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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
5420170413:
55	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
56	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
57	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
58	This allows keep state to be specified without forcing keep frags
59	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
60	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
61	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
62
6320170407:
64	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
65	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
66	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
67	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
68
6920170331:
70	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
71	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
72	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
73
7420170329:
75	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
76	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
77
78	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
79	via one of the following methods:
80	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
81	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
82	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
83	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
84
85	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
86
8720170316:
88	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
89	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
90	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
91	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
92	with mmc.ko).
93
9420170315:
95	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
96	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
97	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
98	be prefixed with colon.
99
10020170311:
101	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
102	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
103	(sys/dev/drm2) supports the same hardware.
104
10520170302:
106	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
107	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
108	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
109
11020170221:
111	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
112	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
113	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
114	change.
115
11620170216:
117	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
118	valid.
119
12020170215:
121	MCA bus support has been removed.
122
12320170127:
124	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
125	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
126
12720170112:
128	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
129	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
130
13120170109:
132	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
133	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
134	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
135
13620161217:
137	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
138	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
139	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
140
14120161124:
142	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
143	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
144	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
145
14620161119:
147	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
148	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
149	that link against it need to be recompiled.
150
15120161030:
152	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
153	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
154	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
155	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
156
15720161017:
158	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
159	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
160	parts.
161	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
162	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
163
16420161015:
165	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
166	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
167	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
168	removed from base.
169
17020161008:
171	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
172	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
173	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
174
17520161003:
176	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
177	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
178
17920160924:
180	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
181	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
182	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
183	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
184
18520160918:
186	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
187	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
188	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
189	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
190	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
191
19220160918:
193	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
194
19520160908:
196	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
197	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
198	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
199	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
200
20120160824:
202	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
203	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
204	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
205	to 1200005.
206
20720160818:
208	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
209	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
210	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
211	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
212	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
213	0.
214
21520160818:
216	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
217	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
218
21920160622:
220	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
221	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
222	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
223	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
224	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
225	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
226	kernel.
227
22820160527:
229	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
230	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
231	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
232	previously contained a line like
233	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
234	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
235	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
236	generally be fine.
237
23820160523:
239	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
240	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
241	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
242	built with the old headers.
243
24420160520:
245	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
246	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
247	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
248	installing a new libc.
249
25020160517:
251	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
252	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
253	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
254	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
255	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
256	packages will be needed.
257
258	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
259	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
260	and the install steps.
261
26220160510:
263	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
264	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
265	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
266	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
267	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
268	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
269
27020160414:
271	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
272	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
273	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
274	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
275	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
276
277		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
278		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
279		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
280		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
281		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
282
283	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
284	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
285	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
286	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
287	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
288	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
289	vendors work.
290
291	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
292	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
293		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
294	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
295	quirks entry to 0x3.
296
29720160330:
298	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
299	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
300	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
301
30220160317:
303	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
304	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
305
30620160311:
307	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
308	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
309	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
310	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
311	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
312	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
313	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
314	stale .depend files.
315
31620160306:
317	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
318	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
319	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
320	rebooting, e.g.:
321
322	make buildworld
323	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
324	make -C sys/boot install
325	<reboot in single user>
326
327	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
328	below.
329
33020160305:
331	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
332	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
333	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
334
33520160301:
336	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
337	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
338	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
339	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
340	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
341	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
342
34320160226:
344	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
345	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
346	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
347	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
348	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
349
35020160129:
351	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
352	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
353	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
354	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
355	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
356
35720160119:
358	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
359	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
360
36120160113:
362	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
363	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
364	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
365
36620151216:
367	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
368	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
369	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
370	other loaders.
371
37220151211:
373	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
374	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
375	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
376	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
377	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
378	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
379
38020151207:
381	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
382	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
383	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
384	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
385	in src.conf(5).
386
38720151130:
388	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
389	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
390	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
391
39220151108:
393	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
394	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
395	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
396
397	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
398	collation results will be different.
399
400	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
401	locales before running make installworld.
