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1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users.
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook:
8
9    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
10
11Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
12/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
13
14NOTE: FreeBSD has switched from gcc to clang. If you have trouble bootstrapping
15from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and WITH_GCC to bootstrap to
16the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process
17from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
18
19NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
20	FreeBSD 12.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
21	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
22	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
23	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
24	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
25	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
26	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
27	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
28	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
29	machines to maximize performance.  (To completely disable malloc
30	debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
31	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
32	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
33
34
35****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ******************************
36
37	Due to a bug in some versions of clang that's very hard to workaround in
38	the upgrade process, to upgrade to -current you must first upgrade
39	either stable/9 after r286035 or stable/10 after r286033 (including
40	10.3-RELEASE) or current after r286007 (including stable/11 and
41	11.0-RELEASE). These revisions post-date the 10.2 and 9.3 releases, so
42	you'll need to take the unusual step of upgrading to the tip of the
43	stable branch before moving to 11 or -current via a source upgrade.
44	stable/11 and 11.0-RELEASE have working newer compiler. This differs
45	from the historical situation where one could upgrade from anywhere on
46	the last couple of stable branches, so be careful.
47
48	If you're running a hybrid system on 9.x or 10.x with an updated clang
49	compiler or are using an supported external toolchain, the build system
50	will allow the upgrade. Otherwise it will print a reminder.
51
52****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ******************************
53
5420170523:
55	The "ino64" 64-bit inode project has been committed, which extends
56	a number of types to 64 bits.  Upgrading in place requires care and
57	adherence to the documented upgrade procedure.
58
59	If using a custom kernel configuration ensure that the
60	COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option is included (as during the upgrade the
61	system will be running the ino64 kernel with the existing world).
62
63	For the safest in-place upgrade begin by removing previous build
64	artifacts via "rm -rf /usr/obj/*".   Then, carefully follow the
65	full procedure documented below under the heading "To rebuild
66	everything and install it on the current system."  Specifically,
67	a reboot is required after installing the new kernel before
68	installing world.
69
7020170424:
71	The NATM framework including the en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and
72	patm(4) devices has been removed.  Consumers should plan a
73	migration before the end-of-life date for FreeBSD 11.
74
7520170420:
76	GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff. Some features of GNU
77	diff has not been implemented, if those are needed a newer version of
78	GNU diff is available via the diffutils package under the gdiff name.
79
8020170413:
81	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
82	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
83	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
84	This allows keep state to be specified without forcing keep frags
85	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
86	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
87	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
88
8920170407:
90	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
91	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
92	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
93	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
94
9520170405:
96	The UDP optimization in entry 20160818 that added the sysctl
97	net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast has been reverted.  L2 broadcast
98	packets will no longer be treated as L3 broadcast packets.
99
10020170331:
101	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
102	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
103	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
104
10520170329:
106	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
107	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
108
109	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
110	via one of the following methods:
111	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
112	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
113	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
114	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
115
116	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
117
11820170316:
119	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
120	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
121	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
122	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
123	with mmc.ko).
124
12520170315:
126	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
127	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
128	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
129	be prefixed with colon.
130
13120170311:
132	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
133	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
134	(sys/dev/drm2) supports the same hardware.
135
13620170302:
137	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
138	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
139	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
140
14120170221:
142	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
143	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
144	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
145	change.
146
14720170216:
148	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
149	valid.
150
15120170215:
152	MCA bus support has been removed.
153
15420170127:
155	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
156	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
157
15820170112:
159	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
160	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
161
16220170109:
163	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
164	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
165	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
166
16720161217:
168	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
169	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
170	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
171
17220161124:
173	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
174	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
175	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
176
17720161119:
178	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
179	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
180	that link against it need to be recompiled.
181
18220161030:
183	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
184	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
185	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
186	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
187
18820161017:
189	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
190	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
191	parts.
192	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
193	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
194
19520161015:
196	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
197	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
198	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
199	removed from base.
200
20120161008:
202	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
203	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
204	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
205
20620161003:
207	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
208	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
209
21020160924:
211	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
212	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
213	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
214	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
215
21620160918:
217	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
218	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
219	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
220	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
221	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
222
22320160918:
224	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
225
22620160908:
227	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
228	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
229	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
230	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
231
23220160824:
233	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
234	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
235	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
236	to 1200005.
237
23820160818:
239	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
240	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
241	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
242	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
243	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
244	0.
245
24620160818:
247	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
248	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
249
25020160622:
251	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
252	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
253	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
254	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
255	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
256	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
257	kernel.
258
25920160527:
260	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
261	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
262	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
263	previously contained a line like
264	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
265	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
266	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
267	generally be fine.
