>(1)</span></a> -utility, which allows a malicious HTTP server to cause arbitrary portions of the client's -memory to be overwritten, has been fixed. For more information, see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:16.fetch.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:16.fetch</a>.</p> - -<p>A bug in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procfs&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">procfs</span>(5)</span></a> and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=linprocfs&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">linprocfs</span>(5)</span></a> -which could allow a malicious local user to read parts of kernel memory or perform a -local denial of service attack by causing a system panic, has been fixed. For more -information, see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:17.procfs.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-04:17.procfs</a>.</p> - -<p>Two buffer overflows in the TELNET client program have been corrected. They could have -allowed a malicious TELNET server or an active network attacker to cause <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=telnet&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">telnet</span>(1)</span></a> to -execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running it. More information can -be found in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet</a>.</p> - -<p>A information disclosure vulnerability in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sendfile&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sendfile</span>(2)</span></a> -system call, which could permit it to transmit random parts of kernel memory, has been -fixed. More details are in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile</a>.</p> - -<p>An information leak vulnerability in the <tt class="LITERAL">SIOCGIFCONF</tt> <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ioctl&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ioctl</span>(2)</span></a>, which -leaked 12 bytes of kernel memory, has been fixed. More details are in security advisory -<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:04.ifconf.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:04.ifconf</a>.</p> - -<p>Several programming errors in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cvs</span>(1)</span></a>, which -could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed on CVS servers, have been -corrected. Further information can be found in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:05.cvs.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:05.cvs</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=jail&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">jail</span>(8)</span></a> feature -now supports a new sysctl <code class="VARNAME">security.jail.chflags_allowed</code>, -which controls the behavior of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=chflags&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">chflags</span>(1)</span></a> -within a jail. If set to <tt class="LITERAL">0</tt> (the default), then a jailed <tt -class="USERNAME">root</tt> user is treated as an unprivileged user; if set to <tt -class="LITERAL">1</tt>, then a jailed root user is treated the same as an unjailed <tt -class="USERNAME">root</tt> user.</p> - -<p>A number of bugs have been fixed in the ULE scheduler.</p> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="BOOT" name="BOOT">2.2.1 Boot Loader Changes</a></h4> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="PROC" name="PROC">2.2.2 Hardware Support</a></h4> - -<p>A framework for flexible processor speed control has been added. It provides methods -for various drivers to control CPU power utilization by adjusting the processor speed. -More details can be found in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpufreq&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cpufreq</span>(4)</span></a> -manual page.</p> - -<p>The pcii driver has been added to support GPIB-PCIIA IEEE-488 cards.</p> - -<div class="SECT4"> -<hr /> -<h5 class="SECT4"><a id="MM" name="MM">2.2.2.1 Multimedia Support</a></h5> -</div> - -<div class="SECT4"> -<hr /> -<h5 class="SECT4"><a id="NET-IF" name="NET-IF">2.2.2.2 Network Interface Support</a></h5> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cdce&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cdce</span>(4)</span></a> USB -Communication Device Class Ethernet driver has been added.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cp</span>(4)</span></a> driver is now -MPSAFE.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ctau&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ctau</span>(4)</span></a> driver -is now MPSAFE.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cx&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cx</span>(4)</span></a> driver is now -MPSAFE.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ed&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ed</span>(4)</span></a> driver now -supports the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=altq&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">altq</span>(4)</span></a> -framework.</p> - -<p>In the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">em</span>(4)</span></a> driver, -hardware support for VLAN tagging is now disabled by default due to some interactions -between this feature and promiscuous mode.</p> - -<p>Ethernet flow control is now disabled by default in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fxp</span>(4)</span></a> driver, -to prevent problems with a system panics or is left in the kernel debugger.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hme&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hme</span>(4)</span></a> driver is -now MPSAFE.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">re</span>(4)</span></a> driver now -supports the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=altq&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">altq</span>(4)</span></a> -framework.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sf&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sf</span>(4)</span></a> driver now has -support for device polling and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=altq&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">altq</span>(4)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>Several programming errors in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sk&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sk</span>(4)</span></a> driver have -been corrected. These bugs were particular to SMP systems, and could cause panics, page -faults, aborted SSH connections, or corrupted file transfers. More details can be found -in errata note <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:02.sk.