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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="AEN26" name="AEN26"></a> -<p>The release notes for FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the -FreeBSD base system on the 6.4-STABLE development line. 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> -</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> -</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 6.4-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 6.4-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 6.4-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 -6.3-RELEASE.</p> - -<p>Typical release note items document recent security advisories issued after -6.3-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>Problems described in the following security advisories has been fixed. For more -information, consult the individual advisories available from <a -href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">http://security.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</p> - -<div class="INFORMALTABLE"><a id="AEN46" name="AEN46"></a> -<table border="0" frame="void" class="CALSTABLE"> -<col width="1*" /> -<col width="1*" /> -<col width="3*" /> -<thead> -<tr> -<th>Advisory</th> -<th>Date</th> -<th>Topic</th> -</tr> -</thead> - -<tbody> -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:03.sendfile</a></td> -<td>14 February 2008</td> -<td> -<p><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sendfile&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sendfile</span>(2)</span></a> -write-only file permission bypass</p> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:05.openssh</a></td> -<td>17 April 2008</td> -<td> -<p>OpenSSH X11-forwarding privilege escalation</p> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:06.bind.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:06.bind</a></td> -<td>13 July 2008</td> -<td> -<p>DNS cache poisoning</p> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:07.amd64</a></td> -<td>3 September 2008</td> -<td> -<p>amd64 swapgs local privilege escalation</p> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:09.icmp6</a></td> -<td>3 September 2008</td> -<td> -<p>Remote kernel panics on IPv6 connections</p> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:10.nd6</a></td> -<td>1 October 2008</td> -<td> -<p>IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol routing vulnerability</p> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random.asc" -target="_top">SA-08:11.arc4random</a></td> -<td>24 November 2008</td> -<td> -<p><a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">arc4random</span>(9)</span></a> -predictable sequence vulnerability</p> -</td> -</tr> -</tbody> -</table> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<hr /> -<h3 class="SECT2"><a id="KERNEL" name="KERNEL">2.2 Kernel Changes</a></h3> - -<p>The opencrypto framework (<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crypto&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">crypto</span>(9)</span></a>) and -<a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ipsec</span>(4)</span></a> -subsystem now support Camellia block cipher.</p> - -<p>The FreeBSD kernel <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">malloc</span>(9)</span></a> now -supports buffer corruption protection (RedZone). This detects both buffer underflow and -buffer overflow bugs at runtime on <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=free&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">free</span>(9)</span></a> and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=realloc&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">realloc</span>(9)</span></a> and -prints backtraces from where memory was allocated and from where it was freed. For more -details, see <tt class="LITERAL">DEBUG_REDZONE</tt> kernel option.</p> - -<p>The client side functionality of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rpc.lockd</span>(8)</span></a> has -been implemented in FreeBSD kernel. This implementation provides the correct semantics -for <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=flock&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">flock</span>(2)</span></a> style -locks which are used by the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lockf&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">lockf</span>(1)</span></a> command -line tool and the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pidfile&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pidfile</span>(3)</span></a> -library. It also implements recovery from server restarts and ensures that dirty cache -blocks are written to the server before obtaining locks (allowing multiple clients to use -file locking to safely share data). Also, a new kernel option <tt class="LITERAL">options -NFSLOCKD</tt> has been added and enabled by default. If the kernel support is enabled, <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rpc.lockd</span>(8)</span></a> -automatically detects and uses the functionality.</p> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="BOOT" name="BOOT">2.2.1 Boot Loader Changes</a></h4> - -<p>FreeBSD now support booting from GPT-labeled disks from the BIOS.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<hr /> -<h4 class="SECT3"><a id="PROC" name="PROC">2.2.2 Hardware Support</a></h4> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi_asus&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acpi_asus</span>(4)</span></a> -driver now supports Asus EeePC backlight control.</p> - -<div class="SECT4"> -<hr /> -<h5 class="SECT4"><a id="MM" name="MM">2.2.2.1 Multimedia Support</a></h5> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">DRM</tt> driver now supports i915 GME device.</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+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bge</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now supports BCM5906-based adapters.