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1 Updating 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    https://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
3420180727:
35	Atmel AT91RM9200 and AT91SAM9, Cavium CNS 11xx and XScale
36	support has been removed from the tree. These ports were
37	obsolete and/or known to be broken for many years.
38
3920180723:
40	loader.efi has been augmented to participate more fully in the
41	UEFI boot manager protocol. loader.efi will now look at the
42	BootXXXX environment variable to determine if a specific kernel
43	or root partition was specified. XXXX is derived from BootCurrent.
44	efibootmgr(8) manages these standard UEFI variables.
45
4620180720:
47	zfsloader's functionality has now been folded into loader.
48	zfsloader is no longer necesasary once you've updated your
49	boot blocks. For a transition period, we will install a
50	hardlink for zfsloader to loader to allow a smooth transition
51	until the boot blocks can be updated (hard link because old
52	zfs boot blocks don't understand symlinks).
53
5420180719:
55	ARM64 now have efifb support, if you want to have serial console
56	on your arm64 board when an screen is connected and the bootloader
57	setup a frambuffer for us to use, just add :
58	boot_serial=YES
59	boot_multicons=YES
60	in /boot/loader.conf
61	For Raspberry Pi 3 (RPI) users, this is needed even if you don't have
62	an screen connected as the firmware will setup a framebuffer are that
63	u-boot will expose as an EFI framebuffer.
64
6520180719:
66	New uid:gid added, ntpd:ntpd (123:123).  Be sure to run mergemaster
67	or take steps to update /etc/passwd before doing installworld on
68	existing systems.  Also, rc.d/ntpd now starts ntpd(8) as user ntpd
69	if the new mac_ntpd(4) policy is available, unless ntpd_flags or
70	the ntp config file contain options that change file/dir locations.
71	When such options (e.g., "statsdir" or "crypto") are used, ntpd can
72	still be run as non-root by setting ntpd_user=ntpd in rc.conf, after
73	taking steps to ensure that all required files/dirs are accessible
74	by the ntpd user.
75
7620180717:
77	Big endian arm support has been removed.
78
7920180711:
80	The static environment setup in kernel configs is no longer mutually
81	exclusive with the loader(8) environment by default.  In order to
82	restore the previous default behavior of disabling the loader(8)
83	environment if a static environment is present, you must specify
84	loader_env.disabled=1 in the static environment.
85
8620180705:
87	The ABI of syscalls used by management tools like sockstat and
88	netstat has been broken to allow 32-bit binaries to work on
89	64-bit kernels without modification.  These programs will need
90	to match the kernel in order to function.  External programs may
91	require minor modifications to accommodate a change of type in
92	structures from pointers to 64-bit virtual addresses.
93
9420180702:
95	On i386 and amd64 atomics are now inlined. Out of tree modules using
96	atomics will need to be rebuilt.
97
9820180701:
99	The '%I' format in the kern.corefile sysctl limits the number of
100	core files that a process can generate to the number stored in the
101	debug.ncores sysctl. The '%I' format is replaced by the single digit
102	index. Previously, if all indexes were taken the kernel would overwrite
103	only a core file with the highest index in a filename.
104	Currently the system will create a new core file if there is a free
105	index or if all slots are taken it will overwrite the oldest one.
106
10720180630:
108	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to
109	6.0.1.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about
110	prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0
111	or higher.
112
11320180628:
114	r335753 introduced a new quoting method. However, etc/devd/devmatch.conf
115	needed to be changed to work with it. This change was made with r335763
116	and requires a mergemaster / etcupdate / etc to update the installed file.
117
11820180612:
119	r334930 changed the interface between the NFS modules, so they all
120	need to be rebuilt.  r335018 did a __FreeBSD_version bump for this.
121
12220180530:
123	The kernel / userland interface for devinfo changed, so you'll
124	need a new kernel and userland as a pair for it to work (rebuilding
125	lib/libdevinfo is all that's required). devinfo and devmatch will
126	not work, but everything else will when there's a mismatch.
127
12820180523:
129	The on-disk format for hwpmc callchain records has changed to include
130	threadid corresponding to a given record. This changes the field offsets
131	and thus requires that libpmcstat be rebuilt before using a kernel
132	later than r334108.
133
13420180517:
135	The vxge(4) driver has been removed.  This driver was introduced into
136	HEAD one week before the Exar left the Ethernet market and is not
137	known to be used.  If you have device vxge in your kernel config file
138	it must be removed.
