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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="AEN24" name="AEN24"></a> -<p>The release notes for FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the -FreeBSD base system since 5.4-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="#AEN229">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 5.5-RELEASE on the Alpha/AXP -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 5.5-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 5.5-RELEASE can be found on the FreeBSD Web site.</p> - -<p>FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE is the last planned release on the 5.5-STABLE branch. The FreeBSD -development community is currently focusing its efforts on the 6-STABLE and CURRENT -codelines. No new major features are planned for the 5.5-STABLE branch, although minor -updates and bugfixes may be merged at the discretion of individual developers. The -FreeBSD security team will support the 5.5-RELEASE-based security branch with advisories -and security patches until the end-of-life date documented at <a -href="http://security.freebsd.org/" target="_top">http://security.freebsd.org/</a> (as of -this writing, 31 May 2008).</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 -5.4-RELEASE.</p> - -<p>Typical release note items document recent security advisories issued after -5.4-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=tcpdump&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">tcpdump</span>(1)</span></a> -utility which allows a malicious remote user to cause a denial-of-service by using -specially crafted packets, has been fixed. For more information, see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:10.tcpdump.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:10.tcpdump</a>.</p> - -<p>Two problems in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gzip&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gzip</span>(1)</span></a> utility -have been fixed. These may allow a local user to modify permissions of arbitrary files -and overwrite arbitrary local files when uncompressing a file. For more information, see -security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip</a>.</p> - -<p>A bug has been fixed in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipfw</span>(4)</span></a> that -could cause packets to be matched incorrectly against a lookup table. This bug only -affects SMP machines or UP machines that have the <tt class="LITERAL">PREEMPTION</tt> -kernel option enabled. More information is contained in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:13.ipfw.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:13.ipfw</a>.</p> - -<p>Two security-related problems have been fixed in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bzip2&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bzip2</span>(1)</span></a>. These -include a potential denial of service and unauthorized manipulation of file permissions. -For more information, see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip2.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip2</a>.</p> - -<p>Two problems in FreeBSD's TCP stack have been fixed. They could allow attackers to -stall existing TCP connections, creating a denial-of-service situation. More information -is contained in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:15.tcp.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:15.tcp</a>.</p> - -<p>Two buffer overflows in the zlib library has been corrected. More information can be -found in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib</a> and <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib</a>.</p> - -<p>A security vulnerability that could allow processes running inside a <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">jail</span>(2)</span></a> to gain -access to hidden <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devfs&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">devfs</span>(5)</span></a> file -nodes has been corrected, as described in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs</a>.</p> - -<p>A programming error in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipsec</span>(4)</span></a> -implementation, which resulted in AES-XCBC-MAC authentication using a constant key, has -been corrected. More details are in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:19.ipsec.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:19.ipsec</a>.</p> - -<p>A temporary file vulnerability in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cvsbug&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cvsbug</span>(8)</span></a>, which -could allow an attacker to modify or overwrite files with the permissions of a user -running the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cvsbug&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cvsbug</span>(8)</span></a> -utility, has been fixed. More details can be found in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug</a>.</p> - -<p>A bug in OpenSSL that could allow an attacker to force an use older version of the SSL -(with known weakensses) has been corrected. Details can be found in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:21.openssl.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:21.openssl</a>.</p> - -<p>A temporary file vulnerability in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=texindex&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">texindex</span>(1)</span></a>, -which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files in the context of a user running -the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=texindex&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">texindex</span>(1)</span></a> -utility, has been fixed. For more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex</a>.</p> - -<p>A temporary file vulnerability in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ee&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ee</span>(1)</span></a> text -editor, which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files in the context of a user -running <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ee&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ee</span>(1)</span></a>, has been -fixed. For more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee</a>.</p> - -<p>Several vulnerabilities in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpio&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cpio</span>(1)</span></a> utility -have been corrected. For more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio</a>.</p> - -<p>Two instances in which portions of kernel memory could be disclosed to users have been -fixed. For more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem</a>.