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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    https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-src.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
5420170814:
55	"make check" behavior (made in ^/head@r295380) has been changed to
56	execute from a limited sandbox, as opposed to executing from
57	${TESTSDIR}.
58
59	Behavioral changes:
60	- The "beforecheck" and "aftercheck" targets are now specified.
61	- ${CHECKDIR} (added in commit noted above) has been removed.
62	- Legacy behavior can be enabled by setting
63	  WITHOUT_MAKE_CHECK_USE_SANDBOX in src.conf(5) or the environment.
64
65	If the limited sandbox mode is enabled, "make check" will execute
66	"make distribution", then install, execute the tests, and clean up the
67	sandbox if successful.
68
69	The "make distribution" and "make install" targets are typically run as
70	root to set appropriate permissions and ownership at installation time.
71	The end-user should set "WITH_INSTALL_AS_USER" in src.conf(5) or the
72	environment if executing "make check" with limited sandbox mode using
73	an unprivileged user.
74
7520170808:
76	Since the switch to GPT disk labels, fsck for UFS/FFS has been
77	unable to automatically find alternate superblocks. As of r322297,
78	the information needed to find alternate superblocks has been
79	moved to the end of the area reserved for the boot block.
80	Filesystems created with a newfs of this vintage or later
81	will create the recovery information. If you have a filesystem
82	created prior to this change and wish to have a recovery block
83	created for your filesystem, you can do so by running fsck in
84	forground mode (i.e., do not use the -p or -y options). As it
85	starts, fsck will ask ``SAVE DATA TO FIND ALTERNATE SUPERBLOCKS''
86	to which you should answer yes.
87
8820170728:
89	As of r321665, an NFSv4 server configuration that services
90	Kerberos mounts or clients that do not support the uid/gid in
91	owner/owner_group string capability, must explicitly enable
92	the nfsuserd daemon by adding nfsuserd_enable="YES" to the
93	machine's /etc/rc.conf file.
94
9520170722:
96	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 5.0.0.
97	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
98	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
99
10020170701:
101	WITHOUT_RCMDS is now the default. Set WITH_RCMDS if you need the
102	r-commands (rlogin, rsh, etc.) to be built with the base system.
103
10420170625:
105	The FreeBSD/powerpc platform now uses a 64-bit type for time_t.  This is
106	a very major ABI incompatible change, so users of FreeBSD/powerpc must
107	be careful when performing source upgrades.  It is best to run
108	'make installworld' from an alternate root system, either a live
109	CD/memory stick, or a temporary root partition.  Additionally, all ports
110	must be recompiled.  powerpc64 is largely unaffected, except in the case
111	of 32-bit compatibility.  All 32-bit binaries will be affected.
112
11320170623:
114	Forward compatibility for the "ino64" project have been committed. This
115	will allow most new binaries to run on older kernels in a limited
116	fashion.  This prevents many of the common foot-shooting actions in the
117	upgrade as well as the limited ability to roll back the kernel across
118	the ino64 upgrade. Complicated use cases may not work properly, though
119	enough simpler ones work to allow recovery in most situations.
120
12120170620:
122	Switch back to the BSDL dtc (Device Tree Compiler). Set WITH_GPL_DTC
123	if you require the GPL compiler.
124
12520170618:
126	The internal ABI used for communication between the NFS kernel modules
127	was changed by r320085, so __FreeBSD_version was bumped to
128	ensure all the NFS related modules are updated together.
129
13020170617:
131	The ABI of struct event was changed by extending the data
132	member to 64bit and adding ext fields.  For upgrade, same
133	precautions as for the entry 20170523 "ino64" must be
134	followed.
135
13620170531:
137	The GNU roff toolchain has been removed from base. To render manpages
138	which are not supported by mandoc(1), man(1) can fallback on GNU roff
139	from ports (and recommends to install it).
140	To render roff(7) documents, consider using GNU roff from ports or the
141	heirloom doctools roff toolchain from ports via pkg install groff or
142	via pkg install heirloom-doctools.
143
14420170524:
145	The ath(4) and ath_hal(4) modules now build piecemeal to allow for
146	smaller runtime footprint builds.  This is useful for embedded systems
147	which only require one chipset support.
148
149	If you load it as a module, make sure this is in /boot/loader.conf:
150
151	if_ath_load="YES"
152
153	This will load the HAL, all chip/RF backends and if_ath_pci.
154	If you have if_ath_pci in /boot/loader.conf, ensure it is after
155	if_ath or it will not load any HAL chipset support.
