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Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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1 files changed, 59 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -27,6 +27,59 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW: world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20251002: + Audio-related utilities including mixer(8) and virtual_oss(8) have + moved to the new FreeBSD-sound package. If you have set-optional or + set-base installed this package will be installed automatically, + otherwise you should install it manually if you need these utilities. + +20250929: + Both drm-kmod and nividia-drm ports had to be updated to either no + longer conflict on LinuxKPI vs. native PCI changes and/or to keep + working after some LinuxKPI PCI adjustments which were previously + hidden behind native PCI. + Bump __FreeBSD_version 1600001 so users will pick up updated packages. + +20250929: + The deprecated ftpd(8) has been removed. Users who still need ftpd + can install the ftp/freebsd-ftpd port. pkgbase users should remove + the orphaned FreeBSD-ftpd package. + +20250923: + Several changes which affect pkgbase users (only): + + powerd has been moved to a new FreeBSD-powerd package. If you have + FreeBSD-set-minimal installed, the new package will be installed + automatically, otherwise you may want to install it by hand. + + libpmc and related utilities (/usr/sbin/pmc*) have moved to the new + FreeBSD-pmc package. If you use these, you may want to install the + package. + + The libbz2 package has been renamed to bzip2, and /usr/bin/bzip2 has + been moved to the new package. If you have set-minimal installed, + the new package will be added automatically, otherwise you may want + to manually install it. + + This only affects pkgbase users. + +20250918: + mandoc (including /usr/bin/man) has been moved to a new package, + FreeBSD-mandoc. If you have the minimal set installed, this package + will be installed automatically, otherwise you may want to install it. + + Kyua has been moved to the FreeBSD-kyua package, and ATF has been moved + to the FreeBSD-atf* packages. If you have FreeBSD-tests installed, + these packages will be installed automatically, otherwise you should + manually install them if you need these tools. + + This only affects pkgbase users. + +20250912: + If SRCCONF is unset and a file named src.conf is present at + the top of the source tree, it will now be used instead of + /etc/src.conf. + 20250907: The MANSPLITPKG knob has been turned off by default, so pkgbase builds will no longer generate "-man" subpackages; instead the manpages will @@ -328,8 +381,8 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW: 20250106: A new SOC_ROCKCHIP options appeared, so if you have a custom kernel configuration - targetting Rockchip SoC you need to add it so shared and mandatory drivers for - this SoC familly will be selected. + targeting Rockchip SoC you need to add it so shared and mandatory drivers for + this SoC family will be selected. Also a new rk8xx device was added, this select the base driver for Rockchip PMIC. 20241223: @@ -524,7 +577,7 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW: 20230817: Serial communication (in boot loaders, kernel, and userland) has been changed to default to 115200 bps, in line with common industry - practice and typcial firmware serial console redirection + practice and typical firmware serial console redirection configuration. Note that the early x86 BIOS bootloader (i.e., boot0sio) does not @@ -608,7 +661,7 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW: runs make -j${JOB_MAX} buildworld > ../buildworld.log 2>&1 - where JOB_MAX is derrived from ncpus in local.sys.mk if not set in env. + where JOB_MAX is derived from ncpus in local.sys.mk if not set in env. 20230316: Video related devices for some arm devices have been renamed. @@ -636,7 +689,7 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW: 20230130: As of commit 7c40e2d5f685, the dependency on netlink(4) has been added to the linux_common(4) module. Users relying on linux_common may need - to complile netlink(4) module if it is not present in their kernel. + to compile netlink(4) module if it is not present in their kernel. 20230126: The WITHOUT_CXX option has been removed. C++ components in the base @@ -656,7 +709,7 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW: 20221205: dma(8) has replaced sendmail(8) as the default mta. For people willing - to reenable sendmail(8): + to re-enable sendmail(8): $ cp /usr/share/examples/sendmail/mailer.conf /etc/mail/mailer.conf |