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Updating Information for FreeBSD current users

This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
<imp@village.org>.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.

NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW:
        FreeBSD 5.x has many debugging features turned on, in
        both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
        incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
        through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
        also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
        do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
        you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
        related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
        in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
        developers choose to disable these features on build machines
        to maximize performance.

20040414:
        The PCI bus power state stuff has been turned on.  If this causes
        problems for your system, please disable it using the tunable
        hw.pci.do_powerstate=0.

20040412:
        The bulk of the pci problems have been fixed, although the floppy
        drive is still broken.

20040410:
        A substantial update to the pci bus resource and power management
        have been committed.  Expect a bumpy ride for a few days until
        the unanticipated problems have been resolved.

20040409:
        Due to changes in the the Yarrow initialization process,
        /dev/random needs to be fed before operations requiring
        temp files can succeed in single user mode.  This includes
        running "make installworld". /dev/random may be fed by running
        "/etc/rc.d/initrandom start" or with 20040315 source by running
        "/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom".

20040322:
        The debug.mpsafenet tunable controls whether the kernel Giant
        lock is held across the lower levels of the network stack, and
        by default is turned off.  In the few days following 20040322,
        the behavior of debug.mpsafenet will change such that this
        tunable controls Giant over all levels of the network stack.
        If you are currently setting debug.mpsafenet to 1, you should
        set it back to 0 (the default) again during the change-over.
        An additional note will be added to UPDATING when sufficient
        locking is merged to permit this to take place.

20040310:
        The FreeBSD/sparc64 platform is changing time_t from 32-bits to
        64-bits.  This is a very major incompatible change, so people
        using FreeBSD/sparc64 *must* read the UPDATING.64BTT file for
        detailed instructions on how to make this upgrade.  People
        upgrading FreeBSD on other platforms can ignore this event.

20040308:
        The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make
        sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required
        user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your
        system you can use the NO_PF knob in make.conf.
        Also note that pf requires "options PFIL_HOOKS" in the kernel. The
        pf system consists of the following three devices:
        device          pf              # required
        device          pflog           # optional
        device          pfsync          # optional

20040303:
        If you are having trouble with the libc_r -> libpthread transition
        (see the 20040130 entry), place the following lines at the top of
        /etc/libmap.conf:

        libc_r.so.5             libpthread.so.1
        libc_r.so               libpthread.so

        This will cause all programs and libraries linked against libc_r
        to use libpthread instead.

20040226:
        Some sshd configuration defaults have changed: protocol version 1
        is no longer enabled by default, and password authentication is
        disabled by default if PAM is enabled (which it is by default).
        OpenSSH clients should not be affected by this; other clients may
        have to be reconfigured, upgraded or replaced.

20040225:
        The ABIs defined in <resolv.h> and <netdb.h> have been updated
        to support improved reentrancy.  Multi-threaded programs that
        reference the "_res" or "h_errno" symbols may experience some
        problems if they are not recompiled.  Single-threaded programs
        should remain unaffected.

20040225:
        routed has been updated in the base system from the vendor
        sources, routed v2.27, from rhyolite.com. This change means that
        for users who use RIP's MD5 authentication feature, FreeBSD
        -CURRENT's routed is now incompatible with previous versions
        of FreeBSD; however it is now compatible with implementations
        from Sun, Cisco and other vendors.

20040224:
        The tcpcb structure has changed and makes a recompile of libkvm
        and related userland network utilities neccessary.

20040222:
        The cdevsw structure has changed in two externally visible ways.
        First, the sense of the D_GIANT flag has changed to D_NEEDSGIANT.
        Second, the d_version field must be filled in with D_VERSION.
        Drivers outside the tree will need to be updated.

20040207:
        The /etc/rc.d/ttys script has been removed. It is no longer
        necessary since devfs has been mandatory for some time.

20040130:
        libkse has been renamed back to libpthread and is now the
        default threads library.  The gcc -pthread option has also
        been changed to link to libpthread instead of libc_r.  For
        alpha and sparc64 machines, libkse is not renamed and links
        are installed so that libpthread points to libc_r.  Until
        the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
        recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
        maps libc_r to libpthread.  If you have any binaries or
        libraries linked to libkse, then it is also recommended
        that you map libkse to libpthread.  Anyone that is using
        nvidia supplied drivers and libraries should use a libmap.conf
        that maps libpthread to libc_r since their drivers/libraries
        do not work with libpthread.

20040125:
        ULE has entered into its probationary period as the default scheduler
        in GENERIC.  For the average user, interactivity is reported to be
        better in many cases.  On SMP machines ULE will be able to make more
        efficient use of the available parallel resources.  If you are not
        running it now, please switch over, replacing the kernel option
        SCHED_4BSD with SCHED_ULE.

20040125:
        Move LongRun support out of identcpu.c, where it hardly
        belongs, into its own file and make it opt-in, not mandatory,
        depending on CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN config(8) option.

20031213:
        src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail
        if the login process is unable to successfully set the
        process credentials to include all groups defined for the
        user.  The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators
        may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups
        defined, or they will be unable to log in.

20031203:
        The ACPI module has been reactivated.  It is no longer required
        to compile ACPI support into kernels statically.

20031112:
        The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to
        allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem
        sizes. You should build world, then build and boot the new kernel
        BEFORE doing a `installworld' as the new kernel will know about
        binaries using the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will
        not know about the new system calls that support the new statfs
        structure.
        Note that the backwards compatibility is only present when the
        kernel is configured with the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option. Since
        even /bin/sh will not run with a new kernel without said option
        you're pretty much dead in the water without it. Make sure you
        have COMPAT_FREEBSD4!
        Running an old kernel after a `make world' will cause programs
        such as `df' that do a statfs system call to fail with a bad
        system call. Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> also reports
        that cfsd (ports/security/cfs) needs to be recompiled after
        these changes are installed.