156
157	If you want to selectively load things (eg on ye cheape ARM/MIPS
158	platforms where RAM is at a premium) you should:
159
160	* load ath_hal
161	* load the chip modules in question
162	* load ath_rate, ath_dfs
163	* load ath_main
164	* load if_ath_pci and/or if_ath_ahb depending upon your particular
165	  bus bind type - this is where probe/attach is done.
166
167	For further comments/feedback, poke adrian@ .
168
16920170523:
170	The "ino64" 64-bit inode project has been committed, which extends
171	a number of types to 64 bits.  Upgrading in place requires care and
172	adherence to the documented upgrade procedure.
173
174	If using a custom kernel configuration ensure that the
175	COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option is included (as during the upgrade the
176	system will be running the ino64 kernel with the existing world).
177
178	For the safest in-place upgrade begin by removing previous build
179	artifacts via "rm -rf /usr/obj/*".   Then, carefully follow the
180	full procedure documented below under the heading "To rebuild
181	everything and install it on the current system."  Specifically,
182	a reboot is required after installing the new kernel before
183	installing world.
184
18520170424:
186	The NATM framework including the en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and
187	patm(4) devices has been removed.  Consumers should plan a
188	migration before the end-of-life date for FreeBSD 11.
189
19020170420:
191	GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff. Some features of GNU
192	diff has not been implemented, if those are needed a newer version of
193	GNU diff is available via the diffutils package under the gdiff name.
194
19520170413:
196	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
197	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
198	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
199	This allows keep state to be specified without forcing keep frags
200	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
201	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
202	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
203
20420170407:
205	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
206	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
207	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
208	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
209
21020170405:
211	The UDP optimization in entry 20160818 that added the sysctl
212	net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast has been reverted.  L2 broadcast
213	packets will no longer be treated as L3 broadcast packets.
214
21520170331:
216	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
217	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
218	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
219
22020170329:
221	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
222	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
223
224	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
225	via one of the following methods:
226	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
227	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
228	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
229	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
230
231	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
232
23320170316:
234	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
235	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
236	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
237	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
238	with mmc.ko).
239
24020170315:
241	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
242	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
243	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
244	be prefixed with colon.
245
24620170311:
247	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
248	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
249	(sys/dev/drm2) supports the same hardware.
250
25120170302:
252	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
253	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
254	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
255
25620170221:
257	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
258	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
259	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
260	change.
261
26220170216:
263	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
264	valid.
265
26620170215:
267	MCA bus support has been removed.
268
26920170127:
270	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
271	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
272
27320170112:
274	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
275	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
276
27720170109:
278	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
279	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
280	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
281
28220161217:
283	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
284	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
285	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
286
28720161124:
288	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
289	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
290	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
291
29220161119:
293	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
294	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
295	that link against it need to be recompiled.
296
29720161030:
298	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
299	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
300	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
301	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
302
30320161017:
304	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
305	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
306	parts.
307	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
308	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
309
31020161015:
311	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
312	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
313	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
314	removed from base.
315
31620161008:
317	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
318	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
319	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
320
32120161003:
322	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
323	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
324
32520160924:
326	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
327	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
328	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
329	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
330
33120160918:
332	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
333	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
334	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
335	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
336	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
337
33820160918:
339	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
340
34120160908:
342	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
343	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
344	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
345	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
346
34720160824:
348	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
349	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
350	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
351	to 1200005.
352
35320160818:
354	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
355	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
356	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
357	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
358	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
359	0.
360
36120160818:
362	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
363	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
364
36520160622:
366	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
367	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
368	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
369	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
370	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
371	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
372	kernel.
373
37420160527:
375	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
376	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
377	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
378	previously contained a line like
379	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
380	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
381	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
382	generally be fine.
383
38420160523:
385	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
386	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
387	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
388	built with the old headers.
389
39020160520:
391	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
392	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
393	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
394	installing a new libc.
395
39620160517:
397	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
398	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
399	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
400	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
401	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
402	packages will be needed.
403
404	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
405	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
406	and the install steps.
407
40820160510:
409	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
410	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
411	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
412	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
413	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
414	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
415
41620160414:
417	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
418	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
419	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
420	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
421	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
422
423		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
424		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
425		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
426		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
427		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
428
429	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
430	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
431	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
432	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
433	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
434	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
435	vendors work.
436
437	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
438	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
439		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
440	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
441	quirks entry to 0x3.
