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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
5420170407:
55	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
56	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
57	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
58	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
59
6020170331:
61	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
62	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
63	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
64
6520170329:
66	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
67	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
68
69	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
70	via one of the following methods:
71	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
72	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
73	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
74	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
75
76	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
77
7820170316:
79	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
80	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
81	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
82	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
83	with mmc.ko).
84
8520170315:
86	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
87	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
88	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
89	be prefixed with colon.
90
9120170311:
92	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
93	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
94	(sys/dev/drm2) support the same hardware.
95
9620170302:
97	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
98	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
99	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
100
10120170221:
102	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
103	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
104	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
105	change.
106
10720170216:
108	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
109	valid.
110
11120170215:
112	MCA bus support has been removed.
113
11420170127:
115	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
116	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
117
11820170112:
119	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
120	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
121
12220170109:
123	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
124	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
125	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
126
12720161217:
128	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
129	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
130	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
131
13220161124:
133	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
134	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
135	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
136
13720161119:
138	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
139	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
140	that link against it need to be recompiled.
141
14220161030:
143	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
144	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
145	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
146	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
147
14820161017:
149	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
150	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
151	parts.
152	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
153	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
154
15520161015:
156	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
157	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
158	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
159	removed from base.
160
16120161008:
162	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
163	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
164	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
165
16620161003:
167	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
168	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
169
17020160924:
171	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
172	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
173	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
174	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
175
17620160918:
177	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
178	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
179	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
180	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
181	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
182
18320160918:
184	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
185
18620160908:
187	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
188	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
189	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
190	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
191
19220160824:
193	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
194	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
195	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
196	to 1200005.
197
19820160818:
199	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
200	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
201	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
202	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
203	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
204	0.
205
20620160818:
207	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
208        __FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
209
21020160622:
211	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
212	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
213	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
214	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
215	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
216	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
217	kernel.
218
21920160527:
220	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
221	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
222	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
223	previously contained a line like
224	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
225	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
226	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
227	generally be fine.
228
22920160523:
230	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
231	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
232	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
233	built with the old headers.
234
23520160520:
236	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
237	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
238	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
239	installing a new libc.
240
24120160517:
242	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
243	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
244	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
245	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
246	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
247	packages will be needed.
248
249	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
250	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
251	and the install steps.
252
25320160510:
254	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
255	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
256	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
257	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
258	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
259	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
260
26120160414:
262	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
263	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
264	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
265	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
266	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
267
268		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
269		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
270		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
271		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
272		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
273
274	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
275	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
276	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
277	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
278	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
279	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
280	vendors work.
281
282	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
283	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
284		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
285	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
286	quirks entry to 0x3.
287
28820160330:
289	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
290	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
291	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
292
29320160317:
294	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
295	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
296
29720160311:
298	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
299	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
300	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
301	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
302	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
303	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
304	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
305	stale .depend files.
306
30720160306:
308	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
309	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
310	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
311	rebooting, e.g.:
312
313	make buildworld
314	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
315	make -C sys/boot install
316	<reboot in single user>
317
318	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
319	below.
320
32120160305:
322	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
323	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
324	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
325
32620160301:
327	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
328	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
329	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
330	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
331	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
332	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
333
33420160226:
335	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
336	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
337	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
338	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
339	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
340
34120160129:
342	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
343	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
344	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
345	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
346	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
347
34820160119:
349	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
350	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
351
35220160113:
353	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
354	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
355	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
356
35720151216:
358	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
359	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
360	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
361	other loaders.
362
36320151211:
364	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
365	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
366	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
367	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
368	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
369	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
370
37120151207:
372	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
373	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
374	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
375	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
376	in src.conf(5).
377
37820151130:
379	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
380	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
381	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
382
38320151108:
384	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
385	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
386	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
387
388	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
389	collation results will be different.
390
391	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
392	locales before running make installworld.
393
394	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
395
39620151030:
397	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
398	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
399
40020151020:
401	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
402	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
403	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
404
40520151017:
406	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
407	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
408	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
409	and 'make -N' will not.