139
14020180510:
141	The amd64 kernel now requires a ld that supports ifunc to produce a
142	working kernel, either lld or a newer binutils. lld is built by default
143	on amd64, and the 'buildkernel' target uses it automatically. However,
144	it is not the default linker, so building the kernel the traditional
145	way requires LD=ld.lld on the command line (or LD=/usr/local/bin/ld for
146	binutils port/package). lld will soon be default, and this requirement
147	will go away.
148
14920180508:
150	The nxge(4) driver has been removed.  This driver was for PCI-X 10g
151	cards made by s2io/Neterion.  The company was aquired by Exar and
152	no longer sells or supports Ethernet products.  If you have device
153	nxge in your kernel config file it must be removed.
154
15520180504:
156	The tz database (tzdb) has been updated to 2018e.  This version more
157	correctly models time stamps in time zones with negative DST such as
158	Europe/Dublin (from 1971 on), Europe/Prague (1946/7), and
159	Africa/Windhoek (1994/2017).  This does not affect the UT offsets, only
160	time zone abbreviations and the tm_isdst flag.
161
16220180502:
163	The ixgb(4) driver has been removed.  This driver was for an early and
164	uncommon legacy PCI 10GbE for a single ASIC, Intel 82597EX. Intel
165	quickly shifted to the long lived ixgbe family.  If you have device
166	ixgb in your kernel config file it must be removed.
167
16820180501:
169	The lmc(4) driver has been removed.  This was a WAN interface
170	card that was already reportedly rare in 2003, and had an ambiguous
171	license.  If you have device lmc in your kernel config file it must
172	be removed.
173
17420180413:
175	Support for Arcnet networks has been removed.  If you have device
176	arcnet or device cm in your kernel config file they must be
177	removed.
178
17920180411:
180	Support for FDDI networks has been removed.  If you have device
181	fddi or device fpa in your kernel config file they must be
182	removed.
183
18420180406:
185	In addition to supporting RFC 3164 formatted messages, the
186	syslogd(8) service is now capable of parsing RFC 5424 formatted
187	log messages. The main benefit of using RFC 5424 is that clients
188	may now send log messages with timestamps containing year numbers,
189	microseconds and time zone offsets.
190
191	Similarly, the syslog(3) C library function has been altered to
192	send RFC 5424 formatted messages to the local system logging
193	daemon. On systems using syslogd(8), this change should have no
194	negative impact, as long as syslogd(8) and the C library are
195	updated at the same time. On systems using a different system
196	logging daemon, it may be necessary to make configuration
197	adjustments, depending on the software used.
198
199	When using syslog-ng, add the 'syslog-protocol' flag to local
200	input sources to enable parsing of RFC 5424 formatted messages:
201
202		source src {
203			unix-dgram("/var/run/log" flags(syslog-protocol));
204		}
205
206	When using rsyslog, disable the 'SysSock.UseSpecialParser' option
207	of the 'imuxsock' module to let messages be processed by the
208	regular RFC 3164/5424 parsing pipeline:
209
210		module(load="imuxsock" SysSock.UseSpecialParser="off")
211
212	Do note that these changes only affect communication between local
213	applications and syslogd(8). The format that syslogd(8) uses to
214	store messages on disk or forward messages to other systems
215	remains unchanged. syslogd(8) still uses RFC 3164 for these
216	purposes. Options to customize this behaviour will be added in the
217	future. Utilities that process log files stored in /var/log are
218	thus expected to continue to function as before.
219
220	__FreeBSD_version has been incremented to 1200061 to denote this
221	change.
222
22320180328:
224	Support for token ring networks has been removed. If you
225	have "device token" in your kernel config you should remove
226	it. No device drivers supported token ring.
227
22820180323:
229	makefs was modified to be able to tag ISO9660 El Torito boot catalog
230	entries as EFI instead of overloading the i386 tag as done previously.
231	The amd64 mkisoimages.sh script used to build amd64 ISO images for
232	release was updated to use this. This may mean that makefs must be
233	updated before "make cdrom" can be run in the release directory. This
234	should be as simple as:
235
236		$ cd $SRCDIR/usr.sbin/makefs
237		$ make depend all install
238
23920180212:
240	FreeBSD boot loader enhanced with Lua scripting. It's purely opt-in for
241	now by building WITH_LOADER_LUA and WITHOUT_FORTH in /etc/src.conf.
242	Co-existance for the transition period will come shortly. Booting is a
243	complex environment and test coverage for Lua-enabled loaders has been
244	thin, so it would be prudent to assume it might not work and make
245	provisions for backup boot methods.
246
24720180211:
248	devmatch functionality has been turned on in devd. It will automatically
249	load drivers for unattached devices. This may cause unexpected drivers to
250	be loaded. Please report any problems to current@ and imp@freebsd.org.
