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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-27 15:04:50 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-27 15:04:50 +0000
commit07928b29999cf057821047b25c00ccd10614a3f2 (patch)
tree566075ad70cb2715a7fa59fb95334978460b389e /release
parent364634966741ad5baf75248af0993a235b9856f9 (diff)
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New release notes: TCP delayed ACK fixes, ICMP bugfix, find(1)
case-insensitive and regexp additions, pkg_delete(1) globbing, tar(1) TAR_SSH, disklabel(8) fixes, rand(3) improvements. New MFCs noted: pkg_info(1) globbing, burncd(8) -m and related changes.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT27
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT27
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 6d0ccfd..a4a2c1b 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ description.
ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as
controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_admin_prohib_like_rst sysctl.
+TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED]
+
PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added.
kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired.
@@ -369,6 +371,9 @@ as to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. [MERGED]
A number of programs that use temporary files now do so more
securely. [MERGED]
+A bug in ICMP that could cause an attacker to disrupt TCP and UDP
+"sessions" has been corrected. [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -650,7 +655,7 @@ dependencies, has been added.
pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages.
The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular
-expression matching instead of shell globbing.
+expression matching instead of shell globbing. [MERGED]
If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start
with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface.
@@ -688,7 +693,7 @@ rc.syscons.
burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default
behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to
take a list of image files from a filename was also added; '-' can be
-used as a filename for stdin.
+used as a filename for stdin. [MERGED]
dmesg(8) now has a -a option to show the entire message buffer,
including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
@@ -733,6 +738,11 @@ libc is now thread-safe by default; libc_r contains only thread functions.
find(1) now takes the -empty flag, which returns true if a file or
directory is empty. [MERGED]
+find(1) now takes the -iname and -ipath primaries for case-insensitive
+matches, and the -regexp and -iregexp primaries for regular-expression
+matches. The -E flag now enables extended regular
+expressions. [MERGED]
+
tftpd(8) now takes the -c and -C options, which allow the server to
chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1)
and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks.
@@ -767,6 +777,19 @@ 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]
+pkg_delete(1) now can perform glob/regexp matching of package names.
+In addition, it supports the -a option for removing all packages and
+the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation.
+
+tar(1) now supports the TAR_SSH variable, principally to enable the
+use of ssh(1) as a transport. [MERGED]
+
+disklabel(8) now supports partition sizes expressed in kilobytes,
+megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
+
+The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
+improved to provide less biased results.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index d1d973f0..abb4d8f 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ description.
ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as
controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_admin_prohib_like_rst sysctl.
+TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED]
+
PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added.
kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired.
@@ -448,6 +450,9 @@ as to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. [MERGED]
A number of programs that use temporary files now do so more
securely. [MERGED]
+A bug in ICMP that could cause an attacker to disrupt TCP and UDP
+"sessions" has been corrected. [MERGED]
+
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@@ -747,7 +752,7 @@ dependencies, has been added.
pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages.
The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular
-expression matching instead of shell globbing.
+expression matching instead of shell globbing. [MERGED]
If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start
with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface.
@@ -785,7 +790,7 @@ rc.syscons.
burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default
behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to
take a list of image files from a filename was also added; '-' can be
-used as a filename for stdin.
+used as a filename for stdin. [MERGED]
dmesg(8) now has a -a option to show the entire message buffer,
including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
@@ -830,6 +835,11 @@ libc is now thread-safe by default; libc_r contains only thread functions.
find(1) now takes the -empty flag, which returns true if a file or
directory is empty. [MERGED]
+find(1) now takes the -iname and -ipath primaries for case-insensitive
+matches, and the -regexp and -iregexp primaries for regular-expression
+matches. The -E flag now enables extended regular
+expressions. [MERGED]
+
tftpd(8) now takes the -c and -C options, which allow the server to
chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1)
and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks.
@@ -864,6 +874,19 @@ 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]
+pkg_delete(1) now can perform glob/regexp matching of package names.
+In addition, it supports the -a option for removing all packages and
+the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation.
+
+tar(1) now supports the TAR_SSH variable, principally to enable the
+use of ssh(1) as a transport. [MERGED]
+
+disklabel(8) now supports partition sizes expressed in kilobytes,
+megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
+
+The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
+improved to provide less biased results.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
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