402
403	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
404
40520151030:
406	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
407	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
408
40920151020:
410	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
411	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
412	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
413
41420151017:
415	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
416	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
417	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
418	and 'make -N' will not.
419
42020151012:
421	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
422	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
423	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
424	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
425	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
426	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
427	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
428	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
429
43020151011:
431	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
432	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
433	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
434	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
435
43620151006:
437	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
438	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
439	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
440
44120150924:
442	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
443	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
444	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
445	userland debug files.
446
447	When using the supported kernel installation method the
448	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
449	as is done with /boot/kernel.
450
451	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
452	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
453
45420150827:
455	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
456	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
457	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
458	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
459	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
460	rc.d scripts in /etc.
461
46220150827:
463	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
464	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
465	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
466
46720150817:
468	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
469	them, the kernel must have
470
471	device	random
472	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
473
474	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
475	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
476	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
477	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
478
479	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
480	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
481
48220150813:
483	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
484	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
485	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
486
48720150810:
488	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
489	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
490	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
491	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
492
493	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
494	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
495	difference with this change.
496
497	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
498	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
499	remove that workaround.
500
50120150809:
502	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
503	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
504	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
505	with:
506
507	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
508
50920150806:
510	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
511	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
512	loader.rc.local instead.
513
51420150805:
515	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
516	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
517	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
518
51920150728:
520	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
521	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
522	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
523
524	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
525	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
526
52720150706:
528	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
529	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
530	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
531	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
532	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
533	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
534	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
535	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
536	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
537	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
538	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
539	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
540
54120150630:
542	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
543	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
544
545	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
546	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
547	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
548
549	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
550	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
551
552	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
553	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
554	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
555
556	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
557	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
558	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
559	and it is assumed you know what you need.
560
561	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
562	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
563	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
564	behaviour from your security subsystems.
565
566	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
567	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
568	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
569	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
570	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
571	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
572	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
573	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
574	will never happen.
575
57620150623:
577	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
578	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
579
58020150616:
581	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
582	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
583
58420150615:
585	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
586	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
587	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
588	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
589	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
590
59120150614:
592	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
593	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
594	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
595	with Kyuafile and kyua.
596
59720150614:
598	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
599	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
600	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
601	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
602	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
603	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
604	2048 bit DH parameter by:
605
606	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
607	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
608	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
609	   replace it with '2'.
610	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
611	   a file path, create a new file with:
612		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
613	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
614		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
615	5. Restart sendmail:
616		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
617
618	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
619	updated.
620
62120150604:
622	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
623	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
624	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
625	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
626	5.x.
627
628	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
629
63020150525:
631	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
632	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
633	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
634
63520150521:
636	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
637	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
638	and Pandaboard:
639
640	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
641	  same but content is different now
642	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
643	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
644	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
645	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
646	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
647
64820150501:
649	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
650	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
651	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
652
65320150423:
654	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
655	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
656
65720150415:
658	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
659	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
660
66120150416:
662	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
663	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
664	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
665
66620150324:
667	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
668	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
669	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
670	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
671
67220150315:
673	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
674	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
675	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
676
67720150307:
678	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
679	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
680	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
681	kernel before rebooting.
682
68320150217:
684	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
685	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
686	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
687	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
688	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
689	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
690
69120150210:
692	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
693	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
694	with the new kernel.
695
69620150131:
697	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
698	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
699	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
700
70120150118:
702	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
703	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
704	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
705	are not already using 3.5.0.
706
70720150107:
708	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
709	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
710	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
711	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
712	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
713
71420150105:
715	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
716	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
717	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
718	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
719
72020150102:
721	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
722	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
723
72420141231:
725	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
726
727	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
728	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
729	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
730	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
731	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
732	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
733	later.
734
735	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
736	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
737	of the box.
738
739	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
740	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
741	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
742	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
743
744	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
745	the instructions for 9.x above.
746
747	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
748	default, and do not build clang.
749
750	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
751	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
752	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
753
754	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
755	the following are most likely to appear:
756
757	-Wabsolute-value
758
759	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
760	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
761	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
762	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
763	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
764	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
765	  cast, or disable the warning.