251
25220180114:
253	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to
254	6.0.0.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about
255	prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0
256	or higher.
257
25820180110:
259	LLVM's lld linker is now used as the FreeBSD/amd64 bootstrap linker.
260	This means it is used to link the kernel and userland libraries and
261	executables, but is not yet installed as /usr/bin/ld by default.
262
263	To revert to ld.bfd as the bootstrap linker, in /etc/src.conf set
264        WITHOUT_LLD_BOOTSTRAP=yes
265
26620180110:
267	On i386, pmtimer has been removed. Its functionality has been folded
268	into apm. It was a no-op on ACPI in current for a while now (but was still
269	needed on i386 in FreeBSD 11 and earlier). Users may need to remove it
270	from kernel config files.
271
27220180104:
273	The use of RSS hash from the network card aka flowid has been
274	disabled by default for lagg(4) as it's currently incompatible with
275	the lacp and loadbalance protocols.
276
277	This can be re-enabled by setting the following in loader.conf:
278	net.link.lagg.default_use_flowid="1"
279
28020180102:
281	The SW_WATCHDOG option is no longer necessary to enable the
282	hardclock-based software watchdog if no hardware watchdog is
283	configured. As before, SW_WATCHDOG will cause the software
284	watchdog to be enabled even if a hardware watchdog is configured.
285
28620171215:
287	r326887 fixes the issue described in the 20171214 UPDATING entry.
288	r326888 flips the switch back to building GELI support always.
289
29020171214:
291	r362593 broke ZFS + GELI support for reasons unknown. However,
292	it also broke ZFS support generally, so GELI has been turned off
293	by default as the lesser evil in r326857. If you boot off ZFS and/or
294	GELI, it might not be a good time to update.
295
29620171125:
297	PowerPC users must update loader(8) by rebuilding world before
298	installing a new kernel, as the protocol connecting them has
299	changed. Without the update, loader metadata will not be passed
300	successfully to the kernel and users will have to enter their
301	root partition at the kernel mountroot prompt to continue booting.
302	Newer versions of loader can boot old kernels without issue.
303
30420171110:
305	The LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT build variable as been renamed to
306	WITH/OUT_LOADER_FIREWIRE. LOADER_{NO_,}GELI_SUPPORT has been renamed
307	to WITH/OUT_LOADER_GELI.
308
30920171106:
310	The naive and non-compliant support of posix_fallocate(2) in ZFS
311	has been removed as of r325320.  The system call now returns EINVAL
312	when used on a ZFS file.  Although the new behavior complies with the
313	standard, some consumers are not prepared to cope with it.
314	One known victim is lld prior to r325420.
315
31620171102:
317	Building in a FreeBSD src checkout will automatically create object
318	directories now rather than store files in the current directory if
319	'make obj' was not ran.  Calling 'make obj' is no longer necessary.
320	This feature can be disabled by setting WITHOUT_AUTO_OBJ=yes in
321	/etc/src-env.conf (not /etc/src.conf), or passing the option in the
322	environment.
323
32420171101:
325	The default MAKEOBJDIR has changed from /usr/obj/<srcdir> for native
326	builds, and /usr/obj/<arch>/<srcdir> for cross-builds, to a unified
327	/usr/obj/<srcdir>/<arch>.  This behavior can be changed to the old
328	format by setting WITHOUT_UNIFIED_OBJDIR=yes in /etc/src-env.conf,
329	the environment, or with -DWITHOUT_UNIFIED_OBJDIR when building.
330	The UNIFIED_OBJDIR option is a transitional feature that will be
331	removed for 12.0 release; please migrate to the new format for any
332	tools by looking up the OBJDIR used by 'make -V .OBJDIR' means rather
333	than hardcoding paths.
334
33520171028:
336	The native-xtools target no longer installs the files by default to the
337	OBJDIR.  Use the native-xtools-install target with a DESTDIR to install
338	to ${DESTDIR}/${NXTP} where NXTP defaults to /nxb-bin.
339
34020171021:
341	As part of the boot loader infrastructure cleanup, LOADER_*_SUPPORT
342	options are changing from controlling the build if defined / undefined
343	to controlling the build with explicit 'yes' or 'no' values. They will
344	shift to WITH/WITHOUT options to match other options in the system.
345
34620171010:
347	libstand has turned into a private library for sys/boot use only.
