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authorBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-21 21:57:49 +0000
committerBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-21 21:57:49 +0000
commitc628fced3a84bc505514e36ba538095de3d2abf2 (patch)
treec3e2c87c100d594d29d165fc620d71d442a30122 /release
parent07f65363cd5c852043cadc0652b34297967f5050 (diff)
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New release notes: Note format string paranoia and tempfile fixes,
OpenSSL ASM optimizations, sysinstall preserving /etc/mail, savecore -k, pkg_delete(1) now deletes in dependency order. MFCs noted: ipfilter 3.4.16, ipfw(8) me, gperf 2.7.2, lpr(1)/lpd(8)/syslogd(8)/logger(1) IPv6-capable, bzip2(1) packages. A few typo fixes were backported from RELNOTESng. Preference was made to features that have been MFC-ed. I'll try to get HEAD caught up to reality soon.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=72815
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT38
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT38
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 81871c94c68d..188cbccdd4e1 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Due to a licensing change, softupdates have been integrated into the
main portion of the kernel source tree. As a consequence, softupdates
are now available with the GENERIC kernel. [MERGED]
-ipfilter has been updated to 3.4.16.
+ipfilter has been updated to 3.4.16. [MERGED]
The tap driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for bridged
configurations, has been added. [MERGED]
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ bridge(4) and dummynet(4) have received some enhancements and bug fixes.
The API CS20 1U high server has been verified to work OK.
-ipfw(8) has a new feature that allows for packet matching on
-interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addressess.
+ipfw(8) has a new feature ("me") that allows for packet matching on
+interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED]
The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@ connection limits) an attack that can lead to guessing the server key
(not host key) by regenerating the server key when an RSA failure is
detected (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:24). [MERGED]
+A number of programs have had output formatting strings corrected so
+as to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. [MERGED]
+
+A number of programs that use temporary files now do so more
+securely. [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -377,6 +383,10 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
+OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
+activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. make(1) will
+attempt to set reasonable defaults for this variable.
+
The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.1.0, which provides support for the
@@ -444,6 +454,9 @@ sendmail. [MERGED]
The sendmail(8) configuration building tools are installed in
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/. [MERGED]
+sysinstall(8) now properly preserves /etc/mail during a binary
+upgrade. [MERGED]
+
awk has been upgraded from gawk-3.0.4 to gawk-3.0.6. This fixes a number
of non-critical bugs and includes a few performance tweaks. [MERGED]
@@ -542,7 +555,7 @@ mount(8) and mount_*(8)).
ncurses has been updated to ncurses-5.1-20001009. [MERGED]
-gperf has been updated to 2.7.2.
+gperf has been updated to 2.7.2. [MERGED]
style.perl.7, a style guide for Perl code in the FreeBSD base system,
has been added.
@@ -623,7 +636,8 @@ current phase number and progress information relevant to the current
phase. [MERGED]
Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system,
-lpd(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable.
+lpr(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable.
+[MERGED]
rm(1) -v now displays the entire pathname of a file being
removed. [MERGED]
@@ -703,8 +717,10 @@ have been errors into actual fatal errors with an exit code. This
ensures that that 'make buildkernel' doesn't quietly ignore them and
build a bogus kernel without a human to read the errors. [MERGED]
-pkg_create(1) and pkg_install(1) can now work with packages that have
-been compressed using bzip2(1). [MERGED]
+pkg_create(1) and pkg_add(1) can now work with packages that have
+been compressed using bzip2(1). pkg_add(1) will use the
+PACKAGEROOT environment variable to determine a mirror site for new
+packages. [MERGED]
pkg_info(1) can now accept a -g flag for verifying an installed
package against its recorded checksums (to see if it's been modified
@@ -743,6 +759,14 @@ A compat4x distribution has been added for compatibility with FreeBSD
The compat3x distribution has been updated to include libraries
present in FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE. [MERGED]
+savecore(8) now supports a -k option to prevent clearing a crash dump
+after saving it. It also attempts to avoid writing large stretches of
+zeros to crash dump files to save space and time.
+
+When requested to delete multiple packages, pkg_delete(1) will now
+attempt to remove them in dependency order rather than the order
+specified on the command line. [MERGED]
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index d84ae4058a2f..d86f40f2568e 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ are now available with the GENERIC kernel. [MERGED]
A driver for AGP hardware has been added. [MERGED]
-ipfilter has been updated to 3.4.16.
+ipfilter has been updated to 3.4.16. [MERGED]
Various fixes and improvements to the IPv6 code have been merged in
from the KAME project, including significantly-improved IPSEC
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ version.)
bridge(4) and dummynet(4) have received some enhancements and bug fixes.
-ipfw(8) has a new feature that allows for packet matching on
-interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addressess.
+ipfw(8) has a new feature ("me") that allows for packet matching on
+interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED]
The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
@@ -442,6 +442,12 @@ connection limits) an attack that can lead to guessing the server key
(not host key) by regenerating the server key when an RSA failure is
detected (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:24). [MERGED]
+A number of programs have had output formatting strings corrected so
+as to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. [MERGED]
+
+A number of programs that use temporary files now do so more
+securely. [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -456,6 +462,10 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
+OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
+activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. make(1) will
+attempt to set reasonable defaults for this variable.
+
The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.1.0, which provides support for the
@@ -536,6 +546,9 @@ sendmail. [MERGED]
The sendmail(8) configuration building tools are installed in
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/. [MERGED]
+sysinstall(8) now properly preserves /etc/mail during a binary
+upgrade. [MERGED]
+
awk has been upgraded from gawk-3.0.4 to gawk-3.0.6. This fixes a number
of non-critical bugs and includes a few performance tweaks. [MERGED]
@@ -640,7 +653,7 @@ mount(8) and mount_*(8)).
ncurses has been updated to ncurses-5.1-20001009. [MERGED]
-gperf has been updated to 2.7.2.
+gperf has been updated to 2.7.2. [MERGED]
style.perl.7, a style guide for Perl code in the FreeBSD base system,
has been added.
@@ -717,7 +730,8 @@ current phase number and progress information relevant to the current
phase. [MERGED]
Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system,
-lpd(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable.
+lpr(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable.
+[MERGED]
libdisk can now do install-time configuration of the i386 boot0 boot
loader. [MERGED]
@@ -800,8 +814,10 @@ have been errors into actual fatal errors with an exit code. This
ensures that that 'make buildkernel' doesn't quietly ignore them and
build a bogus kernel without a human to read the errors. [MERGED]
-pkg_create(1) and pkg_install(1) can now work with packages that have
-been compressed using bzip2(1). [MERGED]
+pkg_create(1) and pkg_add(1) can now work with packages that have
+been compressed using bzip2(1). pkg_add(1) will use the
+PACKAGEROOT environment variable to determine a mirror site for new
+packages. [MERGED]
pkg_info(1) can now accept a -g flag for verifying an installed
package against its recorded checksums (to see if it's been modified
@@ -840,6 +856,14 @@ A compat4x distribution has been added for compatibility with FreeBSD
The compat3x distribution has been updated to include libraries
present in FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE. [MERGED]
+savecore(8) now supports a -k option to prevent clearing a crash dump
+after saving it. It also attempts to avoid writing large stretches of
+zeros to crash dump files to save space and time.
+
+When requested to delete multiple packages, pkg_delete(1) will now
+attempt to remove them in dependency order rather than the order
+specified on the command line. [MERGED]
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------