</p> - -<p>A logic bug in the IP fragment handling in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pf</span>(4)</span></a>, which -could cause a crash under certain circumstances, has been fixed. For more details see -security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf</a>.</p> - -<p>An error in Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) support in the TCP/IP stack, which could -cause an infinite loop upon reception of a particular series of packets, has been -corrected. More details are contained in security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack</a>.</p> - -<p>A logic bug in the OpenSSH performs internal accounting, which could cause the master -decides that it is overloaded and stops accepting client connections, has been fixed. For -more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:09.openssh.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:09.openssh</a>.</p> - -<p>A logic bug in the NFS server code, which could cause a crash when the server received -a message with a zero-length payload, has been fixed. For more details see security -advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:10.nfs.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:10.nfs</a>.</p> - -<p>A programming error in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fast_ipsec&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fast_ipsec</span>(4)</span></a> -implementation results in the sequence number associated with a Security Association not -being updated, allowing packets to unconditionally pass sequence number verification -checks, has been fixed. For more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:11.ipsec.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:11.ipsec</a>.</p> - -<p>A logic bug that could cause <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=opiepasswd&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">opiepasswd</span>(1)</span></a> to -allow an unprivileged user to configure OPIE authentication for the root user under -certain circumstances, has been fixed. For more details see security advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:12.opie.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:12.opie</a>.</p> - -<p>An asynchronous signal handling vulnerability in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sendmail</span>(8)</span></a>, -which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the -user running sendmail, typically root, has been fixed. For more details see security -advisory <a -href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:13.sendmail.asc" -target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-06:13.sendmail</a>.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="KERNEL" name="KERNEL">2.2 Kernel Changes</a></h3> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="BOOT" name="BOOT">2.2.1 Boot Loader Changes</a></h4> - -<p>The <tt class="COMMAND">autoboot</tt> command will now prevent the user from -interrupting the boot process at all if the <code class="VARNAME">autoboot_delay</code> -variable is set to <tt class="LITERAL">-1</tt>.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="PROC" name="PROC">2.2.2 Hardware Support</a></h4> - -<div class="SECT4"> -<hr /> -<h5 class="SECT4"><a id="MM" name="MM">2.2.2.1 Multimedia Support</a></h5> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uaudio&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">uaudio</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now has some added functionality, including volume control on more inputs and recording -capability on some devices.</p> -</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=bge&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bge</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now supports the BCM5714 and 5789 chips.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ixgb&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ixgb</span>(4)</span></a> driver -is now MPSAFE.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">xl</span>(4)</span></a> driver now -supports <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=polling&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">polling</span>(4)</span></a>.</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 <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=if_bridge&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">if_bridge</span>(4)</span></a> -network bridging implementation, originally from NetBSD, has been added. It supports the -IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol, individual interface devices for each bridge, -filtering of bridged packets, and span ports (which transmit a copy of every frame -received by the bridge). The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now supports configuration of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=if_bridge&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">if_bridge</span>(4)</span></a>.</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=twa&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">twa</span>(4)</span></a> driver -has been updated to the 9.3.0.1 release on the 3ware Web site.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="FS" name="FS">2.2.5 File Systems</a></h4> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN229" name="AEN229">2.2.6 Contributed Software</a></h4> -</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=bsdiff&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bsdiff</span>(1)</span></a> and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bspatch&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bspatch</span>(1)</span></a> -utilities have been added. These are tools for constructing and applying binary -patches.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cmp&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cmp</span>(1)</span></a> utility -now supports an <code class="OPTION">-h</code> flag to compare the symbolic link itself -rather than the file that the link points to.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gethostbyname&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">gethostbyname</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gethostbyname2&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">gethostbyname2</span>(3)</span></a>, and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gethostbyaddr&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gethostbyaddr</span>(3)</span></a> -functions are now thread-safe.