410
41120151012:
412	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
413	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
414	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
415	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
416	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
417	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
418	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
419	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
420
42120151011:
422	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
423	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
424	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
425	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
426
42720151006:
428	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
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
43220150924:
433	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
434	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
435	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
436	userland debug files.
437
438	When using the supported kernel installation method the
439	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
440	as is done with /boot/kernel.
441
442	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
443	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
444
44520150827:
446	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
447	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
448	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
449	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
450	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
451	rc.d scripts in /etc.
452
45320150827:
454	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
455	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
456	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
457
45820150817:
459	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
460	them, the kernel must have
461
462	device	random
463	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
464
465	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
466	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
467	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
468	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
469
470	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
471	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
472
47320150813:
474	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
475	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
476	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
477
47820150810:
479	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
480	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
481	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
482	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
483
484	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
485	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
486	difference with this change.
487
488	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
489	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
490	remove that workaround.
491
49220150809:
493	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
494	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
495	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
496	with:
497
498	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
499
50020150806:
501	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
502	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
503	loader.rc.local instead.
504
50520150805:
506	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
507	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
508	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
509
51020150728:
511	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
512	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
513	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
514
515	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
516	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
517
51820150706:
519	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
520	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
521	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
522	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
523	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
524	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
525	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
526	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
527	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
528	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
529	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
530	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
531
53220150630:
533	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
534	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
535
536	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
537	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
538	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
539
540	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
541	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
542
543	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
544	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
545	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
546
547	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
548	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
549	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
550	and it is assumed you know what you need.
551
552	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
553	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
554	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
555	behaviour from your security subsystems.
556
557	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
558	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
559	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
560	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
561	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
562	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
563	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
564	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
565	will never happen.
566
56720150623:
568	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
569	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
570
57120150616:
572	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
573	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
574
57520150615:
576	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
577	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
578	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
579	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
580	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
581
58220150614:
583	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
584	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
585	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
586	with Kyuafile and kyua.
587
58820150614:
589	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
590	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
591	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
592	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
593	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
594	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
595	2048 bit DH parameter by:
596
597	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
598	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
599	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
600	   replace it with '2'.
601	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
602	   a file path, create a new file with:
603		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
604	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
605		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
606	5. Restart sendmail:
607		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
608
609	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
610	updated.
611
61220150604:
613	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
614	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
615	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
616	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
617	5.x.
618
619	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
620
62120150525:
622	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
623	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
624	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
625
62620150521:
627	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
628	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
629	and Pandaboard:
630
631	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
632	  same but content is different now
633	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
634	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
635	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
636	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
637	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
638
63920150501:
640	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
641	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
642	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
643
64420150423:
645	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
646	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
647
64820150415:
649	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
650	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
651
65220150416:
653	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
654	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
655	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
656
65720150324:
658	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
659	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
660	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
661	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
662
66320150315:
664	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
665	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
666	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
667
66820150307:
669	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
670	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
671	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
672	kernel before rebooting.
673
67420150217:
675	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
676	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
677	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
678	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
679	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
680	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
681
68220150210:
683	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
684	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
685	with the new kernel.
686
68720150131:
688	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
689	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
690	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
691
69220150118:
693	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
694	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
695	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
696	are not already using 3.5.0.
697
69820150107:
699	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
700	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
701	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
702	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
703	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
704
70520150105:
706	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
707	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
708	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
709	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
710
71120150102:
712	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
713	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
714
71520141231:
716	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
717
718	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
719	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
720	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
721	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
722	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
723	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
724	later.
725
726	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
727	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
728	of the box.
729
730	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
731	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
732	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
733	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
734
735	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
736	the instructions for 9.x above.
737
738	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
739	default, and do not build clang.
740
741	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
742	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
743	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
744
745	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
746	the following are most likely to appear:
747
748	-Wabsolute-value
749
750	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
751	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
752	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
753	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
754	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
755	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
756	  cast, or disable the warning.
757
758	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
759	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
760	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
761	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
762	  side-effects.
763
764	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
765	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
766
767	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
768	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
769	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
770	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
771
772	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
773	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
774	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
775	unreachable could be optimized away.