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-05:02.sk</a>.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sk&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sk</span>(4)</span></a> driver now has -support for <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=altq&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">altq</span>(4)</span></a>. This -driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based interfaces.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="NET-PROTO" name="NET-PROTO">2.2.3 Network Protocols</a></h4> - -<p>The MTU feedback in IPv6 has been disabled when the sender writes data that must be -fragmented.</p> - -<p>The Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP) has been implemented. CARP comes from -OpenBSD and allows multiple hosts to share an IP address, providing high availability and -load balancing. For more information, see the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">carp</span>(4)</span></a> manual -page.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipfw</span>(4)</span></a> system -can work with <code class="VARNAME">debug.mpsafenet</code>=<tt class="LITERAL">1</tt> -(this tunable is <tt class="LITERAL">1</tt> by default) when the <tt -class="LITERAL">gid</tt>, <tt class="LITERAL">jail</tt>, and/or <tt -class="LITERAL">uid</tt> rule options are used.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipfw</span>(8)</span></a> <tt -class="LITERAL">ipfw fwd</tt> rule now supports the full packet destination manipulation -when the kernel option <tt class="LITERAL">options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED</tt> is -specified in addition to <tt class="LITERAL">options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD</tt>. This kernel -option disables all restrictions to ensure proper behavior for locally generated packets -and allows redirection of packets destined to locally configured IP addresses. Note that -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipfw</span>(8)</span></a> rules -have to be carefully crafted to make sure that things like PMTU discovery do not -break.</p> - -<p><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipnat&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipnat</span>(8)</span></a> now -allows redirect rules to work for non-TCP/UDP packets.</p> - -<p>Ongoing work is reducing the use of the Giant lock by the network protocol stack and -improving the locking strategies.</p> - -<p>A new <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ng_netflow&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ng_netflow</span>(4)</span></a> -NetGraph node allows a router running FreeBSD to do NetFlow version 5 exports.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sppp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sppp</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now includes Frame Relay support.</p> - -<p>A bug in TCP that sometimes caused RST packets to be ignored if the receive window was -zero bytes has been fixed.</p> - -<p>Several bugs in the TCP SACK implementation have been fixed.</p> - -<p>The KAME IPv4 IPsec implementation integrated in FreeBSD now supports TCP-MD5.</p> - -<p>Random ephemeral port number allocation has led to some problems with port reuse at -high connection rates. This feature is now disabled during periods of high connection -rates; whenever new connections are created faster than <code -class="VARNAME">net.inet.ip.portrange.randomcps</code> per second, port number -randomization is disabled for the next <code -class="VARNAME">net.inet.ip.portrange.randomtime</code> seconds. The default values for -these two sysctl variables are <tt class="LITERAL">10</tt> and <tt -class="LITERAL">45</tt>, respectively.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="DISKS" name="DISKS">2.2.4 Disks and Storage</a></h4> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=amr&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">amr</span>(4)</span></a> driver is -now safe for use on systems using <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pae&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pae</span>(4)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hptmv&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hptmv</span>(4)</span></a> driver, -which supports the HighPoint RocketRAID 182x series, has been added.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ips&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ips</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now support kernel crash dumps on some modern ServeRAID models.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=matcd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">matcd</span>(4)</span></a> driver -has been removed.</p> - -<p>The SHSEC GEOM class has been added. It provides for the sharing of a secret between -multiple GEOM providers. All of these providers must be present in order to reveal the -secret. This feature is controlled by the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gshsec&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gshsec</span>(8)</span></a> -utility.</p> - -<p>Information about newly-mounted cd9660 file systems (such as the presence of RockRidge -extensions) is now only printed if the kernel was booted in verbose mode. This change was -made to reduce the amount of (generally unnecessary) kernel log messages.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="FS" name="FS">2.2.5 File Systems</a></h4> - -<p>Recomputing the summary information for ``dirty'' UFS and UFS2 file systems is no -longer done at mount time, but is now done by background <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fsck&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fsck</span>(8)</span></a>. This -change improves the startup speed when mounting large file systems after a crash. The -prior behavior can be restored by setting the <code -class="VARNAME">vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount</code> sysctl variable to a non-zero -value.</p> - -<p>A kernel panic in the NFS server has been fixed. More details can be found in errata -note <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs</a>.