        ****************************DANGER*******************************

        DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and
        installing a new kernel FIRST.  You will be unable to build a
        new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old
        kernel.

20031112:
        Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This
        change requires the netgraph kernel modules and all netgraph
        userland components to be in sync. Especially users who require
        netgraph to boot need to make sure to have world and kernel in
        sync before rebooting.

20031111:
        Hyperthreading logical CPU's are no longer probed by default
        when using the MP Table.  If ACPI is being used, then logical
        CPUs will be probed if hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS.
        If ACPI is not being used and hyperthreading is enabled in the
        BIOS, logical CPUs can be enabled by building a custom kernel
        with the option MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT enabled.
 
20031103:
        The i386 APIC_IO kernel option has been replaced by
        'device apic'.  The ACPI module has also been temporarily
        disabled, so ACPI must be statically compiled into your
        kernel using 'device acpi' if you wish to use the ACPI driver.

20031031:
        The API and ABI of struct ifnet have been changed by removing
        the if_name and if_unit members and replacing them with
        if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit.  All network drivers and most
        userland programs which include net/if_var.h must be updated
        and recompiled.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped to 501113 to
        reflect this change.

20030928:
        Changes to the cdevsw default functions have been made to remove
        the need to specify nullopen() and nullclose() explicitly.
        __FreeBSD_version bumpted to 501110.

20030926:
        kiconv(3) has been added. mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8) and
        mount_cd9660(8) need to be in sync with kernel.

20030925:
        Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS
        also be explicitly configured.  Previously this dependency was
        magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has
        been removed.  Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS
        will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c.

20030923:
        Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
        attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system 
        panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests. See
        FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.

20030915:
        A change to /etc/defaults/rc.conf now causes inetd to be started
        with `-C 60' if it is not overridden in /etc/rc.conf.  This
        causes inetd to stop accepting connections from an IP address
        that exceeds the rate of 60 connections per minute.

20030829:
        The following rc.d scripts have been removed and should be
        deleted from your installation: atm2.sh atm3.sh devdb
        localdaemons network1 network2 network3. Depending on when
        you last updated world and used mergemaster(8) you may or
        may not have problems during the rc boot sequence. The simplest
        solution is an 'rm -rf /etc/rc.d/*' and then 'mergemaster -i'.
        The atm2.sh atm3.sh and devdb scripts were removed some time
        ago, so depending on when you installed -CURRENT these scripts
        may or may not exist on your system.

20030824:
        ATAng has been committed. You need to build world as sys/ata.h 
        has changed, and userland atacontrol depends on it.
        If you use ATA SW raids you need "device ataraid" in your
        kernel config file, as it is no longer pulled in automatically.

20030819:
        The OFW_NEWPCI option has been turned on in the Sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
        Among other things, this changes the device enumeration to be
        closer to Solaris.  Be aware that, this can even cause the machine
        to not boot without manual intervention before the fstab is adjusted.

20030728:
        All current USB and Firewire quirks in da(4) have been deprecated
        and will be removed for 5.2.  If this causes failure for your
        umass(4) devices, enable "options DA_OLD_QUIRKS" in your kernel
        and send the output of "camcontrol inquiry da0" to scsi@freebsd.org
        so the quirk can be re-enabled.

20030724:
        Problems with entry 20030714 have been corrected and no known issues
        with /rescue and -j exist for host systems after this point in time.

20030722:
        FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
        notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
        it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
        FPU hardware.

20030714:
        Some people are having problems with changes related to /rescue.
        If you are building -j N, you will need to define NO_RESCUE.  Others
        will need to define it if /rescue has issues with their environment.
        People should report those issues to current@.

20030711:
        gcc was upgraded to 3.3.  You are advised to not build -DNOCLEAN
        across this point.  Further, it might be a good idea to remove
        /usr/obj.

20030610:
        Remove deprecated locale names and transition period code
        for them, finishing switching to the new scheme. Check your
        LANG environment variable.

20030609:
        CCD has been changed to be a fully GEOMified class.  Kernel
        and ccdconfig(8) needs to be in sync, this is particularly
        important to remember beforehand if your source tree is on
        a ccd device.  Consider making a copy of the old ccdconfig
        into /boot/kernel.good or wherever you keep your backup
        kernel.

20030605:
        There was a small window in which sed(1) was broken.  If you
        happen to have sed(1) installed during that window, which is
        evidenced by an inability to build world with the failure
        given below, you need to manually build and install sed(1)
        (and only sed(1)) before doing anything else. This is a one-
        time snafu. Typical failure mode:

        In file included from /usr/src/contrib/binutils/bfd/targets.c:1092:
        targmatch.h:7:1: null character(s) ignored
        targmatch.h:12:1: null character(s) ignored
        targmatch.h:16:1: null character(s) ignored
                :

        The window of "sed(1)-uction" is from Wed Jun 4 15:31:55 2003 UTC
        to Thu Jun 5 12:10:19 2003 UTC (from rev 1.30 to rev 1.31 of
        usr.bin/sed/process.c).

20030505:
        Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) is now built by default. Setting
        MAKE_KERBEROS5 no longer has any effect. If you do NOT
        want the "base" Kerberos 5, you need to set NO_KERBEROS.

20030502:
        groff has been updated.  If you try to do a buildworld and
        get an infinite loop in troff, update to May 4th or newer.  If you
        have a newer kernel than userland, you may need to set the OSRELDATE
        to 500110 in your environment before starting a buildworld.

20030501:
        The old rc system has been removed.  Please report any problems
        to freebsd-rc@yahoogroups.com, and/or freebsd-current@freebsd.org.
        Your personal versions of these files will not be removed, so you can
        continue to use them. However, you should take great care when updating,
        especially when using mergemaster, since the compatibility code that
        utilizes these old scripts has also been removed.