</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=dummynet&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dummynet</span>(4)</span></a> -subsystem now supports <tt class="LITERAL">fast</tt> mode operation which allows certain -packets to bypass the dummynet scheduler. This can achieve lower latency and lower -overhead when the packet flow is under the pipe bandwidth, and eliminate recursion in the -subsystem. The new sysctl variable <code -class="VARNAME">net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_fast</code> has been added to enable this -feature.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=resolver&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">resolver</span>(3)</span></a> now -allows underscore in domain names. Although this is a violation of RFC 1034 [STD 13], it -is accepted by certain name servers as well as other popular operating systems' resolver -library.</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=aac&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">aac</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now supports 64-bit array support for RAIDs larger than 2TB and simultaneous opens of the -device for issuing commands to the controller.</p> - -<p>A data corruption problem of the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ata</span>(4)</span></a> driver on -ServerWorks HT1000 chipsets has been fixed.</p> - -<p>Stability of the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iir&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">iir</span>(4)</span></a> driver -has been improved.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mpt&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mpt</span>(4)</span></a> driver -now supports <tt class="LITERAL">mpt_user</tt> personality.</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=bsdtar&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bsdtar</span>(1)</span></a> -utility now supports the following options: <code class="OPTION">--numeric-owner</code>, -<code class="OPTION">-S</code>, and <code class="OPTION">-s</code>.</p> - -<p>A bug in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cp&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cp</span>(1)</span></a> utility which -prevents POSIX.1e ACL (see also <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acl&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acl</span>(3)</span></a>) from -copying properly has been fixed.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cron&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cron</span>(8)</span></a> utility -now supports <code class="OPTION">-m</code> flag which overrides the default mail -recipient for cron mails unless explicitly provided by <tt class="LITERAL">MAILTO=</tt> -line in <tt class="FILENAME">crontab</tt> file.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cvs</span>(1)</span></a> now -supports <code class="OPTION">-n</code> flag which is the opposite of <code -class="OPTION">-N</code> flag.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dump</span>(8)</span></a> and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">restore</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now support extended attributes (see also <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=extattr&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">extattr</span>(9)</span></a>).</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fortune&sektion=6&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fortune</span>(6)</span></a> -program now supports <code class="VARNAME">FORTUNE_PATH</code> environment variable to -specify search path of the fortune files.</p> - -<p>A bug in the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fortune&sektion=6&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fortune</span>(6)</span></a> -program that prevents <code class="OPTION">-e</code> option with multiple files from -working has been fixed.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">freebsd-update.conf</span>(5)</span></a> now supports <tt -class="LITERAL">IDSIgnorePaths</tt> statement.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fwcontrol&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fwcontrol</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now supports <code class="OPTION">-f <tt -class="REPLACEABLE"><i>node</i></tt></code> option which specifies <tt -class="REPLACEABLE"><i>node</i></tt> as the root node on the next bus reset.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">make</span>(1)</span></a> utility -now supports <tt class="LITERAL">:u</tt> variable modifier which removes adjacent -duplicate words.</p> - -<p>The incorrect output grammer of <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=morse&sektion=6&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">morse</span>(6)</span></a> program -has been fixed.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mountd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mountd</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now supports <code class="OPTION">-h <tt -class="REPLACEABLE"><i>bindip</i></tt></code> option which specifies IP addresses to bind -to for TCP and UDP requests. This option may be specified multiple times. If no <code -class="OPTION">-h</code> option is specified, <tt class="LITERAL">INADDR_ANY</tt> will be -used. Note that when specifying IP addresses with this option, it will automatically add -<tt class="LITERAL">127.0.0.1</tt> and if IPv6 is enabled, <tt class="LITERAL">::1</tt> -to the list.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=moused&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">moused</span>(8)</span></a> -utility now supports <code class="OPTION">-L</code> flag which changes the speed of -scrolling and changes <code class="OPTION">-U</code> option behavior to only affect the -scroll threshold.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mv&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mv</span>(1)</span></a> now support -POSIX specification when moving a directory to an existing directory across devices.