442
44320160330:
444	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
445	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
446	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
447
44820160317:
449	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
450	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
451
45220160311:
453	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
454	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
455	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
456	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
457	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
458	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
459	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
460	stale .depend files.
461
46220160306:
463	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
464	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
465	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
466	rebooting, e.g.:
467
468	make buildworld
469	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
470	make -C sys/boot install
471	<reboot in single user>
472
473	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
474	below.
475
47620160305:
477	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
478	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
479	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
480
48120160301:
482	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
483	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
484	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
485	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
486	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
487	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
488
48920160226:
490	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
491	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
492	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
493	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
494	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
495
49620160129:
497	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
498	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
499	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
500	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
501	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
502
50320160119:
504	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
505	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
506
50720160113:
508	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
509	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
510	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
511
51220151216:
513	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
514	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
515	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
516	other loaders.
517
51820151211:
519	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
520	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
521	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
522	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
523	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
524	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
525
52620151207:
527	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
528	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
529	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
530	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
531	in src.conf(5).
532
53320151130:
534	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
535	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
536	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
537
53820151108:
539	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
540	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
541	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
542
543	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
544	collation results will be different.
545
546	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
547	locales before running make installworld.
548
549	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
550
55120151030:
552	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
553	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
554
55520151020:
556	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
557	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
558	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
559
56020151017:
561	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
562	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
563	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
564	and 'make -N' will not.
565
56620151012:
567	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
568	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
569	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
570	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
571	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
572	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
573	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
574	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
575
57620151011:
577	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
578	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
579	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
580	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
581
58220151006:
583	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
584	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
585	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
586
58720150924:
588	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
589	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
590	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
591	userland debug files.
592
593	When using the supported kernel installation method the
594	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
595	as is done with /boot/kernel.
596
597	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
598	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
599
60020150827:
601	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
602	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
603	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
604	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
605	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
606	rc.d scripts in /etc.
607
60820150827:
609	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
610	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
611	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
612
61320150817:
614	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
615	them, the kernel must have
616
617	device	random
618	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
619
620	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
621	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
622	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
623	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
624
625	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
626	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
627
62820150813:
629	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
630	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
631	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
632
63320150810:
634	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
635	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
636	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
637	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
638
639	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
640	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
641	difference with this change.
642
643	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
644	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
645	remove that workaround.
646
64720150809:
648	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
649	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
650	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
651	with:
652
653	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
654
65520150806:
656	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
657	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
658	loader.rc.local instead.
659
66020150805:
661	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
662	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
663	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
664
66520150728:
666	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
667	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
668	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
669
670	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
671	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
672
67320150706:
674	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
675	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
676	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
677	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
678	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
679	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
680	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
681	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
682	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
683	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
684	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
685	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
686
68720150630:
688	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
689	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
690
691	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
692	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
693	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
694
695	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
696	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
697
698	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
699	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
700	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
701
702	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
703	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
704	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
705	and it is assumed you know what you need.
706
707	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
708	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
709	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
710	behaviour from your security subsystems.
711
712	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
713	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
714	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
715	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
716	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
717	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
718	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
719	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
720	will never happen.
721
72220150623:
723	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
724	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
725
72620150616:
727	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
728	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
729
73020150615:
731	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
732	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
733	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
734	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
735	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
736
73720150614:
738	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
739	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
740	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
741	with Kyuafile and kyua.
742
74320150614:
744	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
745	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
746	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
747	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
748	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
749	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
750	2048 bit DH parameter by:
751
752	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
753	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
754	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
755	   replace it with '2'.
756	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
757	   a file path, create a new file with:
758		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
759	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
760		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
761	5. Restart sendmail:
762		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
763
764	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
765	updated.
766
76720150604:
768	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
769	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
770	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
771	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
772	5.x.
773
774	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
775
77620150525:
777	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
778	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
779	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
780
78120150521:
782	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
783	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
784	and Pandaboard:
785
786	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
787	  same but content is different now
788	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
789	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
790	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
791	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
792	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
793
79420150501:
795	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
796	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
797	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
798
79920150423:
800	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
801	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
802
80320150415:
804	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
805	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
806
80720150416:
808	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
809	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
810	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
811
81220150324:
813	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
814	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
815	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
816	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
817
81820150315:
819	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
820	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
821	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
822
82320150307:
824	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
825	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
826	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
827	kernel before rebooting.
828
82920150217:
830	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
831	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
832	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
833	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
834	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
835	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
836
83720150210:
838	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
839	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
840	with the new kernel.