20030423:
        A bug has been fixed in /dev/devctl which would cause devd
        to hang on boot, were it not for a workaround in devd.  The
        work around in devd will be removed around 20030507.  You
        have until then to upgrade your kernel before updating
        userland.  In general, you should have a userland and
        kernel that's in sync with each other.  However, given the
        effects of this bug (hang on boot when starting devd), some
        allowances are made.

20030329:
        Alphas with libc from between 20030312 and 20030329 exhibit
        floating point exceptions (FPEs), most notably in awk(1)
        while upgrading the system through a buildworld.

        So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
        downgrade your libc.so to a pre-20030312 version, or update
        /usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk to revision 1.26 which adds -mieee
        to CFLAGS, then forcibly rebuild and install libc:

        cd /usr/src/lib/libc && \
            make cleandir && make obj && \
            make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE all && \
            make -DNOMAN -DNOPROFILE install

20030208:
        sendmail 8.12.7 has been imported.  It has one important
        change for IPv6 users.  The default submit.mc now uses
        '[127.0.0.1]' instead of 'localhost' meaning only IPv4 is
        used to connect to the MTA.  Users on IPv6-only machines
        will need to edit /etc/mail/submit.mc appropriately.

20030128:
        NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
        This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and they should
        be removed when convenient.

20030126:
        The name of the device for the ofw console has changed, sparc64 users
        must run mergemaster to update their installed /etc/ttys.

20030125:
        The scheduler framework has grown a second scheduler and consequently
        you must specify one and only one scheduler in your kernel config.
        The cvs config files have been updated to use the old scheduler
        which may be selected via 'options SCHED_4BSD'.  If you would like
        to try the new, much more experimental, scheduler please try
        'options SCHED_ULE' and contribute to the arch@ discussion.

20030115:
        A new version of the wi driver has been imported into the tree.
        One now must have device wlan in the config file for it to operate
        properly.

        In addition, there have been some changes to how wi devices are
        configured for point to point links to bring it more in line
        with the former way of doing things, as well as compatibility
        with NetBSD.

20021222:
        For a period after the GCC 3.2.1 import (from 12/04 to 12/22), GCC
        used an incompatible form of ABI for returning structures and unions
        which FreeBSD's GCC maintainers were not aware of relative to previous
        versions of FreeBSD.  We have gone back to the ABI for now, and any
        code compiled which is required to interoperate with other code (not
        built at the same time) returning structs or unions should be 
        rebuilt.

20021216:
        A name change in /etc/netconfig has been reverted to stay
        compatible with suns TIRPC and also with NetBSD. You need
        to run mergemaster after make world. A new libc does still work
        with an outdated /etc/netconfig for some time, but you'll get
        a warning. This warning will be removed in 20030301.

20021202:
        The recent binutils upgrade marks a kernel flag day on
        sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work
        with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in
        panics.  Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.

20021029:
        The value of IPPROTO_DIVERT has changed.  Make sure to keep
        your kernel, netstat, natd and any third-party DIVERT
        consumers in sync.

20021024:
        Old, compatibility slices have been removed in GEOM kernels.
        This means that you will have to update your /etc/fstab to
        not use disk devices of the form /dev/ad0a.  Instead, you
        now must specify /dev/ad0s1a, or whatever slice your FreeBSD
        partition really is on.  The old device names have gone
        away, so if you use them anywhere else, you must also adjust
        those uses.  (This doesn't affect the disks formatted in
        the ``dangerously-dedicated'' mode.)

20021023:
        Alphas with kernels from between 20020830 and 20021023 and/or
        rtld (ld-elf.so.1) older than 20021023 may experience problems
        with groff while doing a buildworld (kernel: "out of memory",
        fixed in rev 1.129 of kern/imgact_elf.c; rtld: "too few PT_LOAD
        segments", fixed in rev 1.8 of libexec/rtld-elf/map_object.c).

        So, to successfully upgrade your Alpha, you must either
        upgrade your kernel and rtld first (which might be a bit
        tricky), or avoid running the bootstrapped groff during the
        "transitional" buildworld.  To avoid running groff during the
        transitional upgrade run make buildworld with -DNOMAN,
        -DNO_SHAREDOCS, and -DNO_LPR.

20020831:
        gcc has been upgraded to 3.2.  It is not all binary compatible
        with earlier versions of gcc for c++ programs.  All c++
        programs and libraries need to be recompiled.

        Also, if you encounter g++ issues, rm /usr/include/g++/* before
        doing an installworld to make sure that stale files are removed.

20020827:
        Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm
        almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default.
        If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use
        TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings).

20020815:
        A "bug" in gcc(1) that was hiding warning in system headers was
        fixed.  It's probably time to add -DNO_WERROR to your make line
        again.

20020729:
        COPY is being deprecated.  The 20010530 change was reverted, as
        it causes far more pain than was expected, and to always compare
        before installing, please use INSTALL="install -C" again.  The
        -C option is now silently ignored when used with the -d option.

20020702:
        Problems with libc_r clients like KDE and GNOME have been resolved.
        There are still some minor problems with some signals but the 
        system is stable enough for general use again. SMP is less so than UP
        but each can successfully complete multiple buildworlds.
        Libkvm needs to be recompiled due to KSE.

20020701:
        Now would be a bad time to upgrade.  Something in or near the
        KSE commit totally broke programs using libc_r like KDE and
        GNOME.

20020511:
        The k5su utility installed as part of Kerberos 5 is no longer
        installed with the set-user-ID bit set by default.  Add
        ENABLE_SUID_K5SU=yes to /etc/make.conf to have it installed
        with the set-user-ID bit set.