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getnetent&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getnetent</span>(3)</span></a>, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getnetbyname&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getnetbyname</span>(3)</span></a>, -and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getnetbyaddr&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getnetbyaddr</span>(3)</span></a> -functions are now thread-safe.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getprotoent&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getprotoent</span>(3)</span></a>, -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getprotobyname&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">getprotobyname</span>(3)</span></a>, and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getprotobynumber&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">getprotobynumber</span>(3)</span></a> functions are now -thread-safe.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getservent&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getservent</span>(3)</span></a>, -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getservbyname&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">getservbyname</span>(3)</span></a>, and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getservbyport&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">getservbyport</span>(3)</span></a> -functions are now thread-safe.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kdump&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kdump</span>(1)</span></a> program -now supports a <code class="OPTION">-s</code> flag to suppress the display of I/O -data.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldstat&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kldstat</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now supports a <code class="OPTION">-m</code> option to return the status of a -specific kernel module.</p> - -<p>The default stack sizes in <tt class="FILENAME">libpthread</tt>, <tt -class="FILENAME">libthr</tt>, and <tt class="FILENAME">libc_r</tt> have been increased. -On 32-bit platforms, the main thread receives a 2MB stack size by default, with other -threads receiving a 1MB stack size by default. On 64-bit platforms, the default stack -sizes are 4MB and 2MB respectively.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=netstat&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">netstat</span>(1)</span></a> -utility now supports an <code class="OPTION">-h</code> flag for interface stats mode, -which prints all interface statistics in human readable form.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ping</span>(8)</span></a> utility -now supports a ``sweeping ping'' in which <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=icmp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">icmp</span>(4)</span></a> payload -of packets being sent is increased with given step. This is useful for testing -problematic channels, MTU issues or traffic policing functions in networks.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=powerd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">powerd</span>(8)</span></a> -program for managing power consumption has been added.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rfcomm_sppd&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rfcomm_sppd</span>(1)</span></a> -program now supports service names in addition to <code class="OPTION">-c</code> option -with channel number. The supported names are: DUN (Dial-Up Networking), FAX (Fax), LAN -(LAN Access Using PPP), and SP (Serial Port).</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rm&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-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><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sed&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sed</span>(1)</span></a> now -supports a <code class="OPTION">-l</code> option to make its output line-buffered.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sh&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sh</span>(1)</span></a> utility -now supports the <tt class="LITERAL">times</tt> built-in command.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=snapinfo&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">snapinfo</span>(8)</span></a> -utility, which shows snapshot locations on UFS filesystems, has been added.</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>The <tt class="FILENAME">bluetooth</tt> script has been added. This script will be -called from <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">devd</span>(8)</span></a> in -response to device attachment/detachment events and to stop/start particular device -without unplugging it by hand. The configuration parameters are in <tt -class="FILENAME">/etc/defaults/bluetooth.device.conf</tt>, and can be overridden by using -<tt class="FILENAME">/etc/bluetooth/<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>$device</i></tt>.conf</tt> -(where <tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>$device</i></tt> is <tt class="DEVICENAME">ubt0</tt>, -<tt class="DEVICENAME">btcc0</tt>, and so on.) For more details, see <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bluetooth.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">bluetooth.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">rc.d/jail</tt> startup script now supports <code -class="VARNAME">jail_<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>name</i></tt>_flags</code> variable which -allows to specify <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">jail</span>(8)</span></a> -flags.</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 9.3.1 to 9.3.2.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">sendmail</b> has been updated from version 8.13.3 to version -8.13.6.</p> - -<p>The timezone database has been updated from the <b class="APPLICATION">tzdata2005g</b> -release to the <b class="APPLICATION">tzdata2006g</b> release.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="PORTS" name="PORTS">2.5 Ports/Packages Collection -Infrastructure</a></h3> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_add</span>(1)</span></a> -program now supports an <code class="OPTION">-P</code> flag, which is the same as the -<code class="OPTION">-p</code> flag except that the given prefix is also used recursively -for the dependency packages if any.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_add</span>(1)</span></a> and -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_create&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_create</span>(1)</span></a> -utilities now support a <code class="OPTION">-K</code> flag to save packages to the -current directory (or <code class="VARNAME">PKGDIR</code> if defined) by default.