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN292" name="AEN292">2.2.6 Contributed Software</a></h4> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">ACPI-CA</b> has been updated from 20040527 to 20041119.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="USERLAND" name="USERLAND">2.3 Userland Changes</a></h3> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftpd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ftpd</span>(8)</span></a> program -now uses the <tt class="LITERAL">212</tt> and <tt class="LITERAL">213</tt> status codes -for directory and file status correctly (<tt class="LITERAL">211</tt> was used in the -previous versions). This behavior is described in RFC 959.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getaddrinfo&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getaddrinfo</span>(3)</span></a> -function now queries <tt class="LITERAL">A</tt> DNS resource records before <tt -class="LITERAL">AAAA</tt> records when <tt class="LITERAL">AF_UNSPEC</tt> is specified. -Some broken DNS servers return <tt class="LITERAL">NXDOMAIN</tt> against non-existent <tt -class="LITERAL">AAAA</tt> queries, even when it should return <tt -class="LITERAL">NOERROR</tt> with empty return records. This is a problem for an -IPv4/IPv6 dual stack node because the <tt class="LITERAL">NXDOMAIN</tt> returned by the -first query of an <tt class="LITERAL">AAAA</tt> record makes the querying server stop -attempting to resolve the <tt class="LITERAL">A</tt> record if any. Also, this behavior -has been recognized as a potential denial-of-service attack (see <a -href="http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/714121" -target="_top">http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/714121</a> for more details). Note that -although the query order has been changed, the returned result still includes <tt -class="LITERAL">AF_INET6</tt> records before <tt class="LITERAL">AF_INET</tt> -records.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="LITERAL">create</tt> command of the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpt&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gpt</span>(8)</span></a> utility -now supports a <code class="OPTION">-f</code> command-line flag to force creation of a -GPT even when there is an MBR record on a disk.</p> - -<p>The gvinum(8) utility now supports <tt class="COMMAND">checkparity</tt>, <tt -class="COMMAND">rebuildparity</tt>, and <tt class="COMMAND">setstate</tt> -subcommands.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">libarchive</tt> library (as well as the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tar&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">tar</span>(1)</span></a> command -that uses it) now has support for reading ISO images (with optional RockRidge extensions) -and ZIP archives (with <tt class="LITERAL">deflate</tt> and <tt class="LITERAL">none</tt> -compression).</p> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">libgpib</tt> library has been added to give userland access -to GPIB devices (using the the pcii driver) via the <code class="FUNCTION">ib<tt -class="REPLACEABLE"><i>foo</i></tt></code> API.</p> - -<p>A number of bugfixes for <tt class="FILENAME">libpthread</tt> have been merged from -HEAD.</p> - -<p>A number of new functions have been implemented in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=math&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">math</span>(3)</span></a> library. -These include <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ceill&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ceill</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=floorl&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">floorl</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ilogbl&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ilogbl</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fma&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fma</span>(3)</span></a> and -variants, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lrint&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">lrint</span>(3)</span></a> and -variants, and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lround&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">lround</span>(3)</span></a> and -variants.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=moused&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">moused</span>(8)</span></a> daemon -now supports ``virtual scrolling'', in which mouse motions made while holding down the -middle mouse button are interpreted as scrolling. This feature is enabled with the <code -class="OPTION">-V</code> flag.</p> - -<p>A separate directory has been added for <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">named</span>(8)</span></a> dynamic -zones which is owned by the <tt class="USERNAME">bind</tt> user (for creation of the zone -journal file). For more detail, see an example dynamic zone in the sample <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=named.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">named.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">newfs</span>(8)</span></a> utility -now supports a <code class="OPTION">-n</code> flag to suppress the creation of a <tt -class="FILENAME">.snap</tt> directory on new file systems. This feature is intended for -use on memory or vnode file systems that will not require snapshot support.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">newfs</span>(8)</span></a> utility -now emits a warning when creating a UFS or UFS2 file system that cannot support -snapshots. This situation can occur in the case of very large file systems with small -block sizes.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="LITERAL">NO_NIS</tt> compile-time knob for userland has been added. As -its name implies, enabling this <tt class="FILENAME">Makefile</tt> variable will cause -NIS support to be excluded from various programs and will cause the NIS utilities to not -be built.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ncal&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ncal</span>(1)</span></a> utility -now supports a <code class="OPTION">-m</code> flag to generate a calendar for a specified -month in the current year.