mention getnet*(3) ABI breakage.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 02fcb0bea7ab..3747e5505849 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
 	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
 	to maximize performance.
 
+20050603:
+	The n_net of a struct netent was changed to an uint32_t, and
+	1st argument of getnetbyaddr() was changed to an uint32_t, to
+	confirm to POSIX-2001.  These changes broke an ABI
+	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  You have to recompile
+	userland programs that use getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3)
+	and/or getnetent(3) on 64 bit architecture.
+
 20050528:
 	Kernel parsing of extra options on '#!' first lines of shell
 	scripts has changed.  Lines with multiple options likely will