348	It is no longer supported as a public interface outside of sys/boot.
349
35020171005:
351	The arm port has split armv6 into armv6 and armv7. armv7 is now
352	a valid TARGET_ARCH/MACHINE_ARCH setting. If you have an armv7 system
353	and are running a kernel from before r324363, you will need to add
354	MACHINE_ARCH=armv7 to 'make buildworld' to do a native build.
355
35620171003:
357	When building multiple kernels using KERNCONF, non-existent KERNCONF
358	files will produce an error and buildkernel will fail. Previously
359	missing KERNCONF files silently failed giving no indication as to
360	why, only to subsequently discover during installkernel that the
361	desired kernel was never built in the first place.
362
36320170912:
364	The default serial number format for CTL LUNs has changed.  This will
365	affect users who use /dev/diskid/* device nodes, or whose FibreChannel
366	or iSCSI clients care about their LUNs' serial numbers.  Users who
367	require serial number stability should hardcode serial numbers in
368	/etc/ctl.conf .
369
37020170912:
371	For 32-bit arm compiled for hard-float support, soft-floating point
372	binaries now always get their shared libraries from
373	LD_SOFT_LIBRARY_PATH (in the past, this was only used if
374	/usr/libsoft also existed). Only users with a hard-float ld.so, but
375	soft-float everything else should be affected.
376
37720170826:
378	The geli password typed at boot is now hidden.  To restore the previous
379	behavior, see geli(8) for configuration options.
380
38120170825:
382	Move PMTUD blackhole counters to TCPSTATS and remove them from bare
383	sysctl values.  Minor nit, but requires a rebuild of both world/kernel
384	to complete.
385
38620170814:
387	"make check" behavior (made in ^/head@r295380) has been changed to
388	execute from a limited sandbox, as opposed to executing from
389	${TESTSDIR}.
390
391	Behavioral changes:
392	- The "beforecheck" and "aftercheck" targets are now specified.
393	- ${CHECKDIR} (added in commit noted above) has been removed.
394	- Legacy behavior can be enabled by setting
395	  WITHOUT_MAKE_CHECK_USE_SANDBOX in src.conf(5) or the environment.
396
397	If the limited sandbox mode is enabled, "make check" will execute
398	"make distribution", then install, execute the tests, and clean up the
399	sandbox if successful.
400
401	The "make distribution" and "make install" targets are typically run as
402	root to set appropriate permissions and ownership at installation time.
403	The end-user should set "WITH_INSTALL_AS_USER" in src.conf(5) or the
404	environment if executing "make check" with limited sandbox mode using
405	an unprivileged user.
406
40720170808:
408	Since the switch to GPT disk labels, fsck for UFS/FFS has been
409	unable to automatically find alternate superblocks. As of r322297,
410	the information needed to find alternate superblocks has been
411	moved to the end of the area reserved for the boot block.
412	Filesystems created with a newfs of this vintage or later
413	will create the recovery information. If you have a filesystem
414	created prior to this change and wish to have a recovery block
415	created for your filesystem, you can do so by running fsck in
416	foreground mode (i.e., do not use the -p or -y options). As it
417	starts, fsck will ask ``SAVE DATA TO FIND ALTERNATE SUPERBLOCKS''
418	to which you should answer yes.
419
42020170728:
421	As of r321665, an NFSv4 server configuration that services
422	Kerberos mounts or clients that do not support the uid/gid in
423	owner/owner_group string capability, must explicitly enable
424	the nfsuserd daemon by adding nfsuserd_enable="YES" to the
425	machine's /etc/rc.conf file.
426
42720170722:
428	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 5.0.0.
429	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
430	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
431
43220170701:
433	WITHOUT_RCMDS is now the default. Set WITH_RCMDS if you need the
434	r-commands (rlogin, rsh, etc.) to be built with the base system.
435
43620170625:
437	The FreeBSD/powerpc platform now uses a 64-bit type for time_t.  This is
438	a very major ABI incompatible change, so users of FreeBSD/powerpc must
439	be careful when performing source upgrades.  It is best to run
440	'make installworld' from an alternate root system, either a live
441	CD/memory stick, or a temporary root partition.  Additionally, all ports
442	must be recompiled.  powerpc64 is largely unaffected, except in the case
443	of 32-bit compatibility.  All 32-bit binaries will be affected.
444
44520170623:
446	Forward compatibility for the "ino64" project have been committed. This
447	will allow most new binaries to run on older kernels in a limited
448	fashion.  This prevents many of the common foot-shooting actions in the
449	upgrade as well as the limited ability to roll back the kernel across
450	the ino64 upgrade. Complicated use cases may not work properly, though
451	enough simpler ones work to allow recovery in most situations.
452
45320170620:
454	Switch back to the BSDL dtc (Device Tree Compiler). Set WITH_GPL_DTC
455	if you require the GPL compiler.