268
26920160523:
270	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
271	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
272	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
273	built with the old headers.
274
27520160520:
276	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
277	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
278	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
279	installing a new libc.
280
28120160517:
282	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
283	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
284	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
285	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
286	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
287	packages will be needed.
288
289	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
290	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
291	and the install steps.
292
29320160510:
294	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
295	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
296	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
297	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
298	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
299	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
300
30120160414:
302	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
303	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
304	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
305	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
306	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
307
308		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
309		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
310		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
311		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
312		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
313
314	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
315	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
316	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
317	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
318	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
319	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
320	vendors work.
321
322	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
323	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
324		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
325	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
326	quirks entry to 0x3.
327
32820160330:
329	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
330	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
331	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
332
33320160317:
334	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
335	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
336
33720160311:
338	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
339	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
340	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
341	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
342	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
343	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
344	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
345	stale .depend files.
346
34720160306:
348	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
349	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
350	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
351	rebooting, e.g.:
352
353	make buildworld
354	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
355	make -C sys/boot install
356	<reboot in single user>
357
358	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
359	below.
360
36120160305:
362	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
363	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
364	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
365
36620160301:
367	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
368	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
369	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
370	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
371	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
372	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
373
37420160226:
375	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
376	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
377	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
378	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
379	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
380
38120160129:
382	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
383	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
384	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
385	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
386	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
387
38820160119:
389	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
390	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
391
39220160113:
393	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
394	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
395	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
396
39720151216:
398	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
399	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
400	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
401	other loaders.
402
40320151211:
404	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
405	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
406	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
407	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
408	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
409	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
410
41120151207:
412	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
413	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
414	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
415	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
416	in src.conf(5).
417
41820151130:
419	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
420	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
421	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
422
42320151108:
424	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
425	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
426	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
427
428	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
429	collation results will be different.
430
431	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
432	locales before running make installworld.
433
434	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
435
43620151030:
437	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
438	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
439
44020151020:
441	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
442	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
443	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
444
44520151017:
446	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
447	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
448	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
449	and 'make -N' will not.
450
45120151012:
452	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
453	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
454	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
455	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
456	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
457	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
458	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
459	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
460
46120151011:
462	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
463	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
464	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
465	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
466
46720151006:
468	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
469	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
470	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
471
47220150924:
473	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
474	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
475	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
476	userland debug files.
477
478	When using the supported kernel installation method the
479	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
480	as is done with /boot/kernel.
481
482	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
483	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
484
48520150827:
486	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
487	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
488	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
489	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
490	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
491	rc.d scripts in /etc.
492
49320150827:
494	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
495	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
496	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
497
49820150817:
499	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
500	them, the kernel must have
501
502	device	random
503	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
504
505	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
506	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
507	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
508	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
509
510	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
511	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
512
51320150813:
514	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
515	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
516	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
517
51820150810:
519	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
520	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
521	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
522	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
523
524	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
525	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
526	difference with this change.
527
528	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
529	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
530	remove that workaround.
531
53220150809:
533	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
534	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
535	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
536	with:
537
538	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
539
54020150806:
541	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
542	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
543	loader.rc.local instead.
544
54520150805:
546	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
547	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
548	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
549
55020150728:
551	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
552	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
553	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
554
555	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
556	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
557
55820150706:
559	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
560	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
561	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
562	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
563	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
564	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
565	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
566	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
567	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
568	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
569	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
570	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
571
57220150630:
573	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
574	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
575
576	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
577	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
578	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
579
580	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
581	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
582
583	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
584	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
585	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
586
587	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
588	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
589	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
590	and it is assumed you know what you need.
591
592	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
593	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
594	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
595	behaviour from your security subsystems.
596
597	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
598	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
599	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
600	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
601	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
602	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
603	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
604	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
605	will never happen.
606
60720150623:
608	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
609	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
610
61120150616:
612	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
613	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
614
61520150615:
616	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
617	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
618	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
619	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
620	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
621
62220150614:
623	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
624	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
625	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
626	with Kyuafile and kyua.
627
62820150614:
629	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
630	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
631	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
632	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
633	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
634	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
635	2048 bit DH parameter by:
636
637	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
638	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
639	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
640	   replace it with '2'.
641	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
642	   a file path, create a new file with:
643		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
644	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
645		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
646	5. Restart sendmail:
647		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
648
649	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
650	updated.
651
65220150604:
653	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
654	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
655	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
656	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
657	5.x.
