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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-01-01 23:58:18 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-01-01 23:58:18 +0000 |
commit | cb75955c6f83c59977967aef5b0ce6364657411c (patch) | |
tree | d96b7874a898301b9767e7b54250cbc4b7f8995f /release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes | |
parent | de3fe557970883f60e459773efce73b29ffb82e1 (diff) | |
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New release notes: ddb(4) capture, ddb(4) scripting, textdump(4),
ncurses 5.6-20071222, tzdata2007k.
Bump copyright date while here.
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 55e0107..3811e84 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ <year>2005</year> <year>2006</year> <year>2007</year> + <year>2008</year> <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> </copyright> @@ -139,7 +140,27 @@ <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> - <para></para> + <para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture + facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured + to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or + a textdump. The new <command>capture</command> command controls + this feature.</para> + + <para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting + facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a + set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can be managed from + within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8; + utility. More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual + page.</para> + + <para>The kernel now supports a new textdump format of kernel + dumps. A textdump provides higher-level information via + mechanically generated/extracted debugging output, rather than a + simple memory dump. This facility can be used to generate brief + kernel bug reports that are rich in debugging information, but + are not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely + synchronized source code. More information can be found in the + &man.textdump.4; manual page.</para> <sect3 id="boot"> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> @@ -214,9 +235,16 @@ <para><application>less</application> has been updated from v408 to v416.</para> + <para><application>ncurses</application> has been updated from + 5.6-20061217 to 5.6-20071222.</para> + <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from 8.14.1 to 8.14.2. &merged;</para> + <para>The timezone database has been updated from + the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to + the <application>tzdata2007k</application> release.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="ports"> |