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Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG to bootstrap to the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process from older version of current is a bit fragile. -NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW: - FreeBSD 10.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel +NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW: + FreeBSD 11.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel and userland. These features attempt to detect incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics. They also substantially impact @@ -31,6 +31,42 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20131010: + The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8) + configuration file. The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables + for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to + /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked. + This is transparently backward compatible. See below about some + incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details. + + These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration + file. One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate + a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without + running the jail(8) utility. The default pathname of the + configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by + using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables. + + Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at + this moment. Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name + with an integer. + +20130930: + BIND has been removed from the base system. If all you need + is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound + service instead. Otherwise, several versions of BIND are + available in the ports tree. + +20130916: + With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now + required during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to + add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook. + +20130911: + OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default + silently trust signed SSHFP records. This can be controlled with + the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting. DNSSEC support + can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf. + 20130906: The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++) are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system @@ -52,22 +88,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW: kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq. 20130903: - AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc. The AES-NI module - has been updated to use this support. A new gcc is required to build - the aesni module on both i386 and amd64. - -20130827: - Thomas Dickey (vendor author thereof) reports that dialog(1) since - 2011/10/18 has a bug in handling --hline. Testers and I noticed the - --hline is not ignored but displayed as a NULL string, regardless of - value. This will cause confusion in some bsdconfig dialogs where the - --hline is used to inform users which keybindings to use. This will - likewise affect any other persons relying on --hline. It also looks - rather strange seeing "[]" at the bottom of dialog(1) widgets when - passing --hline "anything". Thomas said he will have a look in a few - weeks. NOTE: The "[]" brackets appear with the left-edge where it - would normally appear given the width of text to display, but the - displayed text is not there (part of the bug). + AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc. The AES-NI module + has been updated to use this support. A new gcc is required to build + the aesni module on both i386 and amd64. 20130821: The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices. @@ -296,8 +319,8 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW: 20121201: With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now - depended on during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add - the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook. + required during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to + add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook. 20121117: The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now |
