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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 ee57c0e..426f285 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -569,6 +569,13 @@ to prevent system overloads caused by starting several compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support + for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be + statically built into <filename>libc</filename> or dynamically + loaded via &man.dlopen.3;. They are loaded/initialized at + configuration time (i.e. when &man.nsdispatch.3; is called and + &man.nsswitch.conf.5; is read or re-read).</para> + <para>A new &man.pam.chroot.8; module has been added, which does a &man.chroot.2; operation for users into either a predetermined directory or one derived from their home directory.</para> @@ -747,6 +754,13 @@ change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports tree. &merged;</para> + <para>When fetching distfiles for building a port, the + <varname>FETCH_REGET</varname> <filename>Makefile</filename> + variable can be used to specify the number of times to try + continuing to fetch a distfile if it fails its MD5 checksum. + The port infrastructure also supports re-fetching interrupted + distfiles.</para> + <para>&man.pkg.create.1; now supports a <option>-C</option> option, which allows packages to register a list of other packages with which they conflict. They will refuse to install |
