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Diffstat (limited to 'release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT')
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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 kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired.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 --------------------------- |