456
45720170618:
458	The internal ABI used for communication between the NFS kernel modules
459	was changed by r320085, so __FreeBSD_version was bumped to
460	ensure all the NFS related modules are updated together.
461
46220170617:
463	The ABI of struct event was changed by extending the data
464	member to 64bit and adding ext fields.  For upgrade, same
465	precautions as for the entry 20170523 "ino64" must be
466	followed.
467
46820170531:
469	The GNU roff toolchain has been removed from base. To render manpages
470	which are not supported by mandoc(1), man(1) can fallback on GNU roff
471	from ports (and recommends to install it).
472	To render roff(7) documents, consider using GNU roff from ports or the
473	heirloom doctools roff toolchain from ports via pkg install groff or
474	via pkg install heirloom-doctools.
475
47620170524:
477	The ath(4) and ath_hal(4) modules now build piecemeal to allow for
478	smaller runtime footprint builds.  This is useful for embedded systems
479	which only require one chipset support.
480
481	If you load it as a module, make sure this is in /boot/loader.conf:
482
483	if_ath_load="YES"
484
485	This will load the HAL, all chip/RF backends and if_ath_pci.
486	If you have if_ath_pci in /boot/loader.conf, ensure it is after
487	if_ath or it will not load any HAL chipset support.
488
489	If you want to selectively load things (eg on ye cheape ARM/MIPS
490	platforms where RAM is at a premium) you should:
491
492	* load ath_hal
493	* load the chip modules in question
494	* load ath_rate, ath_dfs
495	* load ath_main
496	* load if_ath_pci and/or if_ath_ahb depending upon your particular
497	  bus bind type - this is where probe/attach is done.
498
499	For further comments/feedback, poke adrian@ .
500
50120170523:
502	The "ino64" 64-bit inode project has been committed, which extends
503	a number of types to 64 bits.  Upgrading in place requires care and
504	adherence to the documented upgrade procedure.
505
506	If using a custom kernel configuration ensure that the
507	COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option is included (as during the upgrade the
508	system will be running the ino64 kernel with the existing world).
509
510	For the safest in-place upgrade begin by removing previous build
511	artifacts via "rm -rf /usr/obj/*".   Then, carefully follow the
512	full procedure documented below under the heading "To rebuild
513	everything and install it on the current system."  Specifically,
514	a reboot is required after installing the new kernel before
515	installing world.
516
51720170424:
518	The NATM framework including the en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and
519	patm(4) devices has been removed.  Consumers should plan a
520	migration before the end-of-life date for FreeBSD 11.
521
52220170420:
523	GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff. Some features of GNU
524	diff has not been implemented, if those are needed a newer version of
525	GNU diff is available via the diffutils package under the gdiff name.
526
52720170413:
528	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
529	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
530	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
531	This allows keep state to be specified without forcing keep frags
532	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
533	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
534	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
535
53620170407:
537	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
538	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
539	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
540	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
541
54220170405:
543	The UDP optimization in entry 20160818 that added the sysctl
544	net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast has been reverted.  L2 broadcast
545	packets will no longer be treated as L3 broadcast packets.
546
54720170331:
548	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
549	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
550	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
551
55220170329:
553	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
554	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
555
556	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
557	via one of the following methods:
558	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
559	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
560	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
561	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
562
563	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
564
56520170316:
566	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
567	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
568	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
569	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
570	with mmc.ko).
571
57220170315:
573	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
574	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
575	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
576	be prefixed with colon.
577
57820170311:
579	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
580	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
581	(sys/dev/drm2) supports the same hardware.
582
58320170302:
584	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
585	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
586	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
587
58820170221:
589	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
590	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
591	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
592	change.
593
59420170216:
595	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
596	valid.
597
59820170215:
599	MCA bus support has been removed.
600
60120170127:
602	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
603	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
604
60520170112:
606	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
607	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
608
60920170109:
610	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
611	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
612	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
613
61420161217:
615	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
616	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
617	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
618
61920161124:
620	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
621	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
622	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
623
62420161119:
625	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
626	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
627	that link against it need to be recompiled.
628
62920161030:
630	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
631	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
632	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
633	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
634
63520161017:
636	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
637	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
638	parts.
639	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
640	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
641
64220161015:
643	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
644	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
645	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
646	removed from base.
647
64820161008:
649	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
650	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
651	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
652
65320161003:
654	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
655	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
656
65720160924:
658	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
659	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
660	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
661	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
662
66320160918:
664	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
665	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
666	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
667	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
668	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
669
67020160918:
671	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
672
67320160908:
674	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
675	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
676	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
677	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
678
67920160824:
680	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
681	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
682	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
683	to 1200005.