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">periodic</span>(8)</span></a> now -supports <code class="VARNAME">daily_status_mail_rejects_shorten</code> configuration -variable in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span -class="REFENTRYTITLE">periodic.conf</span>(5)</span></a>. This allows the rejected mail -reports to tally the rejects per blacklist without providing details about individual -sender hosts. The default configuration keeps the reports in their original form.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ping6</span>(8)</span></a> now -uses exit status of <tt class="LITERAL">0</tt> and <tt class="LITERAL">2</tt> in the same -manner as <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ping</span>(8)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>A bug in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">telnetd</span>(8)</span></a> that -it attempts authentication even when <code class="OPTION">-a all</code> option is -specified has been fixed.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">top</span>(1)</span></a> and <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vmstat&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">vmstat</span>(8)</span></a> now -support <code class="OPTION">-P</code> flag which displays per-CPU statistics.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=watch&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">watch</span>(8)</span></a> utility -now supports more than 10 <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=snp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">snp</span>(4)</span></a> devices -at a time.</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">ike</tt> <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc</span>(8)</span></a> script has been -removed.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a> now -supports <code class="VARNAME">dummynet_enable</code> variable which allow <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dummynet&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dummynet</span>(4)</span></a> -kernel module to be loaded when <code class="VARNAME">firewall_enable</code> is <tt -class="LITERAL">YES</tt>.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">ppp</tt> <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc</span>(8)</span></a> script now -supports multiple instances. For more details, see description of <code -class="VARNAME">ppp_profile</code> variable in <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">rfcomm_pppd_server</tt> <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc</span>(8)</span></a> script which -allows start <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rfcomm_pppd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rfcomm_pppd</span>(8)</span></a> -in server mode at boot time, has been added. Multiple profiles can be started at the same -time. For more details, see <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>.</p> - -<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">sysctl</tt> <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"><span - class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc</span>(8)</span></a> script now -supports loading <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/sysctl.conf.local</tt> in addition to <tt -class="FILENAME">/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a> now -supports configuration of interfaces and attached networks for firewall rule set by <tt -class="FILENAME">rc.firewall</tt> when <code class="VARNAME">firewall_type</code> is <tt -class="LITERAL">simple</tt> or <tt class="LITERAL">client</tt>. See <code -class="VARNAME">firewall_client_net</code>, <code -class="VARNAME">firewall_simple_iif</code>, <code -class="VARNAME">firewall_simple_inet</code>, <code -class="VARNAME">firewall_simple_oif</code>, and <code -class="VARNAME">firewall_simple_onet</code>.</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">am-utils</b> has been updated to version 6.1.5.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">ISC BIND</b> has been updated to version 9.3.5-P2.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">bzip2</b> has been updated from 1.0.4 to 1.0.5.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">NTP</b> has been updated to version 4.2.4p5.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">FILE</b> has been updated to version 4.21.</p> - -<p><tt class="FILENAME">libarchive</tt> has been virtually updated to 2.5.4b. Note that -the internal version number remains 1.9.25 because the API/ABI compatibility is -preserved.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">ncurses</b> library has been updated to version -5.6-20080503.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">OpenPAM</b> has been updated to Hydrangea release.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">sendmail</b> has been updated from 8.14.2 to 8.14.3.</p> - -<p><b class="APPLICATION">tcsh</b> has been updated to version 6.15.00.</p> - -<p>The timezone database has been updated from the <b class="APPLICATION">tzdata2007k</b> -release to the <b class="APPLICATION">tzdata2008e</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 <tt class="FILENAME">pkg_install</tt> utilities have been upgraded to snapshot on -8.0-CURRENT as of May 30, 2008.</p> - -<p>The <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_sign&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_sign</span>(1)</span></a> and -the <a -href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_check&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE"> -<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_check</span>(1)</span></a> -utility have been removed.</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 2.20.1 to 2.22.3.</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 3.5.8 to 3.5.10.</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>Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE or -later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade 6.4-RELEASE will need to update to -FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE.</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> - |