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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-29 17:11:58 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-29 17:11:58 +0000
commit84b9a94fb61f990fbc8edbc30c5345755409d05f (patch)
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parent67b8adb447739a2b95a73e0ed877fe63dd9a66f4 (diff)
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New release notes: New CAM error recovery code, PAM support for
account management and session, tail(1) support for large files. Updates: vn(4) removed, file(1) update to 3.34.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/texts')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT17
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT17
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index d72429b..703d272 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired.
md(4), the memory disk device, has had the functionality of vn(4)
incorporated into it. md(4) devices can now be configured by
-mdconfig(8).
+mdconfig(8). vn(4) has been removed.
The ray(4) driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator wireless network
cards, has been committed. The operation of ray(4) interfaces can be
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ introduced, allowing more fine-grained control of discretionary access
control on files and directories. This support was integrated from
the TrustedBSD Project.
+The CAM error recovery code has been updated.
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@ A number of buffer overflows in config(8) have been fixed. [MERGED]
pwd(1) can now double as realpath(1), a program to resolve pathnames
to their underlying physical paths. [MERGED]
-file(1) has been contribify-ed, and imported as version 3.33. [MERGED]
+file(1) has been contribify-ed, and updated to version 3.34.
stty(1) now has support for an "erase2" control character, so that
both "delete" and "backspace" can be used to erase characters. [MERGED]
@@ -890,6 +892,8 @@ improved to provide less biased results.
login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM
modules. [MERGED]
+PAM support has been added for account management and sessions.
+
wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a
given group.
@@ -922,6 +926,8 @@ The ISC DHCP client has been updated to 2.0pl5. [MERGED]
split(1) now has the ability to split a file longer than 2GB. [MERGED]
+tail(1) now has the ability to work on files longer than 2GB.
+
units(1) has received some updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
As part of an ongoing process, many manual pages were improved, both
@@ -955,6 +961,13 @@ file system Access Control Lists.
ee(1) editor has been updated to 1.4.2.
+The default TCP port range used by libfetch for passive FTP retrievals
+has changed; this affects the behavior of ftp(1), which has gained the
+-U option to restore the old behavior. [MERGED]
+
+atacontrol(8) has been added to control various aspects of the ata(4)
+driver.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index 9cc067b..e934655 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired.
md(4), the memory disk device, has had the functionality of vn(4)
incorporated into it. md(4) devices can now be configured by
-mdconfig(8).
+mdconfig(8). vn(4) has been removed.
The ray(4) driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator wireless network
cards, has been committed. The operation of ray(4) interfaces can be
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ introduced, allowing more fine-grained control of discretionary access
control on files and directories. This support was integrated from
the TrustedBSD Project.
+The CAM error recovery code has been updated.
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@@ -793,7 +795,7 @@ A number of buffer overflows in config(8) have been fixed. [MERGED]
pwd(1) can now double as realpath(1), a program to resolve pathnames
to their underlying physical paths. [MERGED]
-file(1) has been contribify-ed, and imported as version 3.33. [MERGED]
+file(1) has been contribify-ed, and updated to version 3.34.
stty(1) now has support for an "erase2" control character, so that
both "delete" and "backspace" can be used to erase characters. [MERGED]
@@ -986,6 +988,8 @@ improved to provide less biased results.
login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM
modules. [MERGED]
+PAM support has been added for account management and sessions.
+
wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a
given group.
@@ -1014,6 +1018,8 @@ The ISC DHCP client has been updated to 2.0pl5. [MERGED]
split(1) now has the ability to split a file longer than 2GB. [MERGED]
+tail(1) now has the ability to work on files longer than 2GB.
+
units(1) has received some updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
As part of an ongoing process, many manual pages were improved, both
@@ -1047,6 +1053,13 @@ file system Access Control Lists.
ee(1) editor has been updated to 1.4.2.
+The default TCP port range used by libfetch for passive FTP retrievals
+has changed; this affects the behavior of ftp(1), which has gained the
+-U option to restore the old behavior. [MERGED]
+
+atacontrol(8) has been added to control various aspects of the ata(4)
+driver.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
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