684
68520160818:
686	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
687	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
688	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
689	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
690	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
691	0.
692
69320160818:
694	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
695	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
696
69720160708:
698	The stable/11 branch has been created from head@r302406.
699
70020160622:
701	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
702	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
703	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
704	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
705	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
706	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
707	kernel.
708
70920160527:
710	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
711	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
712	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
713	previously contained a line like
714	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
715	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
716	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
717	generally be fine.
718
71920160523:
720	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
721	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
722	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
723	built with the old headers.
724
72520160520:
726	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
727	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
728	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
729	installing a new libc.
730
73120160517:
732	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
733	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
734	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
735	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
736	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
737	packages will be needed.
738
739	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
740	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
741	and the install steps.
742
74320160510:
744	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
745	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
746	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
747	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
748	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
749	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
750
75120160414:
752	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
753	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
754	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
755	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
756	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
757
758		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
759		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
760		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
761		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
762		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
763
764	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
765	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
766	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
767	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
768	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
769	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
770	vendors work.
771
772	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
773	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
774		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
775	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
776	quirks entry to 0x3.
777
77820160330:
779	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
780	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
781	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
782
78320160317:
784	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
785	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
786
78720160311:
788	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
789	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
790	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
791	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
792	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
793	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
794	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
795	stale .depend files.
796
79720160306:
798	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
799	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
800	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
801	rebooting, e.g.:
802
803	make buildworld
804	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
805	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
806	make -C sys/boot install
807	<reboot in single user>
808
809	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
810	below.
811
81220160305:
813	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
814	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
815	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
816
81720160301:
818	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
819	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
820	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
821	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
822	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
823	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
824
82520160226:
826	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
827	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
828	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
829	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
830	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
831
83220160129:
833	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
834	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
835	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
836	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
837	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
838
83920160119:
840	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
841	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
842
84320160113:
844	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
845	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
846	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
847
84820151216:
849	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
850	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
851	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
852	other loaders.
853
85420151211:
855	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
856	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
857	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
858	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
859	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
860	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
861
86220151207:
863	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
864	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
865	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
866	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
867	in src.conf(5).
868
86920151130:
870	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
871	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
872	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
873
87420151108:
875	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
876	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
877	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
878
879	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
880	collation results will be different.
881
882	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
883	locales before running make installworld.
884
885	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
886
88720151030:
888	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
889	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
890
89120151020:
892	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
893	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
894	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
895
89620151017:
897	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
898	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
899	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
900	and 'make -N' will not.
901
90220151012:
903	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
904	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
905	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
906	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
907	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
908	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
909	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
910	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
911
91220151011:
913	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
914	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
915	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
916	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
917
91820151006:
919	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
920	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
921	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
922
92320150924:
924	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
925	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
926	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
927	userland debug files.
928
929	When using the supported kernel installation method the
930	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
931	as is done with /boot/kernel.
932
933	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
934	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
935
93620150827:
937	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
938	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
939	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
940	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
941	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
942	rc.d scripts in /etc.
943
94420150827:
945	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
946	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
947	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
948
94920150817:
950	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
951	them, the kernel must have
952
953	device	random
954	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
955
956	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
957	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
958	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
959	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
960
961	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
962	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
963
96420150813:
965	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
966	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
967	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
968
96920150810:
970	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
971	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
972	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
973	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
974
975	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
976	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
977	difference with this change.
978
979	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
980	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
981	remove that workaround.
982
98320150809:
984	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
985	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
986	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
987	with:
988
989	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
990
99120150806:
992	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
993	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
994	loader.rc.local instead.
995
99620150805:
997	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
998	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
999	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
1000
100120150728:
1002	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
1003	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
1004	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
1005
1006	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
1007	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
1008
100920150706:
1010	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
1011	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
1012	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
1013	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
1014	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
1015	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
1016	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
1017	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
1018	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
1019	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
1020	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
1021	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
1022
102320150630:
1024	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
1025	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
1026
1027	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
1028	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
1029	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
1030
1031	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
1032	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
1033
1034	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
1035	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
1036	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
1037
1038	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
1039	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
1040	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
1041	and it is assumed you know what you need.
1042
1043	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
1044	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
1045	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
1046	behaviour from your security subsystems.
1047
1048	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
1049	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
1050	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
1051	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
1052	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
1053	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
1054	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
1055	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
1056	will never happen.
1057
105820150623:
1059	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
1060	entry below has been committed in revision 284717.