776
77720141222:
778	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
779	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
780	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
781	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
782	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
783	the utilities will report errors.
784
78520141121:
786	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
787	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
788	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
789	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
790	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
791	LOCAL_DIRS.
792
79320141109:
794	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
795	has been obsolete for a very long time.
796
79720141104:
798	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
799	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
800	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
801	drivers.
802
803	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
804	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
805	indicate what you need to do.
806
807	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
808	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
809	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
810
811	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
812	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
813	  kern.vty=sc
814
81520141102:
816	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
817	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
818	execute it.
819
82020141009:
821	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
822	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
823	devel/gperf port.
824
82520140923:
826	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
827	contrib/pjdfstest .
828
82920140922:
830	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
831	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
832	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
833	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
834	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
835	their next update cycle.
836
83720140729:
838	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
839	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
840	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
841	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
842	1.12.4_8 or newer.
843
84420140723:
845	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
846	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
847
84820140719:
849	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
850	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
851	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
852	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
853	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
854	new configuration.
855
85620140709:
857	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
858	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
859	them again.
860	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
861
86220140708:
863	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
864	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
865	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
866	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
867	requires readline.
868
86920140702:
870	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
871	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
872	architecture.
873
87420140701:
875	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
876	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
877	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
878	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
879	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
880
88120140629:
882	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
883	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
884	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
885
88620140619:
887	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
888	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
889	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
890
89120140606:
892	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
893	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
894	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
895	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
896	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
897	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
898	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
899	"make installworld".
900
901	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
902	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
903	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
904	is run.
905
906	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
907	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
908	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
909	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
910	be removed during a clean upgrade.
911
91220140512:
913	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
914
91520140508:
916	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
917	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
918	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
919
92020140505:
921	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
922	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
923	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
924	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
925	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
926	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
927	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
928	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
929	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
930	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
931	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
932	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
933
934	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
935	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
936	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
937	as well.
938
93920140430:
940	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
941	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
942
94320140424:
944	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
945	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
946	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
947	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
948	build hosts for older releases.
949
950	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
951	r276991, respectively.
952
95320140418:
954	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
955	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
956	will silently lack HESIOD.
957
95820140405:
959	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
960	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
961	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
962	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
963	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
964	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
965	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
966	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
967	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
968	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
969	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
970	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
971
97220140306:
973	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
974	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
975	with command line option -W.
976
97720140226:
978	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
979	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
980	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
981	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
982	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
983
98420140216:
985	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
986
98720140216:
988	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
989	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
990
99120140212:
992	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
993	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
994	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
995	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
996	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
997
99820140204:
999	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1000	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1001	kernel is still highly recommended.
1002
100320140131:
1004	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1005	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1006	capability mode support in kernel.
1007
100820140128:
1009	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1010	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1011	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1012	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1013	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1014
101520140110:
1016	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1017	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1018	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1019	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1020	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1021	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1022
102320131213:
1024	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1025	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1026	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1027	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1028	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1029	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1030	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1031	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1032	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1033
103420131108:
1035	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1036	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1037	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1038	should change your settings to use the latter.
1039
104020131025:
1041	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1042	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1043	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1044	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1045	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1046
104720131014:
1048	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1049	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1050	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1051	delete-old-libs":
1052	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1053	  or
1054	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1055
105620131010:
1057	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1058	revision r256279.
1059
106020131010:
1061	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1062	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1063	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1064	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1065	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1066	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1067
1068	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1069	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1070	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1071	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1072	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1073	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1074
1075	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1076	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1077	with an integer.
1078
107920130930:
1080	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1081	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1082	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1083	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1084
1085	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1086	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1087	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1088	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1089
109020130916:
1091	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1092	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1093	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1094
109520130911:
1096	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1097	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1098	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1099	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1100
110120130906:
1102	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1103	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1104	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1105	options in src.conf.
1106
110720130905:
1108	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1109	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1110	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1111	'options PROCDESC'.