20020510:
        Gcc 3.1 debugging format (cc -g) has changed from STABS to DWARF2.
        Unfortunately our native GDB (at version 4.18) does not understand
        the DWARF2 debugging format.  Thus you must use `gcc -gstabs+' to
        generated debugging information for our native GDB.

20020510:
        Due to the way CVS works, it may not properly update src/contrib/gcc
        to the 3.1 sources.  The easiest fix is to `rm -rf' src/contrib/gcc
        and then do a cvs update.

20020421:
        When exec'ing set[ug]id executables, the kernel now ensures that the
        stdio file descriptors (0..2) are open.  See FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.

20020404:
        New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
        easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
        variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
        daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
        "NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
        an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
        also prevent any MTA from being started at boot.

20020403:
        UCONSOLE is no longer a valid kernel option.

20020315:
        FreeBSD 5.0 DP-1 was basically branched today.

20020225:
        Warnings are now errors in the kernel.  Unless you are a developer,
        you should add -DNO_WERROR to your make line.

20020217:
        sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported.  The sendmail binary is no
        longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support
        command line mail submission has changed.  Be sure to run
        mergemaster (especially for updating /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
        and /etc/mail) and read /etc/mail/README for more details.

        Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2, a new user and group are
        required in order for sendmail to run as a set-group-ID
        binary.  A 'make installworld' will use the new user and group
        to set the owner and group of /var/spool/clientmqueue and will
        fail if the new user and group do not exist.  The 'smmsp' user
        and group must be merged from src/etc/group and
        src/etc/master.passwd before using 'make installworld'.
        'mergemaster -p' will do this.  You may need to install
        mergemaster before this will work if you are updating from a
        very old version of current.  The updating recipe has changed
        as of this date.

20020112:
        The preferred configuration method for PAM is now /etc/pam.d/
        rather than /etc/pam.conf.  If you have an unmodified
        pam.conf, just delete it after your next mergemaster run.  If
        you have local modifications, you can use
        /usr/src/etc/pam.d/convert.pl to incorporate them into your
        /etc/pam.d.

        Please see the following url for more details:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<xzp6667fyoa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
20011229:
        If anyone here is already using the new rc.conf(5) variable
        networkfs_types, please note that it has changed
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<9744.1009655556@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>

20011220:
        sys/i4b/driver/i4b_ispppsubr.c has been retired.  This file
        started out its life in the ISDN4BSD project as an offspring
        from sys/net/if_spppsubr.c, which eventually got a life of its
        own.  All the accumulated features and bugfixes of the i4b
        version have now been merged back into the base system's
        version now.  The only user-visible change resulting from this
        is that i4b's sppp(4) interfaces are to be managed with
        spppcontrol(8) again, since ispppcontrol(8) has been retired
        as well.  (There has never been rc file support for
        ispppcontrol in -current, but only in -stable.  That will be
        reverted by the time the changes are MFCed.)

20011215:
        The fdc(4) driver has been updated and now automatically
        recognizes media in `standard' formats (like 1440 KB and
        720 KB for a 3.5" high-density drive) when accessing the
        default device node (e. g. /dev/fd0).  The old variety of
        floppy device nodes /dev/fd*.* is no longer present by
        default, devices can be created (in DEVFS) on demand.  They
        will need to be customized then for `odd' densities using
        fdcontrol(8).

20011209:
        The bugs in procfs' debugging support code have been fixed,
        and truss(1) now works again.

20011207:
        Daily security checks have been split out to use the periodic(8)
        scripts.  Some change in configuration may be necessary.  Please
        see 
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db=mid&id=<20011207155805.R8975@blossom.cjclark.org>
        for details.

20011204:
        sos added VCD/SVCD support to ata driver and that needs the
        kernel and burncd to be in sync.

20011203:
        The procfs pseudo-filesystem has now been converted to use the
        pseudofs framework.  If you have 'options PROCFS' in your
        kernel config, you'll need to add 'options PSEUDOFS' if it's
        not there already.

        This change temporarily breaks truss(1); use ktrace(1) instead
        until the issue has been resolved.

20011202:
        A security hole in OpenSSH involving `UseLogin yes' has been
        patched.

20011126:
        You need to remove /usr/obj/.../usr.bin/tip before rebuilding
        after this date.  You need to do this only once.

20011103:
        Most of the awk issues have been resolved.  Some rough
        edges may be left, but for the most part things should be
        back to "normal." For CURRENT's usual definition of "normal."

20011030:
        Awk has been upgraded to the one true awk from bell labs.  Expect
        choppy waves in the upgrade process.

20011030:
        The asr driver problem has been resolved.

20011027:
        Due to changes in other parts of the system, the asr driver
        now causes the system to panic on boot.  Do not use it pending
        correction.  Comment it out of any kernel config file that you
        try to use from this date forward.

20011025:
        When crossbuilding, use TARGET=xxx where you used to use
        MACHINE=xxx.  You don't need to set TARGET_ARCH and TARGET,
        unless you are changing both of them.  To cross build pc98 on
        an alpha, for example, you need to set TARGET=pc98 and
        TARGET_ARCH=i386.

20011001:
        The kernel interface that burncd depends on has changed.
        You must recompile both the kernel and userland applications
        at the same time.

20010929:
        When crossbuilding, please set TARGET_ARCH rather than
        MACHINE_ARCH to indicate the target.  In the future, one will
        set TARGET_MACHINE where you set MACHINE now.  At the moment,
        setting MACHINE alone for same MACHINE_ARCH machines works
        (eg, you can build pc98 on an i386 machine and vice versa).

20010927:
        Some weird problems result from using ACPI on some machines.
        To disable ACPI you can add
                hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
        to /boot/loader.conf (or by putting set X=Y at the boot
        loader "ok" prompt).

        Alternatively, you can remove it from /boot/kernel/acpi.ko
        or use the MODULES_OVERRIDE function in your kernel config
        file and not list acpi in that list.