841
84220150131:
843	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
844	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
845	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
846
84720150118:
848	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
849	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
850	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
851	are not already using 3.5.0.
852
85320150107:
854	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
855	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
856	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
857	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
858	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
859
86020150105:
861	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
862	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
863	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
864	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
865
86620150102:
867	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
868	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
869
87020141231:
871	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
872
873	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
874	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
875	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
876	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
877	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
878	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
879	later.
880
881	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
882	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
883	of the box.
884
885	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
886	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
887	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
888	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
889
890	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
891	the instructions for 9.x above.
892
893	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
894	default, and do not build clang.
895
896	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
897	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
898	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
899
900	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
901	the following are most likely to appear:
902
903	-Wabsolute-value
904
905	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
906	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
907	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
908	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
909	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
910	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
911	  cast, or disable the warning.
912
913	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
914	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
915	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
916	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
917	  side-effects.
918
919	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
920	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
921
922	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
923	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
924	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
925	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
926
927	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
928	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
929	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
930	unreachable could be optimized away.
931
93220141222:
933	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
934	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
935	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
936	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
937	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
938	the utilities will report errors.
939
94020141121:
941	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
942	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
943	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
944	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
945	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
946	LOCAL_DIRS.
947
94820141109:
949	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
950	has been obsolete for a very long time.
951
95220141104:
953	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
954	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
955	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
956	drivers.
957
958	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
959	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
960	indicate what you need to do.
961
962	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
963	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
964	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
965
966	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
967	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
968	  kern.vty=sc
969
97020141102:
971	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
972	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
973	execute it.
974
97520141009:
976	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
977	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
978	devel/gperf port.
979
98020140923:
981	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
982	contrib/pjdfstest .
983
98420140922:
985	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
986	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
987	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
988	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
989	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
990	their next update cycle.
991
99220140729:
993	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
994	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
995	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
996	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
997	1.12.4_8 or newer.
998
99920140723:
1000	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
1001	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
1002
100320140719:
1004	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
1005	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
1006	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
1007	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
1008	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
1009	new configuration.
1010
101120140709:
1012	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
1013	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
1014	them again.
1015	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
1016
101720140708:
1018	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
1019	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
1020	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
1021	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
1022	requires readline.
1023
102420140702:
1025	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
1026	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
1027	architecture.
1028
102920140701:
1030	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
1031	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
1032	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
1033	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
1034	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1035
103620140629:
1037	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
1038	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
1039	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
1040
104120140619:
1042	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
1043	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
1044	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1045
104620140606:
1047	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
1048	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
1049	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
1050	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
1051	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
1052	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
1053	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
1054	"make installworld".
1055
1056	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
1057	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
1058	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
1059	is run.
1060
1061	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
1062	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
1063	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
1064	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
1065	be removed during a clean upgrade.
1066
106720140512:
1068	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
1069
107020140508:
1071	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
1072	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
1073	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
1074
107520140505:
1076	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
1077	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
1078	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
1079	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
1080	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
1081	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
1082	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
1083	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
1084	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
1085	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
1086	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
1087	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
1088
1089	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
1090	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
1091	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
1092	as well.
1093
109420140430:
1095	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
1096	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1097
109820140424:
1099	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
1100	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
1101	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
1102	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
1103	build hosts for older releases.
1104
1105	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
1106	r276991, respectively.
1107
110820140418:
1109	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
1110	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
1111	will silently lack HESIOD.
1112
111320140405:
1114	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
1115	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
1116	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
1117	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
1118	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
1119	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
1120	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
1121	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
1122	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
1123	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
1124	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
1125	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
1126
112720140306:
1128	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
1129	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
1130	with command line option -W.
1131
113220140226:
1133	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
1134	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
1135	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
1136	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
1137	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
1138
113920140216:
1140	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
1141
114220140216:
1143	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
1144	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
1145
114620140212:
1147	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1148	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1149	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1150	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1151	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1152
115320140204:
1154	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1155	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1156	kernel is still highly recommended.
1157
115820140131:
1159	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1160	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1161	capability mode support in kernel.
1162
116320140128:
1164	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1165	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1166	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1167	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1168	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1169
117020140110:
1171	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1172	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1173	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1174	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1175	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1176	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1177
117820131213:
1179	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1180	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1181	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1182	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1183	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1184	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1185	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1186	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1187	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1188
118920131108:
1190	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1191	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1192	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1193	should change your settings to use the latter.