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">periodic</span>(8)</span></a> -security output now supports the display of information about blocked packet counts from -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pf</span>(4)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ppp</span>(8)</span></a> program -now implements an <code class="OPTION">echo</code> parameter, which allows LCP ECHOs to -be enabled independently of LQR reports. Older versions of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ppp</span>(8)</span></a> would -revert to LCP ECHO mode on negotiation failure. It is now necessary to specify <tt -class="COMMAND">enable echo</tt> to get this behavior.</p> - -<p>Two bugs in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pppd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pppd</span>(8)</span></a> program -have been fixed. They may result in an incorrect CBCP response, which violates the -Microsoft PPP Callback Control Protocol section 3.2.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">restore</span>(8)</span></a> -utility has regained the ability to read FreeBSD version 1 dump tapes.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rm&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rm</span>(1)</span></a> utility now -supports an <code class="OPTION">-I</code> option that asks for confirmation (once) if -recursively removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the command -line.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rtld&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rtld</span>(1)</span></a> dynamic -linker now supports specifying library replacements via the <code -class="VARNAME">LD_LIBMAP</code> environment variable. This variable will override the -entries in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libmap.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">libmap.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=strftime&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">strftime</span>(3)</span></a> -function now supports some GNU extensions such as <tt class="LITERAL">-</tt> (no -padding), <tt class="LITERAL">_</tt> (use space as padding), and <tt -class="LITERAL">0</tt> (zero padding).</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslog&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">syslog</span>(3)</span></a> -function is now thread-safe.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">syslogd</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now opens an additional domain socket (<tt class="FILENAME">/var/run/logpriv</tt> -by default), with <tt class="LITERAL">0600</tt> permissions to be used by privileged -programs. This prevents privileged programs from locking when the domain sockets run out -of buffer space due to a local denial-of-service attack.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">syslogd</span>(8)</span></a> now -supports <code class="OPTION">-S</code> option which allows to change the pathname of the -privileged socket. This is useful when you do not want the daemon to receive any messages -from the local sockets (<tt class="FILENAME">/var/run/log</tt> and <tt -class="FILENAME">/var/run/logpriv</tt> are used by default).</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">syslogd</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now allows <tt class="LITERAL">:</tt> and <tt class="LITERAL">%</tt> characters -in the hostname specifications. These characters are used in IPv6 addresses and scope -IDs.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">systat</span>(1)</span></a> <code -class="OPTION">-netstat</code> display is now IPv6-aware.</p> - -<p> </p> - -<p>The <code class="OPTION">-f</code> option of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tail&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">tail</span>(1)</span></a> utility -now supports more than one file at a time.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tcpdrop&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">tcpdrop</span>(8)</span></a> -command, which closes a selected TCP connection, has been added. It was obtained from -OpenBSD.</p> - -<p><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=whois&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">whois</span>(1)</span></a> now -supports a <code class="OPTION">-k</code> flag for querying <tt -class="HOSTID">whois.krnic.net</tt> (the National Internet Development Agency of Korea), -which holds details of IP address allocations within Korea.</p> - -<p>A bug, which caused the last line of configuration files such as <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hosts&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hosts</span>(5)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=services&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">services</span>(5)</span></a>, and -so on to be ignored if it did not end in a newline character, has been fixed.</p> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="RC-SCRIPTS" name="RC-SCRIPTS">2.3.1 <tt -class="FILENAME">/etc/rc.d</tt> Scripts</a></h4> - -<p><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a> now -supports changes of network interface names at boot time. For example:</p> - -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> -ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0" -ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16" -</pre> - -<p><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a> now -supports the <code class="VARNAME">tmpmfs_flags</code> and <code -class="VARNAME">varmfs_flags</code> variables. These can be used to pass extra options to -the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mdmfs&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mdmfs</span>(8)</span></a> -utility, to customize the finer details of the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=md&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">md</span>(4)</span></a> file system -creation, such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner for the file -system, and so on.</p> -</div> -</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 9.3.0 to version -9.3.1.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">Heimdal</b> has been updated from 0.6.1 to 0.6.3.</p> - -<p>A snapshot of <b class="APPLICATION">netcat</b> from OpenBSD as of 4 February 2005 has -been added. More information can be found in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">nc</span>(1)</span></a> manual -page.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">OpenSSL</b> has been updated from 0.9.7d to 0.9.7e.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">sendmail</b> has been updated from version 8.13.1 to version -8.13.3.</p> - -<p>The timezone database has been updated from <b class="APPLICATION">tzdata2004e</b> to -<b class="APPLICATION">tzdata2004g</b>.