20010924:
        The buildworld has been fixed.  You may need to install
        the 4.x compatibility libraries for some old binaries
        to work.  Add COMPAT4X=true to your /etc/make.conf to
        get them installed on every installworld, or execute the
        following to get them installed only once:
                cd src/lib/compat/compat4x.<arch>
                make all install
        You will see ``__stdoutp undefined'' until you do this.

20010919:
        There's a bug in the world build process.  The cross-tools
        are build with the NEW headers, but the OLD libc.a.  This
        leads to all kinds of problems with the new libc.  A temporary
        workaround is to add
                CFLAGS="-O -pipe -D_OLD_STDIO"
        before building world when upgrading from 4.x to current.  This
        can be removed afterwards.

        A proper fix to the buildworld target is needed.

20010918:
        Peter has committed his new kthread nfs client/server code.
        NFS may be unstable after this date.

20010912:
        KSE has hit the tree.  Lots of things are now different in
        the kernel.  While a few problems were introduced in the
        initial commit, most of the major ones have been found and
        corrected.

20010901:
        In OLDCARD, CardBus bridges appear to be stable.  The work
        arounds described in the 20010604 entry are now no longer
        necessary and will be ignored.  Most insert/remove problems
        have been rectified around this date.

20010823:
        named now runs as user bind and group bind rather than as 
        root.  If named_enable is set to YES in /etc/rc.conf, ensure 
        that user bind is available in /etc/passwd (using vipw(8)) 
        and that group bind is available in /etc/group.  Also make 
        sure that user or group bind has read (and not write) 
        permission for your name server configuration and that it 
        has read and write permission for your slave zone files and 
        directory.
 
        If you wish to continue to run named as root (a less secure 
        alternative), add a line to /etc/rc.conf saying
 
                named_flags=

20010709:
        The PAM libraries have had an API upgrade that is beyond
        the ability of the shared library major number to handle.
        It is manifested by PAM-using ports dumping core. The
        solution is to rebuild those ports.

20010628:
        The kernel compile module has moved from src/sys/compile/FOO
        to src/sys/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO.

20010625:
        The pccard modem issue from 20010613 has been corrected.
        OLDCARD support is still a little weak in -current.  slot 1 is
        known not to work on some TI based cardbus bridges.  Some
        cardbus bridges do not properly detect insert/removal events.
        IRQ configuration needs more safety belts.

20010617:
        Softupdates problems have been corrected.

20010614:
        Peter ripped out the linkerset support.  You must, as always,
        rerun config after you cvsup if you are using the traditional
        kernel building methods.

20010613:
        pccard modems may not work with current after 20010604 date.  Some
        do, others result in panics.  *MAKE*SURE* that you update your
        config and /etc/rc.conf ala the 20010604 entry, or you will have
        problems (this issue will be fixed, it just hasn't been yet).

20010613:
        SOFTUPDATES seem to be broken since the middle of May or so.  Do not
        use them in current.  You can disable softupdates on all mounted
        partitions, or remove SOFTUPDATES the kernel config file.

20010612:
        After Peter's commits to the hints code, people have been noticing
        that certain devices are attached (or try to) twice.  This is due
        to having both static hints as well as a /boot/device.hints.  To
        work around this issue, please use only one or the other mechanism
        until this bug is fixed.

        Please note that a feature of config is that if you have config
        file FOO and FOO.hints, it automatically adds FOO.hints to the
        hints.c file, whether you want it to or not.

20010610:
        Locale names have changed to match other systems better.

20010604:
        pccard support for pci cards has been committed.  You must change
        your /etc/pccard.conf irq lines.  It must match the irq used by
        pcic device.  Interrupt storms may result if you fail to do this.
        Interrupt storms look a lot like a hang.

        You must also install a new pccardd, otherwise you will get an
        interrupt storm at card reset time (just after it tells you what
        it is).

        pccardd_flags="-I" is necessary for the time being.  It tells pccardd
        not to ask the kernel if the interrupt is really free or not before
        using it.  You can either change the /etc/pccard.conf irq lines to
        match pcic, or add "-i X" to the pccardd_flags.

20010530:
        INSTALL=install -C is being deprecated.  If you want to do this,
        use COPY=-C instead.  The former method will be supported for only
        a limited time.  If you see

install: warning: the -d and -C options may not be specified together

        in your makeworld, then you need to migrate towards using
        COPY=-C.

20010525:
        It appears that vm is now stable enough to use again.  However,
        there may be other problems, so caution is still urged.  alpha
        definitely is in bad shape.

20010521:
        Minor repo damage has happened.  This may cause problems
        with cvsup of ports.  If you get errors, please see
        http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27495
        at the bottom for details on a workaround.  The error message
        is
Updater failed: Cannot delete "/usr/ports/www/jakarta-tomcat/files": Directory not empty

20010520:
        Vm and/or swapping are busted on -current.  Please be patient.

20010519:
        pccard has had much reorganizational work done to it over
        the past few days.  Everything should still work, but if
        not, please contact imp@freebsd.org.

20010517:
        ata ioctl changed.  Make sure to recompile both kernel and
        userland at the same time.

20010517:
        New ncurses imported.

20010512:
        DEVFS is now opt out, not opt in.  Barring major problems, this
        will be the only way to go starting July 1.

20010504:
        OpenSSH has been updated to 2.9.  Some defaults are different,
        including RhostsRSAAuthentication, which changes from yes to no.

20010502:
        Perl breakage in 20010501 was corrected at 14:18:33 PDT.

20010501:
        Building perl was broken at 02:25:25 PDT.

20010430:
        The bug in 20010429 was corrected at 07:35:37 PDT.  It is safe to
        go back in the water.

20010429:
        A bad bug was committed at 04:48:42 PDT.  Don't use kernels after
        this date, but before the correction date.