1112
111320130905:
1114	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1115	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1116	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1117	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1118	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1119	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1120
112120130903:
1122	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1123	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1124	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1125
112620130821:
1127	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1128	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1129	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1130
113120130813:
1132	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1133	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1134	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1135	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1136	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1137	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1138
113920130806:
1140	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1141	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1142	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1143	explicitly.
1144	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1145	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1146	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1147	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1148	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1149
115020130806:
1151	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1152	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1153	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1154	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1155	to r253970 or later.
1156
115720130802:
1158	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1159	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1160	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1161	would result:
1162
1163	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1164
1165	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1166	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1167	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1168	old as well as the new version of find.
1169
117020130726:
1171	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1172	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1173	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1174	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1175	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1176
117720130716:
1178	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1179	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1180	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1181
1182	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1183
1184	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1185	users are advised to upgrade.
1186
118720130709:
1188	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1189	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1190
119120130709:
1192	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1193	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1194	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1195
119620130618:
1197	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1198	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1199	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1200	write access to that file.
1201
120220130615:
1203	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1204	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1205
120620130613:
1207	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1208
1209		make: illegal option -- J
1210		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1211			...
1212		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1213
1214	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1215	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1216	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1217	you see the above error:
1218
1219		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1220
1221	should resolve it.
1222
122320130516:
1224	Use bmake by default.
1225	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1226	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1227	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1228
1229	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1230	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1231	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1232	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1233	behavior in parallel build.
1234
123520130429:
1236        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1237
123820130426:
1239	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1240	the IDEA patent expired.
1241
124220130426:
1243	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1244	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1245	enabled by default.
1246
124720130425:
1248	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1249	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1250	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1251	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1252	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1253	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1254	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1255	&& make install).
1256
125720130404:
1258	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1259	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1260	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1261	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1262	and removed.
1263
126420130319:
1265	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1266	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1267	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1268	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1269
127020130308:
1271	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1272	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1273
127420130304:
1275	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1276	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1277	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1278	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1279	is requested.
1280
1281	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1282	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1283	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1284	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1285	in /boot/loader.conf.
1286
128720130301:
1288	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1289	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1290	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1291	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1292	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1293
129420130208:
1295	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1296	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1297
1298	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1299	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1300
130120130129:
1302	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1303	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1304	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1305	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1306	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1307
130820130121:
1309	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1310	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1311	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1312	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1313	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1314	/etc/src.conf.
1315
131620130118:
1317	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1318	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1319	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1320	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1321	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1322	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1323	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1324
132520121223:
1326	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1327	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1328	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1329
133020121222:
1331	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1332	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1333	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1334	be updated.
1335
133620121217:
1337	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1338	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1339	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1340
1341		savecore_flags=""
1342
134320121201:
1344	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1345	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1346	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1347
134820121117:
1349	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1350	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1351	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1352	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1353	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1354	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1355
135620121105:
1357	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1358	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1359	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1360	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1361	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1362	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1363	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1364	branch point).
1365
136620121102:
1367	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1368	functionality now turned on by default.
1369
137020121023:
1371	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1372	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1373	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1374	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1375	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1376	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1377	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1378	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1379	of the two kernel options.
1380
138120121023:
1382	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1383	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1384	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1385	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1386
138720121022:
1388	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1389	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1390	recompiled.
1391
139220121018:
1393	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1394	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1395	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1396
139720121016:
1398	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1399	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1400	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1401	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1402	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1403
140420121015:
1405	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1406	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1407	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1408	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1409
141020121014:
1411	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1412
141320121013:
1414	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1415	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1416	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1417	knob has also gone.
1418
141920121006:
1420	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1421	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1422	with new kernel.
1423
142420121001:
1425	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1426	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1427	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1428
142920120913:
1430	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1431	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1432	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1433	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1434	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1435	configurations.
1436
143720120908:
1438	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1439	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1440
144120120828:
1442	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1443	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1444	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1445	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1446	manual page.
1447
144820120727:
1449	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1450	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1451	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1452
145320120712:
1454	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1455	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1456	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1457
145820120712:
1459	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1460	with other variables:
1461	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1462	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1463
146420120628:
1465	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1466	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1467	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1468	installed as "bsdsort".