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PORTS" name="PORTS">2.5 Ports/Packages Collection -Infrastructure</a></h3> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">ports/INDEX<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>*</i></tt></tt> files, -which kept an index of all of the entries in the ports collection, have been removed from -the CVS repository. These files were generated only infrequently, and therefore were -usually out-of-date and inaccurate. Users requiring an index file (such as for use by -programs such as <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>) -have two alternatives for obtaining a copy:</p> - -<ul> -<li> -<p>Build an index file based on the current ports tree by running <tt -class="COMMAND">make index</tt> from the top of the <tt class="FILENAME">ports/</tt> -tree.</p> -</li> - -<li> -<p>Fetch an index file over the network by running <tt class="COMMAND">make -fetchindex</tt> from the top of the <tt class="FILENAME">ports/</tt> tree. This index -file will (typically) be accurate to within a day.</p> -</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="RELENG" name="RELENG">2.6 Release Engineering and -Integration</a></h3> - -<p>In prior FreeBSD releases, the <tt class="FILENAME">disc1</tt> CD-ROM (or ISO image) -was a bootable installation disk containing the base system, ports tree, and common -packages. The <tt class="FILENAME">disc2</tt> CD-ROM (or ISO image) was a bootable ``fix -it'' disk with a live filesystem, to be used for making emergency repairs. This layout -has now changed. For all architectures except ia64, the <tt class="FILENAME">disc1</tt> -image now contains the base system distribution files, ports tree, and the live -filesystem, making it suitable for both an initial installation and repair purposes. (On -the ia64, the live filesystem is on a separate disk due to its size.) Packages appear on -separate disks; in particular, the <tt class="FILENAME">disc2</tt> image contains -commonly packages such as desktop environments. Documents from the FreeBSD Documentation -Project also appear on <tt class="FILENAME">disc2</tt>.</p> - -<p>The supported version of the <b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> desktop environment has -been updated from 2.6.2 to 2.10. More information about running <b -class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> on FreeBSD can be found on the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/" target="_top">FreeBSD GNOME Project</a> Web -page.</p> - -<div class="NOTE"> -<blockquote class="NOTE"> -<p><b>Note:</b> Users of older versions of the <b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> desktop -(<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/gnome2/pkg-descr"><tt -class="FILENAME">x11/gnome2</tt></a>) must take particular care in upgrading. 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. <b -class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> desktop users should read the instructions carefully at <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq210.html" -target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq210.html</a> and use the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/gnome_upgrade.sh" target="_top"><tt -class="FILENAME">gnome_upgrade.sh</tt></a> script to properly upgrade to <b -class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> 2.10.</p> -</blockquote> -</div> - -<br /> -<br /> -<p>The supported version of the <b class="APPLICATION">KDE</b> desktop environment has -been updated from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0. More information regarding running <b -class="APPLICATION">KDE</b> on FreeBSD can be found on the <a -href="http://freebsd.kde.org/" target="_top">KDE on FreeBSD</a> Web page.</p> - -<div class="NOTE"> -<blockquote class="NOTE"> -<p><b>Note:</b> Users of older versions of <b class="APPLICATION">KDE</b> should follow -the upgrading procedure documented on the <a href="http://freebsd.kde.org/" -target="_top">KDE on FreeBSD</a> Web page or in <tt -class="FILENAME">ports/UPDATING</tt>.</p> -</blockquote> -</div> - -<br /> -<br /> -<p>The supported version of <b class="APPLICATION">Xorg</b> has been updated from 6.7.0 -to 6.8.2.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="DOC" name="DOC">2.7 Documentation</a></h3> - -<p>The following manual pages, which were derived from RFCs and possibly violate the -IETF's copyrights, have been replaced: <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gai_strerror&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gai_strerror</span>(3)</span></a>, -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getaddrinfo&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getaddrinfo</span>(3)</span></a>, -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getnameinfo&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getnameinfo</span>(3)</span></a>, -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inet6_opt_init&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">inet6_opt_init</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inet6_option_space&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">inet6_option_space</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inet6_rth_space&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">inet6_rth_space</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inet6_rthdr_space&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">inet6_rthdr_space</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=icmp6&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">icmp6</span>(4)</span></a>, and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ip6&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ip6</span>(4)</span></a>.</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>Users with existing FreeBSD systems are <span class="emphasis"><i -class="EMPHASIS">highly</i></span> encouraged to read the ``FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE Migration -Guide''. This document generally has the filename <tt class="FILENAME">MIGRATE5.TXT</tt> -on the distribution media, or any other place that the release notes can be found. It -offers some notes on migrating from FreeBSD 4.X, but more importantly, also discusses -some of the relative merits of upgrading to FreeBSD 5.<tt -class="REPLACEABLE"><i>X</i></tt> versus running FreeBSD 4.<tt -class="REPLACEABLE"><i>X</i></tt>.</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> -</body> -</html> - |