1194
119520131025:
1196	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1197	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1198	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1199	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1200	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1201
120220131014:
1203	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1204	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1205	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1206	delete-old-libs":
1207	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1208	  or
1209	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1210
121120131010:
1212	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1213	revision r256279.
1214
121520131010:
1216	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1217	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1218	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1219	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1220	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1221	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1222
1223	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1224	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1225	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1226	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1227	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1228	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1229
1230	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1231	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1232	with an integer.
1233
123420130930:
1235	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1236	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1237	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1238	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1239
1240	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1241	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1242	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1243	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1244
124520130916:
1246	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1247	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1248	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1249
125020130911:
1251	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1252	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1253	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1254	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1255
125620130906:
1257	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1258	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1259	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1260	options in src.conf.
1261
126220130905:
1263	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1264	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1265	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1266	'options PROCDESC'.
1267
126820130905:
1269	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1270	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1271	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1272	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1273	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1274	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1275
127620130903:
1277	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1278	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1279	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1280
128120130821:
1282	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1283	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1284	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1285
128620130813:
1287	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1288	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1289	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1290	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1291	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1292	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1293
129420130806:
1295	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1296	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1297	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1298	explicitly.
1299	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1300	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1301	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1302	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1303	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1304
130520130806:
1306	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1307	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1308	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1309	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1310	to r253970 or later.
1311
131220130802:
1313	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1314	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1315	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1316	would result:
1317
1318	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1319
1320	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1321	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1322	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1323	old as well as the new version of find.
1324
132520130726:
1326	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1327	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1328	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1329	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1330	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1331
133220130716:
1333	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1334	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1335	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1336
1337	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1338
1339	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1340	users are advised to upgrade.
1341
134220130709:
1343	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1344	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1345
134620130709:
1347	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1348	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1349	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1350
135120130618:
1352	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1353	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1354	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1355	write access to that file.
1356
135720130615:
1358	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1359	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1360
136120130613:
1362	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1363
1364		make: illegal option -- J
1365		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1366			...
1367		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1368
1369	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1370	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1371	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1372	you see the above error:
1373
1374		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1375
1376	should resolve it.
1377
137820130516:
1379	Use bmake by default.
1380	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1381	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1382	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1383
1384	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1385	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1386	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1387	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1388	behavior in parallel build.
1389
139020130429:
1391	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1392
139320130426:
1394	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1395	the IDEA patent expired.
1396
139720130426:
1398	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1399	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1400	enabled by default.
1401
140220130425:
1403	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1404	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1405	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1406	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1407	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1408	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1409	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1410	&& make install).
1411
141220130404:
1413	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1414	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1415	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1416	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1417	and removed.
1418
141920130319:
1420	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1421	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1422	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1423	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1424
142520130308:
1426	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1427	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1428
142920130304:
1430	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1431	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1432	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1433	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1434	is requested.
1435
1436	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1437	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1438	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1439	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1440	in /boot/loader.conf.
1441
144220130301:
1443	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1444	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1445	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1446	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1447	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1448
144920130208:
1450	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1451	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1452
1453	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1454	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1455
145620130129:
1457	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1458	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1459	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1460	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1461	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1462
146320130121:
1464	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1465	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1466	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1467	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1468	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1469	/etc/src.conf.
1470
147120130118:
1472	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1473	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1474	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1475	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1476	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1477	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1478	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1479
148020121223:
1481	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1482	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1483	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1484
148520121222:
1486	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1487	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1488	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1489	be updated.
1490
149120121217:
1492	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1493	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1494	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1495
1496		savecore_flags=""
1497
149820121201:
1499	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1500	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1501	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1502
150320121117:
1504	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1505	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1506	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1507	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1508	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1509	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1510
151120121105:
1512	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1513	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1514	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1515	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1516	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1517	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1518	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1519	branch point).
1520
152120121102:
1522	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1523	functionality now turned on by default.
1524
152520121023:
1526	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1527	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1528	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1529	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1530	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1531	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1532	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1533	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1534	of the two kernel options.
1535
153620121023:
1537	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1538	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1539	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1540	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1541
154220121022:
1543	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1544	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1545	recompiled.
1546
154720121018:
1548	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1549	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1550	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1551
155220121016:
1553	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1554	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1555	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1556	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1557	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1558
155920121015:
1560	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1561	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1562	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1563	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1564
156520121014:
1566	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1567
156820121013:
1569	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1570	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1571	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1572	knob has also gone.
1573
157420121006:
1575	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1576	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1577	with new kernel.