766
767	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
768	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
769	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
770	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
771	  side-effects.
772
773	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
774	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
775
776	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
777	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
778	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
779	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
780
781	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
782	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
783	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
784	unreachable could be optimized away.
785
78620141222:
787	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
788	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
789	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
790	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
791	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
792	the utilities will report errors.
793
79420141121:
795	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
796	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
797	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
798	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
799	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
800	LOCAL_DIRS.
801
80220141109:
803	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
804	has been obsolete for a very long time.
805
80620141104:
807	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
808	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
809	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
810	drivers.
811
812	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
813	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
814	indicate what you need to do.
815
816	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
817	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
818	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
819
820	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
821	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
822	  kern.vty=sc
823
82420141102:
825	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
826	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
827	execute it.
828
82920141009:
830	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
831	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
832	devel/gperf port.
833
83420140923:
835	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
836	contrib/pjdfstest .
837
83820140922:
839	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
840	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
841	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
842	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
843	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
844	their next update cycle.
845
84620140729:
847	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
848	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
849	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
850	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
851	1.12.4_8 or newer.
852
85320140723:
854	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
855	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
856
85720140719:
858	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
859	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
860	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
861	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
862	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
863	new configuration.
864
86520140709:
866	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
867	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
868	them again.
869	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
870
87120140708:
872	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
873	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
874	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
875	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
876	requires readline.
877
87820140702:
879	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
880	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
881	architecture.
882
88320140701:
884	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
885	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
886	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
887	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
888	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
889
89020140629:
891	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
892	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
893	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
894
89520140619:
896	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
897	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
898	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
899
90020140606:
901	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
902	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
903	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
904	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
905	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
906	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
907	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
908	"make installworld".
909
910	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
911	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
912	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
913	is run.
914
915	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
916	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
917	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
918	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
919	be removed during a clean upgrade.
920
92120140512:
922	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
923
92420140508:
925	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
926	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
927	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
928
92920140505:
930	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
931	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
932	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
933	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
934	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
935	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
936	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
937	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
938	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
939	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
940	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
941	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
942
943	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
944	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
945	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
946	as well.
947
94820140430:
949	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
950	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
951
95220140424:
953	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
954	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
955	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
956	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
957	build hosts for older releases.
958
959	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
960	r276991, respectively.
961
96220140418:
963	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
964	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
965	will silently lack HESIOD.
966
96720140405:
968	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
969	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
970	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
971	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
972	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
973	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
974	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
975	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
976	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
977	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
978	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
979	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
980
98120140306:
982	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
983	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
984	with command line option -W.
985
98620140226:
987	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
988	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
989	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
990	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
991	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
992
99320140216:
994	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
995
99620140216:
997	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
998	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
999
100020140212:
1001	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1002	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1003	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1004	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1005	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1006
100720140204:
1008	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1009	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1010	kernel is still highly recommended.
1011
101220140131:
1013	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1014	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1015	capability mode support in kernel.
1016
101720140128:
1018	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1019	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1020	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1021	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1022	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1023
102420140110:
1025	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1026	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1027	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1028	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1029	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1030	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1031
103220131213:
1033	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1034	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1035	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1036	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1037	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1038	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1039	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1040	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1041	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1042
104320131108:
1044	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1045	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1046	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1047	should change your settings to use the latter.
1048
104920131025:
1050	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1051	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1052	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1053	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1054	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1055
105620131014:
1057	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1058	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1059	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1060	delete-old-libs":
1061	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1062	  or
1063	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1064
106520131010:
1066	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1067	revision r256279.
1068
106920131010:
1070	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1071	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1072	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1073	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1074	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1075	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1076
1077	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1078	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1079	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1080	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1081	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1082	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1083
1084	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1085	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1086	with an integer.
1087
108820130930:
1089	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1090	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1091	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1092	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1093
1094	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1095	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1096	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1097	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1098
109920130916:
1100	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1101	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1102	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1103
110420130911:
1105	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1106	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1107	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1108	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1109
111020130906:
1111	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1112	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1113	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1114	options in src.conf.