20010423:
        old fsck and new kernel interactions appear to have been fixed.

20010411:
        fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations
        to directory layout.  This breaks backward compatibility.
        Update only if you understand that you must not use the old
        fsck with the new kernel ever.

20010330:
        fsck has changed the meaning of the pass column in /etc/fstab.
        Please see the cvs commit to fsck.8 or the fsck.8 man page for
        details.  It is unclear if changes to /etc/fstab are necessary.

20010319:
        portmap had changed name to rpcbind for maximum POLA in your
        current world.  /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} needs changes.  nfs and
        other rpc based programs that rely on portmapper will not work
        without updates to /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} and /etc/netconfig.

20010315:
        ata subsystem changes.  ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA, ATA_ENABLE_WC
        and ATA_ENABLE_TAGS are no longer kernel options.  They have
        been replaced by tunables.  See ata.4 for details.

20010312:
        The fxp driver was converted to use miibus.  If you compile
        fxp into your kernel statically, you will need to add miibus.

20010312:
        The wi device now defaults to BSS (infrastructure) mode
        instead of ad-hoc.

20010310:
        /dev/urandom should be a symbolic link to /dev/random now.
        Users of current not using DEVFS need to run MAKEDEV std.
        ssh might not work if you don't.

20010303:
        The ed driver has been updated.  It now allows mii attachments,
        which means that you must include the miibus in your kernel if
        you use the ed driver.

20010220:
        The problems with libc have been corrected.  It is now mostly
        safe to go back into the water.

20010211:
        The size of FILE was changed.  This breaks upgrading.  If
        you must upgrade, be prepared for pain.  It also breaks almost
        all binaries that you've compiled on -current.  You are warned
        that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0
        dump of your system.  No, really, I mean it this time.

        To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following
        workaround.  Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we
        don't have to move this to the updating section.

        To get around the installworld problem, do:
                # cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed
                # make install
                # cd /usr/src
                # make installworld
        If that doesn't work, then try:
                # make -k installworld
                # make installworld

20010207:
        DEVFS is now the default.  If you use vinum, make sure that you
        do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result.

20010205:
        FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or deprecated.
        Remove them from your config.

20010122:
        ****************************** WARNING ******************************
                        buildkernel has been changed slightly
        ****************************** WARNING ******************************
        KERNCONF replaces the variable KERNEL for buildkernel.  You
        should update your scripts and make.conf accordingly.

20010119:
        config has changed to allow DEV_FOO as a replacement for NFOO.
        This requires a new config to build correctly.

20010116:
        The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the
        other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it
        only had this line.  Remove it for all other configurations.

20010110:
        Changes to the kernel require it and burncd be in sync.

20010102:
        Everyone who has hw.sndunit set to something in
        /etc/sysctl.conf, it is now hw.snd.unit.

20010101:
        ex and vi were broken by some changes to sys/queue.h.  If you
        have a bad vi, you will see make buildworld fail with a core
        dump while building termcap.  You can work around this problem
        by adding -k to your make buildworld.  This will cause the
        build to complete and install a new vi.  Once that's done, you
        can rebuild again without the -k to pick up anything that
        might have been ignored by the -k option.

        Others have suggested that you can just rebuild libc if your
        vi/ex is dynamically linked, but I've not received any reports
        of this working.

20001228:
        There have been some changes to libcrypt in -current.  The
        libscrypt/libdescrypt symlink silliness is gone and the installed
        libcrypt is fully functional.  Be aware of this.

20001218:
        Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver
        now require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line
        in pccard.conf(5).  This flag is not optional.  These Linksys
        cards will not be recognized without it.

20001205:
        Important new FreeBSD-version stuff: PAM support has been worked
        in, partially from the "Unix" OpenSSH version.  This requires
        adding the following in pam.conf:
  
        sshd    auth    sufficient      pam_skey.so
        sshd    auth    required        pam_unix.so         try_first_pass
        sshd    session required        pam_permit.so

20001031:
        cvs updated to 1.11.

20001020:
        The random device needs more entropy, so you need to make sure
        that you've run mergemaster to get a /etc/rc which will seed
        /dev/random.  If you don't and the system hangs after ldconfig,
        then banging on the keyboard randomly until it unhangs is one
        workaround.

20001010:
        ****************************** WARNING ******************************
                                Sendmail has been updated.
        ****************************** WARNING ******************************
        o mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary.
        o sendmail(8) is now built with STARTTLS support unless NO_OPENSSL
          is set.
        o The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY
          commands.
        o Now using sendmail's version of vacation(1).
        o The sendmail cf building tools (contrib/sendmail/cf) are installed
          in /usr/share/sendmail/cf.
        o sendmail.cw changed to local-host-names

        More details can be found at
                http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/UPDATING/sendmail-20001010

20001009:
        The ports tree's new layout is in place.  Be sure to update
        your entire ports tree, or you will have problems.

20001006:
        The perl build procedure no longer installs miniperl, nor uses
        the installed miniperl.  It is recommended that you delete
        /usr/bin/miniperl.

20001005:
        This weekend the ports tree will be updated to a new layout.
        It will be in an inconsistent state until noted in the UPDATING
        file, or with asami-san's message to the relevant mailing
        lists.  With this new layout, you'll need to update the whole
        tree for anything to work.

20000928:
        There was a change in the passwd format.  Need more information.

20000916:
        /boot/kernel/kernel.ko -> /boot/kernel/kernel change has taken
        place.  Please update boot loader (not the boot blocks) at the
        same time as your kernel.

20000914:
        The new pmtimer device is necessary for laptops.  Failure to
        include the device will cause suspended laptops losing time
        when they resume.  Include
                device          pmtimer
        in your config file and
                hint.pmtimer.0.at="isa"
        to your /boot/device.hints file.