658
659	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
660
66120150525:
662	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
663	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
664	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
665
66620150521:
667	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
668	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
669	and Pandaboard:
670
671	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
672	  same but content is different now
673	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
674	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
675	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
676	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
677	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
678
67920150501:
680	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
681	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
682	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
683
68420150423:
685	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
686	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
687
68820150415:
689	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
690	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
691
69220150416:
693	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
694	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
695	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
696
69720150324:
698	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
699	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
700	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
701	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
702
70320150315:
704	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
705	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
706	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
707
70820150307:
709	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
710	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
711	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
712	kernel before rebooting.
713
71420150217:
715	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
716	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
717	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
718	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
719	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
720	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
721
72220150210:
723	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
724	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
725	with the new kernel.
726
72720150131:
728	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
729	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
730	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
731
73220150118:
733	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
734	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
735	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
736	are not already using 3.5.0.
737
73820150107:
739	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
740	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
741	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
742	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
743	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
744
74520150105:
746	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
747	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
748	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
749	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
750
75120150102:
752	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
753	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
754
75520141231:
756	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
757
758	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
759	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
760	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
761	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
762	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
763	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
764	later.
765
766	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
767	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
768	of the box.
769
770	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
771	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
772	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
773	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
774
775	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
776	the instructions for 9.x above.
777
778	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
779	default, and do not build clang.
780
781	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
782	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
783	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
784
785	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
786	the following are most likely to appear:
787
788	-Wabsolute-value
789
790	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
791	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
792	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
793	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
794	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
795	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
796	  cast, or disable the warning.
797
798	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
799	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
800	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
801	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
802	  side-effects.
803
804	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
805	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
806
807	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
808	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
809	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
810	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
811
812	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
813	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
814	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
815	unreachable could be optimized away.
816
81720141222:
818	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
819	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
820	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
821	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
822	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
823	the utilities will report errors.
824
82520141121:
826	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
827	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
828	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
829	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
830	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
831	LOCAL_DIRS.
832
83320141109:
834	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
835	has been obsolete for a very long time.
836
83720141104:
838	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
839	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
840	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
841	drivers.
842
843	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
844	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
845	indicate what you need to do.
846
847	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
848	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
849	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
850
851	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
852	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
853	  kern.vty=sc
854
85520141102:
856	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
857	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
858	execute it.
859
86020141009:
861	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
862	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
863	devel/gperf port.
864
86520140923:
866	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
867	contrib/pjdfstest .
868
86920140922:
870	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
871	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
872	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
873	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
874	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
875	their next update cycle.
876
87720140729:
878	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
879	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
880	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
881	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
882	1.12.4_8 or newer.
883
88420140723:
885	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
886	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
887
88820140719:
889	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
890	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
891	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
892	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
893	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
894	new configuration.
895
89620140709:
897	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
898	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
899	them again.
900	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
901
90220140708:
903	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
904	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
905	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
906	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
907	requires readline.
908
90920140702:
910	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
911	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
912	architecture.
913
91420140701:
915	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
916	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
917	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
918	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
919	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
920
92120140629:
922	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
923	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
924	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
925
92620140619:
927	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
928	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
929	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
930
93120140606:
932	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
933	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
934	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
935	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
936	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
937	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
938	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
939	"make installworld".
940
941	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
942	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
943	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
944	is run.
945
946	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
947	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
948	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
949	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
950	be removed during a clean upgrade.
951
95220140512:
953	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
954
95520140508:
956	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
957	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
958	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
959
96020140505:
961	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
962	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
963	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
964	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
965	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
966	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
967	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
968	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
969	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
970	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
971	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
972	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
973
974	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
975	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
976	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
977	as well.
978
97920140430:
980	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
981	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
982
98320140424:
984	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
985	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
986	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
987	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
988	build hosts for older releases.
989
990	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
991	r276991, respectively.
992
99320140418:
994	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
995	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
996	will silently lack HESIOD.
997
99820140405:
999	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
1000	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
1001	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
1002	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
1003	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
1004	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
1005	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
1006	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
1007	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
1008	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
1009	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
1010	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
1011
101220140306:
1013	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
1014	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
1015	with command line option -W.
1016
101720140226:
1018	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
1019	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
1020	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
1021	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
1022	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
1023
102420140216:
1025	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
1026
102720140216:
1028	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
1029	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
1030
103120140212:
1032	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1033	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1034	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1035	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1036	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1037
103820140204:
1039	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1040	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1041	kernel is still highly recommended.
1042
104320140131:
1044	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1045	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1046	capability mode support in kernel.