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_create&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_create</span>(1)</span></a> -program now supports an <code class="OPTION">-x</code> flag to support basic regular -expressions for package name, an <code class="OPTION">-E</code> flag for extended regular -expressions, and a <code class="OPTION">-G</code> for exact matching.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_version&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_version</span>(1)</span></a> -utility now supports a <code class="OPTION">-I</code> flag, which causes only the <tt -class="FILENAME">INDEX</tt> file to be used for determining if a package is out of -date.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_version&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_version</span>(1)</span></a> -utility now supports an <code class="OPTION">-o</code> flag to show the origin recorded -on package generation instead of the package name, and an <code class="OPTION">-O</code> -flag to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portsnap&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">portsnap</span>(8)</span></a> -utility (<tt class="FILENAME">sysutils/portsnap</tt>) has been added into the FreeBSD -base system. This is a secure, easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for -users to keep their ports trees up to date.</p> - -<p>The suffix of startup scripts from the Ports Collection has been removed. This means -<tt class="FILENAME">foo.sh</tt> is renamed to <tt class="FILENAME">foo</tt>, and now -scripts whose name is something like <tt class="FILENAME">foo.ORG</tt> will also be -invoked. You are recommended to reinstall packages which install such scripts and remove -extra files in the <code class="VARNAME">local_startup</code> directory.</p> - -<p>New <tt class="FILENAME">rc.conf</tt> variables, <code -class="VARNAME">ldconfig_local_dirs</code> and <code -class="VARNAME">ldconfig_local32_dirs</code> have been added. These hold lists of local -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ldconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ldconfig</span>(8)</span></a> -directories.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="COMMAND">@cwd</tt> command in <tt class="FILENAME">pkg-plist</tt> now -allows no directory argument. If no directory argument is given, it will set current -working directory to the first prefix given by the <tt class="COMMAND">@cwd</tt> -command.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="RELENG" name="RELENG">2.6 Release Engineering and -Integration</a></h3> - -<p>The supported version of the <b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> desktop environment (<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/gnome2/pkg-descr"><tt -class="FILENAME">x11/gnome2</tt></a>) has been updated from 2.10.2 to 2.12.3.</p> - -<p>The supported version of the <b class="APPLICATION">KDE</b> desktop environment (<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/kde3/pkg-descr"><tt -class="FILENAME">x11/kde3</tt></a>) has been updated from 3.4.2 to 3.5.1.</p> - -<p>The supported version of the <b class="APPLICATION">Perl</b> interpreter (<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/lang/perl5.8/pkg-descr"><tt -class="FILENAME">lang/perl5.8</tt></a>) has been updated from 5.8.7 to 5.8.8.</p> - -<p>The supported version of the <b class="APPLICATION">Xorg</b> windowing system (<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/xorg/pkg-descr"><tt -class="FILENAME">x11/xorg</tt></a>) has been updated from 6.8.2 to 6.9.0.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="DOC" name="DOC">2.7 Documentation</a></h3> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="SECT1"> -<hr /> -<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="UPGRADE" name="UPGRADE">3 Upgrading from previous releases of -FreeBSD</a></h2> - -<p>If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, you generally will have three -options:</p> - -<ul> -<li> -<p>Using the binary upgrade option of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.5-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>. -This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes that your installation of -FreeBSD uses no special compilation options.</p> -</li> - -<li> -<p>Performing a complete reinstall of FreeBSD. Technically, this is not an upgrading -method, and in any case is usually less convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it -requires you to manually backup and restore the contents of <tt -class="FILENAME">/etc</tt>. However, it may be useful in cases where you want (or need) -to change the partitioning of your disks.</p> -</li> - -<li> -<p>From source code in <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/src</tt>. This route is more flexible, -but requires more disk space, time, and technical expertise. More information can be -found in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html" -target="_top">``Using <tt class="COMMAND">make world</tt>''</a> section of the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD -Handbook</a>. Upgrading from very old versions of FreeBSD may be problematic; in cases -like this, it is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a complete -reinstall.</p> -</li> -</ul> - -<br /> -<br /> -<p>Please read the <tt class="FILENAME">INSTALL.TXT</tt> file for more information, -preferably <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">before</i></span> beginning an -upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read <tt -class="FILENAME">/usr/src/UPDATING</tt> as well.</p> - -<p>Finally, if you want to use one of various means to track the -STABLE or -CURRENT -branches of FreeBSD, please be sure to consult the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html" -target="_top">``-CURRENT vs. -STABLE''</a> section of the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" target="_top">FreeBSD -Handbook</a>.</p> - -<div class="IMPORTANT"> -<blockquote class="IMPORTANT"> -<p><b>Important:</b> Upgrading FreeBSD should, of course, only be attempted after backing -up <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">all</i></span> data and configuration -files.</p> -</blockquote> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> -<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be -downloaded from <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</small></p> - -<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting <<a -href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> - -<p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail <<a -href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> -</body> -</html> - |