20000911:
        The random device has been turned into a (pseudo-)device,
        rather than an option. The supplied kernel config files have
        been updated. You will need to do something similar in your
        own kernel config file.
        Remove:
                options         RANDOMDEV
        Add:
                device          random
        If you prefer to load the loadable module, you need to do
        nothing.

20000909:
        The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to
        random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to
        reflect this if you load this module at boot time.
        The line should read:
                random_load="YES"

20000907:
        The SMPNG commit has happened.  It should work, but if it
        doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag.  There are likely
        to be a variety of minor issues.  Please see 20000905 to make
        sure you don't have model loading problems which might at
        first blush appear related to SMP.

20000906:
        nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD.  Among other things,
        this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used.  See
        nsswitch.conf(5) instead.  Note that at boot time rc.network
        will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if you
        don't have one, and you have host.conf.

20000905:
        The ucred structure changed size.  This breaks the interface
        that mountd uses.  Trying to use an older mountd with a newer
        kernel guarantees a panic.  This means that you need to use
        kernels newer than today only with matching mountd, but you
        needed to do that anyway with the boot loader changes.

20000905:
        The boot loader has been updated.  The new default kernel is
        now /boot/kernel/kernel.ko.  The new default module location
        is /boot/kernel.

        You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time.
        The easiest way to do this is to do the buildworld/buildkernel/
        installkernel/installworld dance.

        Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory
        before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale
        modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct
        path, /boot/kernel.  The most common complaint that this cures
        is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update.

        if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then
                mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old
                chflags noschg /kernel.old
                mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
                chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko
        fi

20000904:
        A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light.
        /etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases.  Mergemaster will 
        incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than
        move the old one from /etc.  So you'll need to manually move the
        file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and
        run newaliases.  For safety sake, you should stop sendmail
        while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email
        is not likely to be generated.

20000825:
        /boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
        succeed.  You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
        into /boot/device.hints.  If and only if you compile hints
        into your kernel, then this file may be empty.  Please note,
        if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
        you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
        messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
        kernel.

20000821:
        If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
        you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
        /boot/loader.conf.

20000812:
        suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
        with permissions of 511.  If you have applications that use
        this program, you are now required to add ENABLE_SUIDPERL=true
        to /etc/make.conf.  If you forget to do this,
                chmod 4511 /usr/bin/suidperl
        will fix this until the next build.

20000812:
        sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0.  Some of the more
        visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration
        include:
        - New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README
        - newaliases limited to root and trusted users
        - MSA port (587) turned on by default
        - New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9
        - FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl')
        - FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured
        - FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial'
        - mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B
        - See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info

20000810:
        suidperl (aka sperl) is no longer build by default.  You must
        specifically define BUILD_SUIDPERL to "true" for it to be build.
        Furthermore, we recommend that you remove /usr/bin/sperl* and
        /usr/bin/suidperl files from your system unless you have a
        specific use for it.

20000729:
        Networking defaults have been tightened.  Anybody upgrading
        /etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add the following lines to
        /etc/rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
        afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
                # Enable network daemons for user convenience.
                inetd_enable="YES"
                portmap_enable="YES"
                sendmail_enable="YES"

20000728:
        If you have null_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf, you
        will need to change that to nullfs_load="YES".

20000728:
        The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if
        you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL'
        it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel
        target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have
        updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL
        should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel
        to /MYKERNEL.

20000711:
        If you use CVSUP or CTM to get CVS trees, AND you used to get 
        the old crypto files from internat.freebsd.org AND you check
        out files from the CVS tree with the cvs command, please read
                http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/internat.txt
        for details on potential problems that you might have and how
        to get around them.

        If you are merely a mirror, or don't answer yes to each of the
        clauses above, you needn't worry.

20000711:
        /etc/security has been updated to print the inode number of
        setuid programs that have changed.  You will see a large spike
        in the number of changed programs the first time when you run
        mergemaster to get a new /etc/security.

20000710:
        /dev/random now has good entropy collection (from the keyboard
        and sysmouse drivers). Please ensure that either `options
        RANDOMDEV' is present in your kernel config file or that
        `randomdev_load="YES"' is in your /boot/loader.conf. If you do
        not have the /dev/random driver, OpenSSL (and consequently
        lots of crypto tools (like SSH)) will fail with strange
        errors. (see below, 20000624).

        FreeBSD-current is safe again to run Crypto.

20000709:
        phk made the malloc default options AJ.  This may slow things
        down and uncover other latent bugs in the code.  If you need to
        run at full speed, you can disable this by doing the following:
                ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf

20000706:
        libftpio's version was accidentally bumped a few days ago.  This
        has been corrected.  You may need to remove /usr/lib/libftpio.so.6
        before doing your next buildworld/installworld pair.  It certainly
        won't hurt to remove it before the update procedure.  It will
        break fetch until a new one is built, but ftp can be used in the
        interim if needed.

20000705:
        The crypto packages have changed for the cvsup.  This has been done
        in a backward compatible way, but the old packages will go away at
        some point in the future.  Look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup for
        details.

20000704:
        With the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/*, you will need to
        set SYSDIR until you do an installworld after July 7th.

20000704:
        rc.shutdown and rc will now call the rc.d scripts with start
        or stop.  This may cause some harmless warnings from older
        rc.d scripts that haven't been updated.

20000630:
        The libfetch based version of fetch has gone into the tree.
        Minor problems may result on some of the less popular sites,
        which should be reported to des@freebsd.org.

20000625:
        From approximately this date forward, one must have the crypto
        system installed in order to build the system and kernel.
        While not technically strictly true, one should treat it as
        required and grab the crypto bits.  If you are grabbing CVS
        trees, src-all and cvs-crypto should be treated as if they
        were required.  You should check with the latest collections
        to make sure that these haven't changed.