1047
104820140128:
1049	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1050	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1051	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1052	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1053	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1054
105520140110:
1056	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1057	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1058	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1059	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1060	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1061	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1062
106320131213:
1064	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1065	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1066	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1067	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1068	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1069	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1070	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1071	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1072	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1073
107420131108:
1075	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1076	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1077	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1078	should change your settings to use the latter.
1079
108020131025:
1081	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1082	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1083	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1084	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1085	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1086
108720131014:
1088	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1089	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1090	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1091	delete-old-libs":
1092	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1093	  or
1094	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1095
109620131010:
1097	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1098	revision r256279.
1099
110020131010:
1101	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1102	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1103	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1104	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1105	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1106	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1107
1108	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1109	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1110	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1111	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1112	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1113	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1114
1115	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1116	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1117	with an integer.
1118
111920130930:
1120	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1121	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1122	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1123	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1124
1125	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1126	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1127	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1128	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1129
113020130916:
1131	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1132	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1133	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1134
113520130911:
1136	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1137	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1138	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1139	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1140
114120130906:
1142	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1143	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1144	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1145	options in src.conf.
1146
114720130905:
1148	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1149	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1150	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1151	'options PROCDESC'.
1152
115320130905:
1154	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1155	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1156	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1157	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1158	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1159	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1160
116120130903:
1162	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1163	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1164	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1165
116620130821:
1167	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1168	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1169	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1170
117120130813:
1172	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1173	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1174	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1175	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1176	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1177	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1178
117920130806:
1180	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1181	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1182	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1183	explicitly.
1184	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1185	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1186	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1187	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1188	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1189
119020130806:
1191	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1192	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1193	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1194	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1195	to r253970 or later.
1196
119720130802:
1198	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1199	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1200	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1201	would result:
1202
1203	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1204
1205	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1206	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1207	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1208	old as well as the new version of find.
1209
121020130726:
1211	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1212	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1213	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1214	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1215	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1216
121720130716:
1218	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1219	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1220	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1221
1222	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1223
1224	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1225	users are advised to upgrade.
1226
122720130709:
1228	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1229	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1230
123120130709:
1232	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1233	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1234	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1235
123620130618:
1237	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1238	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1239	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1240	write access to that file.
1241
124220130615:
1243	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1244	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1245
124620130613:
1247	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1248
1249		make: illegal option -- J
1250		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1251			...
1252		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1253
1254	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1255	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1256	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1257	you see the above error:
1258
1259		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1260
1261	should resolve it.
1262
126320130516:
1264	Use bmake by default.
1265	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1266	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1267	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1268
1269	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1270	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1271	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1272	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1273	behavior in parallel build.
1274
127520130429:
1276	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1277
127820130426:
1279	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1280	the IDEA patent expired.
1281
128220130426:
1283	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1284	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1285	enabled by default.
1286
128720130425:
1288	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1289	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1290	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1291	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1292	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1293	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1294	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1295	&& make install).
1296
129720130404:
1298	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1299	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1300	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1301	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1302	and removed.
1303
130420130319:
1305	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1306	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1307	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1308	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1309
131020130308:
1311	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1312	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1313
131420130304:
1315	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1316	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1317	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1318	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1319	is requested.
1320
1321	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1322	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1323	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1324	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1325	in /boot/loader.conf.
1326
132720130301:
1328	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1329	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1330	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1331	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1332	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1333
133420130208:
1335	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1336	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1337
1338	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1339	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1340
134120130129:
1342	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1343	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1344	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1345	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1346	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1347
134820130121:
1349	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1350	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1351	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1352	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1353	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1354	/etc/src.conf.
1355
135620130118:
1357	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1358	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1359	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1360	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1361	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1362	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1363	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1364
136520121223:
1366	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1367	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1368	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1369
137020121222:
1371	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1372	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1373	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1374	be updated.
1375
137620121217:
1377	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1378	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1379	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1380
1381		savecore_flags=""
1382
138320121201:
1384	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1385	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1386	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1387
138820121117:
1389	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1390	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1391	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1392	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1393	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1394	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1395
139620121105:
1397	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1398	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1399	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1400	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1401	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1402	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1403	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1404	branch point).
1405
140620121102:
1407	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1408	functionality now turned on by default.
1409
141020121023:
1411	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1412	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1413	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1414	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1415	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1416	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1417	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1418	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1419	of the two kernel options.
1420
142120121023:
1422	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1423	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1424	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1425	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1426
142720121022:
1428	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1429	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1430	recompiled.
1431
143220121018:
1433	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1434	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1435	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1436
143720121016:
1438	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1439	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1440	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1441	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1442	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1443
144420121015:
1445	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1446	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1447	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1448	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1449
145020121014:
1451	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1452
145320121013:
1454	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1455	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1456	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1457	knob has also gone.