1469
147020120611:
1471	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1472	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1473	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1474	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1475	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1476	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1477	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1478	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1479	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1480
148120120417:
1482	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1483	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1484	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1485	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1486	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1487	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1488	NAMESPACE section).
1489
149020120328:
1491	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1492	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1493	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1494	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1495	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1496	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1497	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1498
149920120306:
1500	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1501	platforms.
1502
150320120229:
1504	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1505	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1506	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1507	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1508	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1509	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1510
151120120211:
1512	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1513	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1514	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1515	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1516	comes from 20111215.
1517
151820120114:
1519	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1520	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1521	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1522	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1523
1524	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1525	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1526
152720120109:
1528	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1529	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1530	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1531	tunable/sysctl.
1532	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1533
153420111215:
1535	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1536	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1537	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1538	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1539	not supported anymore.
1540
1541	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1542	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1543	need to be recompiled.
1544
154520111122:
1546	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1547	/dev/wmistat0.
1548
154920111108:
1550	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1551	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1552	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1553	time.
1554
155520111101:
1556	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1557	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1558
155920110930:
1560	sysinstall has been removed
1561
156220110923:
1563	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1564	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1565
1566COMMON ITEMS:
1567
1568	General Notes
1569	-------------
1570	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1571	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1572	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1573	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1574	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1575	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1576	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1577
1578	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1579	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1580	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1581	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1582	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1583
1584	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1585	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1586	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1587	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1588	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1589	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgade from
1590	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1591	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1592	an exception.
1593
1594	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1595	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1596	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1597	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1598
1599	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1600	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1601	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1602	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1603	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1604	should write them with this in mind.
1605
1606	ZFS notes
1607	---------
1608	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1609	these two steps:
1610
1611	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1612	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1613
1614	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1615
1616	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1617	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1618	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1619
1620	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1621
1622	To build a kernel
1623	-----------------
1624	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1625	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1626	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1627
1628	make kernel-toolchain
1629	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1630	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1631
1632	To test a kernel once
1633	---------------------
1634	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1635	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1636	debugging information) run
1637	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1638	nextboot -k testkernel
1639
1640	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1641	--------------------------------------------------------------
1642	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1643	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1644	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1645
1646	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1647	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1648	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1649	make depend
1650	make
1651	make install
1652
1653	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1654
1655	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1656	-----------------------------------------------------------
1657	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1658	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1659
1660	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1661	make buildworld
1662	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1663							[1]
1664	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1665	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1666	make installworld
1667	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1668	make delete-old					[6]
1669	<reboot>
1670
1671	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1672	--------------------------------------------------
1673	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1674	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1675	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1676	# size.
1677
1678	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1679	<boot into -stable>
1680	make buildworld
1681	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1682	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1683	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1684	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1685	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1686	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1687	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1688	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1689	<reboot into current>
1690	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1691	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1692	<reboot>
1693
1694
1695	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1696	----------------------------------------------
1697	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1698	make buildworld					[9]
1699	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1700							[1]
1701	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1702	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1703	make installworld
1704	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1705	make delete-old					[6]
1706	<reboot>
1707
1708	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1709	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1710	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1711	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1712	the UPDATING entries.
1713
1714	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1715	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1716	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1717	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1718	much fewer pitfalls.
1719
1720	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1721	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1722	system on reboot.
1723
1724	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1725		fsck -p
1726		mount -u /
1727		mount -a
1728		cd src
1729		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1730	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1731	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1732
1733	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1734	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1735	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1736	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1737	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1738	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1739	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1740
1741	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1742	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1743	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1744	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1745	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1746	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1747
1748	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1749	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1750	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1751
1752	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1753	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1754	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1755	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1756	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1757	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1758
1759	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1760	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1761
1762	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1763	cvs prune empty directories.
1764
1765	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1766	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1767	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1768
1769	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1770	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1771	warn if it is improperly defined.
1772FORMAT:
1773
1774This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1775breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1776list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1777If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1778to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1779
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