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diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/5.0R/DP2/errata.html b/website/content/en/releases/5.0R/DP2/errata.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2a08af75cc --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/releases/5.0R/DP2/errata.html @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html> + <head> + <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> + <title>FreeBSD 5.0-DP2 Errata</title> + <meta name="GENERATOR" content= + "Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.73 "> + <link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css"> + </head> + + <body class="ARTICLE" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link= + "#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> + <div class="ARTICLE"> + <div class="TITLEPAGE"> + <h1 class="TITLE"><a name="AEN2">FreeBSD 5.0-DP2 + Errata</a></h1> + + <h3 class="CORPAUTHOR">The FreeBSD Project</h3> + + <p class="COPYRIGHT">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 by + The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p> + + <p class="PUBDATE">$FreeBSD: + src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml,v 1.9 + 2002/03/14 21:52:01 bmah Exp $<br> + </p> + <hr> + </div> + + <blockquote class="ABSTRACT"> + <div class="ABSTRACT"> + <a name="AEN11"></a> + + <p>This document lists known issues for FreeBSD 5.0-DP2. + This information includes information relating to the + software or documentation that could affect its operation + or usability. Also included is a list of areas of the + base system that could benefit from some extra + testing.</p> + + <p>Please note that FreeBSD 5.0-DP2 is not an officially + supported release of FreeBSD. Unlike supported releases, + this errata file will not be updated. Testers of FreeBSD + 5.0-DP2 should subscribe to the FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing + list <tt class="EMAIL"><<a href= + "mailto:freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt> + to stay informed about late-breaking issues and + developments.</p> + </div> + </blockquote> + + <div class="SECT1"> + <hr> + + <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN15">1 Introduction</a></h1> + + <p>This errata document lists known problems relating to + FreeBSD 5.0-DP2. Before installing this version, it is + important to consult this document to learn about any + post-release discoveries or problems that may already have + been found and fixed.</p> + </div> + + <div class="SECT1"> + <hr> + + <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN18">2 Known Problems</a></h1> + + <p>This section describes some known issues and problems + with FreeBSD 5.0-DP2. The Release Engineering Team <tt + class="EMAIL"><<a href= + "mailto:re@FreeBSD.org">re@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt> + intends to address these problems in some manner before + FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE. All users of FreeBSD 5.0-DP2 should be + subscribed to the FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list <tt class= + "EMAIL"><<a href= + "mailto:freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt> + to remain informed about developments regarding these and + other issues.</p> + + <p>Packages in FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE will be compressed using + <a href= + "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bzip2&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current"> + <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= + "REFENTRYTITLE">bzip2</span>(1)</span></a>. In some cases, + <a href= + "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current"> + <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= + "REFENTRYTITLE">pkg_add</span>(1)</span></a> has some + difficulties working with packages compressed using <a + href= + "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gzip&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current"> + <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= + "REFENTRYTITLE">gzip</span>(1)</span></a> (typical cases + are from within <a href= + "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current"> + <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class= + "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>, and when + using the <tt class="OPTION">-r</tt> flag). This does not + affect the default package sets provided with + snapshots.</p> + + <p>The <tt class="LITERAL">NWFS</tt> feature is broken.</p> + + <p>Various documents may not reflect differences between + the line of FreeBSD 4-STABLE releases and FreeBSD 5.0-DP2. + In addition, the architecture-specific files in the release + documentation are likely incomplete for new architectures + (sparc64 and ia64).</p> + + <p>Installations from boot floppies are no longer supported + on the alpha platform. The combination of the boot loader + and a (highly stripped-down) kernel is too large to fit on + a 1.44 MB floppy disk. Some work in this area is + ongoing; this feature <span class="emphasis"><i class= + "EMPHASIS">may</i></span> return before FreeBSD + 5.0-RELEASE.</p> + + <p>The <tt class="VARNAME">__sF</tt> symbol in <tt class= + "FILENAME">libc</tt> has been made static, as part of work + to make <tt class="VARNAME">FILE</tt> expandable. + Applications built on FreeBSD 4-STABLE-based systems on on + FreeBSD -CURRENT systems before 13 August 2001 may need to + be recompiled. Due to previously unforseen compatability + problems, this change <span class="emphasis"><i class= + "EMPHASIS">may</i></span> be reverted prior to 5.0-RELEASE + and postponed for another release or two.</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr> + + <p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related + documents, can be downloaded from <a href= + "http://snapshots.jp.FreeBSD.org/">http://snapshots.jp.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><small>All users of FreeBSD 5-CURRENT + should subscribe to the <<a href= + "mailto:current@FreeBSD.org">current@FreeBSD.org</a>> + mailing list.</small></small></p> + + <p align="center">For questions about this documentation, + e-mail <<a href= + "mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</p> + <br> + <br> + </body> +</html> + |