1458
145920121006:
1460	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1461	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1462	with new kernel.
1463
146420121001:
1465	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1466	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1467	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1468
146920120913:
1470	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1471	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1472	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1473	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1474	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1475	configurations.
1476
147720120908:
1478	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1479	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1480
148120120828:
1482	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1483	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1484	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1485	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1486	manual page.
1487
148820120727:
1489	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1490	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1491	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1492
149320120712:
1494	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1495	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1496	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1497
149820120712:
1499	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1500	with other variables:
1501	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1502	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1503
150420120628:
1505	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1506	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1507	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1508	installed as "bsdsort".
1509
151020120611:
1511	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1512	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1513	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1514	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1515	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1516	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1517	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1518	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1519	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1520
152120120417:
1522	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1523	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1524	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1525	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1526	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1527	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1528	NAMESPACE section).
1529
153020120328:
1531	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1532	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1533	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1534	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1535	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1536	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1537	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1538
153920120306:
1540	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1541	platforms.
1542
154320120229:
1544	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1545	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1546	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1547	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1548	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1549	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1550
155120120211:
1552	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1553	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1554	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1555	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1556	comes from 20111215.
1557
155820120114:
1559	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1560	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1561	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1562	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1563
1564	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1565	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1566
156720120109:
1568	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1569	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1570	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1571	tunable/sysctl.
1572	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1573
157420111215:
1575	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1576	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1577	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1578	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1579	not supported anymore.
1580
1581	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1582	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1583	need to be recompiled.
1584
158520111122:
1586	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1587	/dev/wmistat0.
1588
158920111108:
1590	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1591	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1592	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1593	time.
1594
159520111101:
1596	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1597	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1598
159920110930:
1600	sysinstall has been removed
1601
160220110923:
1603	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1604	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1605
1606COMMON ITEMS:
1607
1608	General Notes
1609	-------------
1610	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1611	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1612	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1613	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1614	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1615	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1616	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1617
1618	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1619	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1620	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1621	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1622	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1623
1624	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1625	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1626	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1627	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1628	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1629	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgade from
1630	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1631	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1632	an exception.
1633
1634	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1635	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1636	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1637	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1638
1639	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1640	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1641	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1642	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1643	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1644	should write them with this in mind.
1645
1646	ZFS notes
1647	---------
1648	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1649	these two steps:
1650
1651	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1652	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1653
1654	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1655
1656	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1657	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1658	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1659
1660	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1661
1662	To build a kernel
1663	-----------------
1664	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1665	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1666	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1667
1668	make kernel-toolchain
1669	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1670	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1671
1672	To test a kernel once
1673	---------------------
1674	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1675	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1676	debugging information) run
1677	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1678	nextboot -k testkernel
1679
1680	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1681	--------------------------------------------------------------
1682	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1683	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1684	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1685
1686	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1687	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1688	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1689	make depend
1690	make
1691	make install
1692
1693	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1694
1695	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1696	-----------------------------------------------------------
1697	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1698	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1699
1700	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1701	make buildworld
1702	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1703							[1]
1704	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1705	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1706	make installworld
1707	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1708	make delete-old					[6]
1709	<reboot>
1710
1711	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1712	--------------------------------------------------
1713	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1714	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1715	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1716	# size.
1717
1718	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1719	<boot into -stable>
1720	make buildworld
1721	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1722	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1723	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1724	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1725	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1726	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1727	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1728	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1729	<reboot into current>
1730	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1731	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1732	<reboot>
1733
1734
1735	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1736	----------------------------------------------
1737	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1738	make buildworld					[9]
1739	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1740							[1]
1741	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1742	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1743	make installworld
1744	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1745	make delete-old					[6]
1746	<reboot>
1747
1748	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1749	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1750	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1751	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1752	the UPDATING entries.
1753
1754	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1755	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1756	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1757	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1758	much fewer pitfalls.
1759
1760	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1761	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1762	system on reboot.
1763
1764	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1765		fsck -p
1766		mount -u /
1767		mount -a
1768		cd src
1769		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1770	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1771	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1772
1773	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1774	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1775	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1776	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1777	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1778	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1779	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1780
1781	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1782	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1783	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1784	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1785	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1786	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1787
1788	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1789	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1790	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1791
1792	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1793	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1794	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1795	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1796	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1797	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1798
1799	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1800	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1801
1802	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1803	cvs prune empty directories.
1804
1805	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1806	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1807	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1808
1809	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1810	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1811	warn if it is improperly defined.
1812FORMAT:
1813
1814This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1815breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1816list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1817If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1818to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1819
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