20000624:
        Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
        /dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
        The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
        -CURRENT FROM THIS POINT to 2000710 for cryptographic services
        until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
        openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
        date to the completion of the work.

        If you must operate at this reduced level of security, add '
        options RANDOMDEV' to your kernel or modload the randomdev
        module.  You may also need to copy a new MAKEDEV to /dev and
        recreate the random and urandom devices.

20000622:
        The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
        BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
        that used to be required when updating.

20000621:
        Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent write-up on
        the config file update procedure.
                http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
        NOTE: LINT is gone.  It has been replaced with NOTES.  NOTES
        isn't buildable.  However, you can generate a LINT file:
                cd /sys/<ARCH>/conf && make LINT

20000620:
        Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly.  As soon
        as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
        that workaround will no longer be required.

20000615:
        phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
        ad driver.  If you haven't done so already, you must update
        your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
        devices.

        In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
        more modern version, if you haven't already done so.  Modern
        here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
        may work).

20000612:
        Peter took an axe to config(8).  Be sure that you read his mail
        on the topic before even thinking about updating.  You will
        need to create a /boot/device.hints or add a hints directive
        to your config file to compile them in statically.  The format
        of the config file has changed as well.  Please see GENERIC or
        NEWCARD for examples of the new format.

        Indirectly, this also breaks USERCONFIG.  Unless a newer entry
        says that it has been fixed, assume that must use the hints mechanism
        in the loader if you need to use a machine with very old ISA cards
        in it.

20000522:
        A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
        building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
        to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
        buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.

        Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
        or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core.  It
        is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
        is resolved.

20000513:
        The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.

20000510:
        The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
        This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
        is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.

20000503:
        Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
        is now available.

20000502:
        Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and 
        connected to the kernel building instead.

20000427:
        You may need to build gperf
                cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
        when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
        an option only in -current.

20000417:
        The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
        acceptable to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
        rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
        binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
        before you reboot, you'll need to issue:
                brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
        if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.

20000320:
        If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
        don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
        cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
                /sbin/sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma=0
        to the start of /etc/rc.conf.

20000319:
        The ISA and PCI compatibility shims have been connected to the
        options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
        style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
        include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
        using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
        5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.

20000318:
        We've entered the traditional post release dumping party.
        Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
        works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
        in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
        Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
        that you are loading are up to date.

20000315:
        If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
        need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
        will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
        wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
        boot.

20000315:
        4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
        to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.

COMMON ITEMS:

        General Notes
        -------------
        Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
        past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
        installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
        "distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
        or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
        on the -current branch).

        Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
        poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
        environment when searching for values for global variables.
        To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
        prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
        page for more details.

        To build a kernel
        -----------------
        If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
        a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
        /usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
        make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE

        To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
        --------------------------------------------------------------
        This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
        ${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
        "alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).

        cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
        config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
        cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
        make depend
        make
        make install    

        If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.

        To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
        -----------------------------------------------------------
        # Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
        # is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.

        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        <maybe fix /etc/fstab>                          [7]
        make buildworld
        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
                                                        [1]
        <reboot in single user>                         [3]
        /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom                         [10]
        mergemaster -p                                  [5]
        make installworld
        mergemaster                                     [4]
        <reboot>


        To cross-install current onto a separate partition
        --------------------------------------------------
        # In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
        # current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
        # holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
        # size.

        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        <boot into -stable>
        make buildworld
        <maybe newfs current's root partition>
        <mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
        make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        cp /usr/src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/GENERIC.hints \
                ${CURRENT_ROOT}/boot/device.hints       # as needed
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
        cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
        cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab                    # if newfs'd
        <edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
        <reboot into current>
        <do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
        <maybe install compatibility libraries from /usr/src/lib/compat>
        <reboot>        


        To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current 
        ----------------------------------------------
        # 5.x uses more space than 4.x.  Also, the location of kernel
        # modules has changed.  If you are installing 5.0 onto a 4.x
        # system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
        # partition.  If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
        # to back out of problems with this procedure.  If /tmp is on
        # the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
        # before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
        # space on /.
        
        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        <maybe fix /etc/fstab>                          [7]
        make buildworld                                 [9]
        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE      [8]
        cp src/sys/${MACHINE}/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        cd src/sys/boot ; make install                  [6]
                                                        [1]
        <reboot in single user>                         [3]
        /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom                         [10]
        mergemaster -p                                  [5]
        rm -rf /usr/include/g++
        make installworld
        mergemaster                                     [4]
        <reboot>

        Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
        tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
        cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
        to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
        the UPDATING entries.

        Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
        freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
        your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
        messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
        much fewer pitfalls.

        [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
        should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
        system on reboot.

        [2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
        your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
        configuration.

        [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
                fsck -p
                mount -u /
                mount -a
                cd /usr/src
                adjkerntz -i            # if CMOS is wall time
        Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
        you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
        For the 4.x -> 5.0 upgrade, you will also see many messages about
        needing to recompile your userland.  These are harmless and can
        be ignored while you proceed to the next step.

        [4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
        can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
        system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
        that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
        as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
        for potential gotchas.

        [5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
        you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
        step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
        install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
        install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
        from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.

        [6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
        it is difficult to do that at best.  If you wish to try, then
        you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
                ok unload
                ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
        If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
        described here.

        [7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
        compatibility slices.  These are device names of the form, on i386
        and other architectures that use MBR slicing, /dev/ad0a without the
        actual slice name.  Chances are excellent that these will break.
        You generally must update these entries to use the post FreeBSD
        2.x form of /dev/ad0s1a.

        [8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
        needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
        option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
        that is hard to boot to recover.

        [9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
        cvs prune empty directories.

        [10] In order to create temporary files, /dev/random must be
        initialized by feeding data into it.  /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
        takes care of this.
FORMAT:

This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
previous releases if your system is older than this.

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