1578
157920121001:
1580	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1581	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1582	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1583
158420120913:
1585	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1586	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1587	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1588	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1589	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1590	configurations.
1591
159220120908:
1593	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1594	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1595
159620120828:
1597	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1598	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1599	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1600	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1601	manual page.
1602
160320120727:
1604	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1605	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1606	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1607
160820120712:
1609	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1610	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1611	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1612
161320120712:
1614	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1615	with other variables:
1616	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1617	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1618
161920120628:
1620	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1621	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1622	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1623	installed as "bsdsort".
1624
162520120611:
1626	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1627	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1628	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1629	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1630	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1631	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1632	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1633	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1634	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1635
163620120417:
1637	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1638	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1639	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1640	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1641	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1642	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1643	NAMESPACE section).
1644
164520120328:
1646	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1647	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1648	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1649	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1650	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1651	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1652	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1653
165420120306:
1655	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1656	platforms.
1657
165820120229:
1659	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1660	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1661	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1662	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1663	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1664	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1665
166620120211:
1667	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1668	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1669	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1670	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1671	comes from 20111215.
1672
167320120114:
1674	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1675	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1676	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1677	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1678
1679	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1680	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1681
168220120109:
1683	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1684	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1685	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1686	tunable/sysctl.
1687	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1688
168920111215:
1690	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1691	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1692	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1693	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1694	not supported anymore.
1695
1696	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1697	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1698	need to be recompiled.
1699
170020111122:
1701	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1702	/dev/wmistat0.
1703
170420111108:
1705	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1706	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1707	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1708	time.
1709
171020111101:
1711	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1712	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1713
171420110930:
1715	sysinstall has been removed
1716
171720110923:
1718	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1719	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1720
1721COMMON ITEMS:
1722
1723	General Notes
1724	-------------
1725	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1726	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1727	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1728	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1729	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1730	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1731	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1732
1733	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1734	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1735	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1736	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1737	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1738
1739	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1740	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1741	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1742	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1743	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1744	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgade from
1745	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1746	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1747	an exception.
1748
1749	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1750	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1751	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1752	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1753
1754	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1755	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1756	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1757	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1758	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1759	should write them with this in mind.
1760
1761	ZFS notes
1762	---------
1763	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1764	these two steps:
1765
1766	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1767	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1768
1769	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1770
1771	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1772	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1773	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1774
1775	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1776
1777	To build a kernel
1778	-----------------
1779	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1780	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1781	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1782
1783	make kernel-toolchain
1784	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1785	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1786
1787	To test a kernel once
1788	---------------------
1789	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1790	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1791	debugging information) run
1792	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1793	nextboot -k testkernel
1794
1795	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1796	--------------------------------------------------------------
1797	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1798	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1799	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1800
1801	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1802	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1803	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1804	make depend
1805	make
1806	make install
1807
1808	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1809
1810	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1811	-----------------------------------------------------------
1812	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1813	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1814
1815	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1816	make buildworld
1817	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1818							[1]
1819	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1820	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1821	make installworld
1822	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1823	make delete-old					[6]
1824	<reboot>
1825
1826	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1827	--------------------------------------------------
1828	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1829	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1830	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1831	# size.
1832
1833	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1834	<boot into -stable>
1835	make buildworld
1836	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1837	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1838	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1839	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1840	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1841	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1842	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1843	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1844	<reboot into current>
1845	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1846	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1847	<reboot>
1848
1849
1850	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1851	----------------------------------------------
1852	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1853	make buildworld					[9]
1854	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1855							[1]
1856	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1857	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1858	make installworld
1859	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1860	make delete-old					[6]
1861	<reboot>
1862
1863	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1864	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1865	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1866	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1867	the UPDATING entries.
1868
1869	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1870	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1871	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1872	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1873	much fewer pitfalls.
1874
1875	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1876	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1877	system on reboot.
1878
1879	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1880		fsck -p
1881		mount -u /
1882		mount -a
1883		cd src
1884		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1885	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1886	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1887
1888	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1889	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1890	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1891	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1892	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1893	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1894	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1895
1896	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1897	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1898	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1899	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1900	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1901	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1902
1903	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1904	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1905	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1906
1907	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1908	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1909	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1910	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1911	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1912	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1913
1914	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1915	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1916
1917	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1918	cvs prune empty directories.
1919
1920	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1921	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1922	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1923
1924	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1925	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1926	warn if it is improperly defined.
1927FORMAT:
1928
1929This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1930breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1931list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1932If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1933to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1934
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