1115
111620130905:
1117	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1118	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1119	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1120	'options PROCDESC'.
1121
112220130905:
1123	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1124	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1125	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1126	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1127	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1128	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1129
113020130903:
1131	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1132	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1133	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1134
113520130821:
1136	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1137	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1138	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1139
114020130813:
1141	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1142	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1143	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1144	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1145	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1146	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1147
114820130806:
1149	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1150	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1151	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1152	explicitly.
1153	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1154	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1155	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1156	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1157	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1158
115920130806:
1160	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1161	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1162	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1163	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1164	to r253970 or later.
1165
116620130802:
1167	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1168	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1169	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1170	would result:
1171
1172	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1173
1174	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1175	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1176	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1177	old as well as the new version of find.
1178
117920130726:
1180	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1181	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1182	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1183	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1184	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1185
118620130716:
1187	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1188	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1189	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1190
1191	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1192
1193	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1194	users are advised to upgrade.
1195
119620130709:
1197	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1198	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1199
120020130709:
1201	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1202	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1203	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1204
120520130618:
1206	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1207	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1208	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1209	write access to that file.
1210
121120130615:
1212	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1213	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1214
121520130613:
1216	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1217
1218		make: illegal option -- J
1219		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1220			...
1221		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1222
1223	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1224	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1225	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1226	you see the above error:
1227
1228		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1229
1230	should resolve it.
1231
123220130516:
1233	Use bmake by default.
1234	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1235	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1236	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1237
1238	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1239	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1240	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1241	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1242	behavior in parallel build.
1243
124420130429:
1245	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1246
124720130426:
1248	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1249	the IDEA patent expired.
1250
125120130426:
1252	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1253	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1254	enabled by default.
1255
125620130425:
1257	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1258	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1259	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1260	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1261	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1262	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1263	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1264	&& make install).
1265
126620130404:
1267	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1268	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1269	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1270	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1271	and removed.
1272
127320130319:
1274	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1275	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1276	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1277	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1278
127920130308:
1280	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1281	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1282
128320130304:
1284	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1285	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1286	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1287	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1288	is requested.
1289
1290	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1291	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1292	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1293	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1294	in /boot/loader.conf.
1295
129620130301:
1297	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1298	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1299	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1300	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1301	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1302
130320130208:
1304	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1305	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1306
1307	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1308	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1309
131020130129:
1311	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1312	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1313	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1314	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1315	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1316
131720130121:
1318	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1319	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1320	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1321	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1322	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1323	/etc/src.conf.
1324
132520130118:
1326	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1327	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1328	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1329	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1330	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1331	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1332	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1333
133420121223:
1335	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1336	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1337	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1338
133920121222:
1340	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1341	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1342	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1343	be updated.
1344
134520121217:
1346	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1347	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1348	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1349
1350		savecore_flags=""
1351
135220121201:
1353	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1354	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1355	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1356
135720121117:
1358	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1359	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1360	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1361	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1362	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1363	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1364
136520121105:
1366	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1367	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1368	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1369	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1370	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1371	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1372	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1373	branch point).
1374
137520121102:
1376	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1377	functionality now turned on by default.
1378
137920121023:
1380	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1381	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1382	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1383	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1384	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1385	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1386	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1387	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1388	of the two kernel options.
1389
139020121023:
1391	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1392	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1393	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1394	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1395
139620121022:
1397	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1398	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1399	recompiled.
1400
140120121018:
1402	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1403	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1404	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1405
140620121016:
1407	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1408	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1409	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1410	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1411	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1412
141320121015:
1414	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1415	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1416	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1417	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1418
141920121014:
1420	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1421
142220121013:
1423	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1424	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1425	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1426	knob has also gone.
1427
142820121006:
1429	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1430	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1431	with new kernel.
1432
143320121001:
1434	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1435	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1436	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1437
143820120913:
1439	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1440	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1441	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1442	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1443	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1444	configurations.
1445
144620120908:
1447	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1448	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1449
145020120828:
1451	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1452	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1453	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1454	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1455	manual page.
