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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-02-26 21:58:58 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-02-26 21:58:58 +0000 |
commit | 8f4d38ef58ab235c125d2a9161a90fe93e09b21b (patch) | |
tree | 8b8b03fb2e683f0f6edbc78e1ca70c049e5de819 /release | |
parent | 56f5954cf3564f6f9758873aee1d1baf13f9889a (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-8f4d38ef58ab235c125d2a9161a90fe93e09b21b.zip FreeBSD-src-8f4d38ef58ab235c125d2a9161a90fe93e09b21b.tar.gz |
New release notes: ng_netflow(4) (+MFC) [1], syslog(3) thread-safe
(+MFC) [1], no ports/INDEX* in CVS (+MFC), GNOME 2.8.3 (+MFC), KDE
3.3.2 (+MFC), Xorg 6.8.1 (+MFC).
Wordsmithing: pkg_version(8) -q.
Submitted by: glebius [1]
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 68 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 68 |
2 files changed, 130 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index b1c2a84..4a89d40 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ network protocol stack and improving the locking strategies.</para> + <para>A new &man.ng.netflow.4; NetGraph node allows a router + running &os; to do NetFlow version 5 exports. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.sppp.4; driver now includes Frame Relay support. &merged;</para> @@ -585,6 +588,8 @@ <para>The rune(3) non-standard multibyte and wide character support interface has been removed.</para> + <para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.syslogd.8; utility now opens an additional domain socket <filename>/var/run/logpriv</filename> by default, with <literal>0600</literal> permissions to be used @@ -685,14 +690,71 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting> <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> <para>The &man.pkg.version.1; utility now supports a - <option>-q</option> flag to suppress the output of <literal><</literal>, - <literal>=</literal>, <literal>></literal>.</para> + <option>-q</option> flag to suppress the output of the port + version comparison characters <literal><</literal>, + <literal>=</literal>, and <literal>></literal>.</para> + + <para>The + <filename>ports/INDEX<replaceable>*</replaceable></filename> + files, which kept an index of all of the entries in the ports + collection, have been removed from the CVS repository. &merged; + These files were generated only infrequently, and therefore were + usually out-of-date and inaccurate. Users requiring an index + file (such as for use by programs such as &man.portupgrade.1;) + have two alternatives for obtaining a copy:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Build an index file based on the current ports tree by + running <command>make index</command> from the top of the + <filename>ports/</filename> tree.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Fetch an index file over the network by running + <command>make fetchindex</command> from the top of the + <filename>ports/</filename> tree. This index file will + (typically) be accurate to within a day.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect2> <sect2 id="releng"> <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> - <para></para> + <para>The supported version of the + <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment has been + updated from 2.6.2 to 2.8.3. &merged; + + <note> + <para>Users of older versions of the + <application>GNOME</application> desktop + (<filename role="package">x11/gnome2</filename>) + must take particular care in upgrading. Simply upgrading it + from the &os; Ports Collection with &man.portupgrade.1; + (<filename role="package">sysutils/portupgrade</filename>) + will cause serious problems. + <application>GNOME</application> desktop users should read + the instructions carefully at + <ulink url="&url.base;/gnome/docs/faq28.html"></ulink> + and use the + <ulink url="&url.base;/gnome/gnome_upgrade.sh"><filename>gnome_upgrade.sh</filename></ulink> + script to properly upgrade to + <application>GNOME</application> 2.8.3.</para> + + <para>For casual users of the various + <application>GNOME</application> libraries, + &man.portupgrade.1; should be sufficient.</para> </note> + </para> + + <para>The supported version of the <application>KDE</application> + desktop environment has been updated from 3.3.0 to + 3.3.2. &merged;</para> + + <para>The supported version of <application>Xorg</application> has + been updated from 6.7.0 to 6.8.1. &merged;</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="doc"> diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index b1c2a84..4a89d40 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ network protocol stack and improving the locking strategies.</para> + <para>A new &man.ng.netflow.4; NetGraph node allows a router + running &os; to do NetFlow version 5 exports. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.sppp.4; driver now includes Frame Relay support. &merged;</para> @@ -585,6 +588,8 @@ <para>The rune(3) non-standard multibyte and wide character support interface has been removed.</para> + <para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.syslogd.8; utility now opens an additional domain socket <filename>/var/run/logpriv</filename> by default, with <literal>0600</literal> permissions to be used @@ -685,14 +690,71 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting> <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> <para>The &man.pkg.version.1; utility now supports a - <option>-q</option> flag to suppress the output of <literal><</literal>, - <literal>=</literal>, <literal>></literal>.</para> + <option>-q</option> flag to suppress the output of the port + version comparison characters <literal><</literal>, + <literal>=</literal>, and <literal>></literal>.</para> + + <para>The + <filename>ports/INDEX<replaceable>*</replaceable></filename> + files, which kept an index of all of the entries in the ports + collection, have been removed from the CVS repository. &merged; + These files were generated only infrequently, and therefore were + usually out-of-date and inaccurate. Users requiring an index + file (such as for use by programs such as &man.portupgrade.1;) + have two alternatives for obtaining a copy:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Build an index file based on the current ports tree by + running <command>make index</command> from the top of the + <filename>ports/</filename> tree.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Fetch an index file over the network by running + <command>make fetchindex</command> from the top of the + <filename>ports/</filename> tree. This index file will + (typically) be accurate to within a day.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect2> <sect2 id="releng"> <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> - <para></para> + <para>The supported version of the + <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment has been + updated from 2.6.2 to 2.8.3. &merged; + + <note> + <para>Users of older versions of the + <application>GNOME</application> desktop + (<filename role="package">x11/gnome2</filename>) + must take particular care in upgrading. Simply upgrading it + from the &os; Ports Collection with &man.portupgrade.1; + (<filename role="package">sysutils/portupgrade</filename>) + will cause serious problems. + <application>GNOME</application> desktop users should read + the instructions carefully at + <ulink url="&url.base;/gnome/docs/faq28.html"></ulink> + and use the + <ulink url="&url.base;/gnome/gnome_upgrade.sh"><filename>gnome_upgrade.sh</filename></ulink> + script to properly upgrade to + <application>GNOME</application> 2.8.3.</para> + + <para>For casual users of the various + <application>GNOME</application> libraries, + &man.portupgrade.1; should be sufficient.</para> </note> + </para> + + <para>The supported version of the <application>KDE</application> + desktop environment has been updated from 3.3.0 to + 3.3.2. &merged;</para> + + <para>The supported version of <application>Xorg</application> has + been updated from 6.7.0 to 6.8.1. &merged;</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="doc"> |