1061
106220150616:
1063	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
1064	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
1065
106620150615:
1067	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
1068	below has been committed in revision 284436.  The work
1069	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
1070	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
1071	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
1072
107320150614:
1074	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
1075	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
1076	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
1077	with Kyuafile and kyua.
1078
107920150614:
1080	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
1081	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
1082	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
1083	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
1084	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
1085	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
1086	2048 bit DH parameter by:
1087
1088	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
1089	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
1090	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
1091	   replace it with '2'.
1092	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
1093	   a file path, create a new file with:
1094		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
1095	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
1096		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
1097	5. Restart sendmail:
1098		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
1099
1100	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
1101	updated.
1102
110320150604:
1104	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
1105	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
1106	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
1107	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
1108	5.x.
1109
1110	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
1111
111220150525:
1113	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
1114	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
1115	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
1116
111720150521:
1118	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
1119	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
1120	and Pandaboard:
1121
1122	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
1123	  same but content is different now
1124	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
1125	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
1126	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
1127	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
1128	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
1129
113020150501:
1131	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
1132	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
1133	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
1134
113520150423:
1136	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
1137	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
1138
113920150415:
1140	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
1141	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
1142
114320150416:
1144	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
1145	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
1146	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
1147
114820150324:
1149	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
1150	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
1151	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
1152	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
1153
115420150315:
1155	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
1156	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
1157	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
1158
115920150307:
1160	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
1161	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
1162	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
1163	kernel before rebooting.
1164
116520150217:
1166	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
1167	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
1168	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
1169	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
1170	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
1171	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
1172
117320150210:
1174	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
1175	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
1176	with the new kernel.
1177
117820150131:
1179	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
1180	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
1181	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
1182
118320150118:
1184	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
1185	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
1186	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
1187	are not already using 3.5.0.
1188
118920150107:
1190	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
1191	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
1192	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
1193	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
1194	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
1195
119620150105:
1197	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
1198	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
1199	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
1200	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
1201
120220150102:
1203	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
1204	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
1205
120620141231:
1207	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
1208
1209	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
1210	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
1211	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
1212	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
1213	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
1214	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
1215	later.
1216
1217	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
1218	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
1219	of the box.
1220
1221	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
1222	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
1223	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
1224	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
1225
1226	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
1227	the instructions for 9.x above.
1228
1229	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
1230	default, and do not build clang.
1231
1232	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
1233	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
1234	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
1235
1236	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
1237	the following are most likely to appear:
1238
1239	-Wabsolute-value
1240
1241	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
1242	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
1243	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
1244	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
1245	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
1246	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
1247	  cast, or disable the warning.
1248
1249	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
1250	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
1251	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
1252	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
1253	  side-effects.
1254
1255	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
1256	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
1257
1258	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
1259	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
1260	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
1261	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
1262
1263	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
1264	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
1265	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
1266	unreachable could be optimized away.
1267
126820141222:
1269	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
1270	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
1271	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
1272	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
1273	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
1274	the utilities will report errors.
1275
127620141121:
1277	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
1278	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
1279	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
1280	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
1281	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
1282	LOCAL_DIRS.
1283
128420141109:
1285	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
1286	has been obsolete for a very long time.
1287
128820141104:
1289	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
1290	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
1291	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
1292	drivers.
1293
1294	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
1295	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
1296	indicate what you need to do.
1297
1298	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
1299	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
1300	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
1301
1302	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
1303	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
1304	  kern.vty=sc
1305
130620141102:
1307	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
1308	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
1309	execute it.
1310
131120141009:
1312	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
1313	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
1314	devel/gperf port.
1315
131620140923:
1317	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
1318	contrib/pjdfstest .
1319
132020140922:
1321	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
1322	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
1323	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
1324	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
1325	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
1326	their next update cycle.
1327
132820140729:
1329	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
1330	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
1331	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
1332	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
1333	1.12.4_8 or newer.
1334
133520140723:
1336	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
1337	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
1338
133920140719:
1340	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
1341	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
1342	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
1343	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
1344	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
1345	new configuration.
1346
134720140709:
1348	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
1349	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
1350	them again.
1351	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
1352
135320140708:
1354	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
1355	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
1356	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
1357	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
1358	requires readline.
1359
136020140702:
1361	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
1362	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
1363	architecture.
1364
136520140701:
1366	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
1367	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
1368	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
1369	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
1370	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1371
137220140629:
1373	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
1374	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
1375	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
1376
137720140619:
1378	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
1379	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
1380	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1381
138220140606:
1383	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
1384	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
1385	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
1386	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
1387	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
1388	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
1389	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
1390	"make installworld".
1391
1392	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
1393	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
1394	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
1395	is run.
