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authorBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-18 23:15:34 +0000
committerBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-18 23:15:34 +0000
commitc928bbcc1c167631fd9f55a281c97e307964df5a (patch)
tree3a67c96d3faa38986d16773b74f2f414edc40505 /release
parent9f996bba202c9c596ccc62388b09582a605a544b (diff)
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New release notes: spic(4), netgrph(4) updates, sbuf(9), el(4) now
a module, Kerberos IV fixes, telnet(1) environment fixes, procfs(4) security fixes, better sysinstall defaults, gcc->2.96, fsck_ffs SIGINFO, lpr(1)/lpd(8)/syslogd(8)/logger(1) now IPv6-capable.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=70171
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT34
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT39
2 files changed, 67 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 0358351de284..48cb9eb0988c 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ For the same reason SLIP has been removed from the mfsroot image as well.
Support for AlphaServer 2100A ('Lynx') has been added.
+netgraph(4) has received some updates.
+
+sbufs, null-terminated string data structures, and their associated
+support routines, have been added to the kernel. Details are in
+sbuf(9).
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@@ -243,6 +249,15 @@ X11 forwarding was fixed. [MERGED]
The ssh(1) binary is no longer SUID root by default.
+Some fixes were applied to the Kerberos IV implementation related to
+environment variables, a possible buffer overrun, and overwriting
+ticket files. [MERGED]
+
+telnet(1) now does a better job of sanitizing its environment. [MERGED]
+
+Several vulnerabilities in procfs(4) were fixed (see security advisory
+FreeBSD-SA-00:78). [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -473,9 +488,9 @@ top(1) will now use the full width of its tty.
groff(1) and its related utilities have been updated to FSF version
1.16.1. [MERGED]
-A number of cleanups have been applied to the PCI subsystem.
-/usr/share/misc/pci_vendors now contains a vendor/device database,
-which can be used by pciconf(8).
+A number of cleanups and enhancements have been applied to the PCI
+subsystem. /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors now contains a vendor/device
+database, which can be used by pciconf(8).
growfs(8), a utility for growing FFS filesystems, has been added.
ffsinfo(8), a utility for dump all the meta-information of an existing
@@ -483,6 +498,19 @@ filesystem, has also been added.
indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED]
+sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new
+dialog support functions. [MERGED]
+
+gcc has been updated to 2.96.
+
+Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from
+the controlling tty), fsck_ffs will now output a line indicating the
+current phase number and progress information relevant to the current
+phase.
+
+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.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index 8ecc32b4c130..ea9e38e90049 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -243,9 +243,20 @@ default.
The pccard driver and pccardc(8) now support multiple "beep types"
upon card insertion and removal. [MERGED]
-A number of cleanups have been applied to the PCI subsystem.
-/usr/share/misc/pci_vendors now contains a vendor/device database,
-which can be used by pciconf(8).
+A number of cleanups and enhancements have been applied to the PCI
+subsystem. /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors now contains a vendor/device
+database, which can be used by pciconf(8).
+
+The spic(4) driver, which provides access to the job dial device on
+some Sony laptops, has been added.
+
+netgraph(4) has received some updates.
+
+sbufs, null-terminated string data structures, and their associated
+support routines, have been added to the kernel. Details are in
+sbuf(9).
+
+The el(4) driver can now be loaded as a module.
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
@@ -294,6 +305,15 @@ X11 forwarding was fixed. [MERGED]
The ssh(1) binary is no longer SUID root by default.
+Some fixes were applied to the Kerberos IV implementation related to
+environment variables, a possible buffer overrun, and overwriting
+ticket files. [MERGED]
+
+telnet(1) now does a better job of sanitizing its environment. [MERGED]
+
+Several vulnerabilities in procfs(4) were fixed (see security advisory
+FreeBSD-SA-00:78). [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -554,6 +574,19 @@ filesystem, has also been added.
indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED]
+sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new
+dialog support functions. [MERGED]
+
+gcc has been updated to 2.96.
+
+Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from
+the controlling tty), fsck_ffs will now output a line indicating the
+current phase number and progress information relevant to the current
+phase.
+
+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.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------