1456
145720120727:
1458	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1459	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1460	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1461
146220120712:
1463	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1464	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1465	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1466
146720120712:
1468	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1469	with other variables:
1470	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1471	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1472
147320120628:
1474	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1475	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1476	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1477	installed as "bsdsort".
1478
147920120611:
1480	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1481	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1482	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1483	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1484	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1485	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1486	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1487	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1488	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1489
149020120417:
1491	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1492	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1493	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1494	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1495	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1496	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1497	NAMESPACE section).
1498
149920120328:
1500	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1501	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1502	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1503	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1504	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1505	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1506	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1507
150820120306:
1509	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1510	platforms.
1511
151220120229:
1513	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1514	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1515	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1516	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1517	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1518	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1519
152020120211:
1521	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1522	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1523	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1524	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1525	comes from 20111215.
1526
152720120114:
1528	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1529	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1530	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1531	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1532
1533	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1534	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1535
153620120109:
1537	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1538	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1539	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1540	tunable/sysctl.
1541	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1542
154320111215:
1544	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1545	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1546	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1547	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1548	not supported anymore.
1549
1550	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1551	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1552	need to be recompiled.
1553
155420111122:
1555	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1556	/dev/wmistat0.
1557
155820111108:
1559	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1560	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1561	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1562	time.
1563
156420111101:
1565	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1566	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1567
156820110930:
1569	sysinstall has been removed
1570
157120110923:
1572	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1573	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1574
1575COMMON ITEMS:
1576
1577	General Notes
1578	-------------
1579	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1580	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1581	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1582	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1583	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1584	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1585	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1586
1587	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1588	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1589	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1590	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1591	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1592
1593	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1594	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1595	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1596	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1597	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1598	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgade from
1599	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1600	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1601	an exception.
1602
1603	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1604	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1605	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1606	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1607
1608	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1609	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1610	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1611	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1612	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1613	should write them with this in mind.
1614
1615	ZFS notes
1616	---------
1617	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1618	these two steps:
1619
1620	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1621	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1622
1623	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1624
1625	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1626	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1627	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1628
1629	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1630
1631	To build a kernel
1632	-----------------
1633	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1634	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1635	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1636
1637	make kernel-toolchain
1638	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1639	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1640
1641	To test a kernel once
1642	---------------------
1643	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1644	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1645	debugging information) run
1646	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1647	nextboot -k testkernel
1648
1649	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1650	--------------------------------------------------------------
1651	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1652	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1653	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1654
1655	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1656	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1657	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1658	make depend
1659	make
1660	make install
1661
1662	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1663
1664	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1665	-----------------------------------------------------------
1666	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1667	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1668
1669	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1670	make buildworld
1671	make kernel 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	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1681	--------------------------------------------------
1682	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1683	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1684	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1685	# size.
1686
1687	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1688	<boot into -stable>
1689	make buildworld
1690	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1691	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1692	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1693	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1694	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1695	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1696	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1697	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1698	<reboot into current>
1699	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1700	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1701	<reboot>
1702
1703
1704	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1705	----------------------------------------------
1706	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1707	make buildworld					[9]
1708	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1709							[1]
1710	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1711	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1712	make installworld
1713	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1714	make delete-old					[6]
1715	<reboot>
1716
1717	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1718	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1719	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1720	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1721	the UPDATING entries.
1722
1723	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1724	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1725	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1726	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1727	much fewer pitfalls.
1728
1729	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1730	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1731	system on reboot.
1732
1733	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1734		fsck -p
1735		mount -u /
1736		mount -a
1737		cd src
1738		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1739	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1740	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1741
1742	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1743	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1744	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1745	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1746	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1747	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1748	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1749
1750	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1751	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1752	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1753	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1754	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1755	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1756
1757	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1758	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1759	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1760
1761	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1762	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1763	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1764	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1765	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1766	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1767
1768	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1769	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1770
1771	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1772	cvs prune empty directories.
1773
1774	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1775	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1776	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1777
1778	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1779	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1780	warn if it is improperly defined.
1781FORMAT:
1782
1783This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1784breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1785list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1786If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1787to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1788
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