1396
1397	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
1398	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
1399	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
1400	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
1401	be removed during a clean upgrade.
1402
140320140512:
1404	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
1405
140620140508:
1407	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
1408	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
1409	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
1410
141120140505:
1412	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
1413	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
1414	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
1415	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
1416	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
1417	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
1418	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
1419	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
1420	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
1421	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
1422	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
1423	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
1424
1425	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
1426	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
1427	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
1428	as well.
1429
143020140430:
1431	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
1432	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1433
143420140424:
1435	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
1436	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
1437	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
1438	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
1439	build hosts for older releases.
1440
1441	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
1442	r276991, respectively.
1443
144420140418:
1445	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
1446	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
1447	will silently lack HESIOD.
1448
144920140405:
1450	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
1451	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
1452	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
1453	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
1454	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
1455	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
1456	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
1457	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
1458	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
1459	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
1460	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
1461	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
1462
146320140306:
1464	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
1465	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
1466	with command line option -W.
1467
146820140226:
1469	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
1470	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
1471	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
1472	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
1473	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
1474
147520140216:
1476	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
1477
147820140216:
1479	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
1480	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
1481
148220140212:
1483	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1484	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1485	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1486	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1487	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1488
148920140204:
1490	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1491	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1492	kernel is still highly recommended.
1493
149420140131:
1495	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1496	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1497	capability mode support in kernel.
1498
149920140128:
1500	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1501	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1502	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1503	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1504	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1505
150620140110:
1507	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1508	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1509	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1510	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1511	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1512	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1513
151420131213:
1515	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1516	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1517	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1518	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1519	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1520	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1521	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1522	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1523	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1524
152520131108:
1526	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1527	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1528	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1529	should change your settings to use the latter.
1530
153120131025:
1532	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1533	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1534	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1535	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1536	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1537
153820131014:
1539	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1540	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1541	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1542	delete-old-libs":
1543	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1544	  or
1545	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1546
154720131010:
1548	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1549	revision r256279.
1550
1551COMMON ITEMS:
1552
1553	General Notes
1554	-------------
1555	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1556	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1557	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1558	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1559	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1560	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1561	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1562
1563	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1564	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1565	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1566	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1567	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1568
1569	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1570	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1571	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1572	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1573	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1574	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgrade from
1575	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1576	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1577	an exception.
1578
1579	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1580	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1581	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1582	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1583
1584	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1585	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1586	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1587	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1588	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1589	should write them with this in mind.
1590
1591	ZFS notes
1592	---------
1593	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1594	these two steps:
1595
1596	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1597	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1598
1599	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1600
1601	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1602	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1603	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1604
1605	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1606
1607	To build a kernel
1608	-----------------
1609	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1610	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1611	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1612
1613	make kernel-toolchain
1614	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1615	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1616
1617	To test a kernel once
1618	---------------------
1619	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1620	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1621	debugging information) run
1622	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1623	nextboot -k testkernel
1624
1625	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1626	-----------------------------------------------------------
1627	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1628	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1629
1630	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1631	make buildworld
1632	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1633	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1634							[1]
1635	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1636	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1637	make installworld
1638	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1639	make delete-old					[6]
1640	<reboot>
1641
1642	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1643	--------------------------------------------------
1644	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1645	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1646	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1647	# size.
1648
1649	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1650	<boot into -stable>
1651	make buildworld
1652	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1653	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1654	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1655	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1656	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1657	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1658	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1659	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1660	<reboot into current>
1661	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1662	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1663	<reboot>
1664
1665
1666	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1667	----------------------------------------------
1668	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1669	make buildworld					[9]
1670	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE	[8]
1671	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1672							[1]
1673	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1674	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1675	make installworld
1676	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1677	make delete-old					[6]
1678	<reboot>
1679
1680	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1681	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1682	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1683	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1684	the UPDATING entries.
1685
1686	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1687	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1688	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1689	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1690	much fewer pitfalls.
1691
1692	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1693	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1694	system on reboot.
1695
1696	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1697		fsck -p
1698		mount -u /
1699		mount -a
1700		cd src
1701		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1702	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1703	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1704
1705	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1706	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1707	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1708	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1709	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1710	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1711	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1712
1713	[5] Usually this step is a no-op.  However, from time to time
1714	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1715	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1716	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1717	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1718	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1719
1720	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1721	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1722	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1723
1724	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1725	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1726	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1727	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1728	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1729	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1730
1731	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1732	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1733
1734	[9] If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1735	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1736	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1737
1738	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1739	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1740	warn if it is improperly defined.
1741FORMAT:
1742
1743This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1744breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1745list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1746If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1747to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1748
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