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  16   <info>
  17     <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
  18
  19     <author>
  20       <orgname>The &os; Project</orgname>
  21     </author>
  22
  23     <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
  24
  25     <!-- Last rev: 288943 -->
  26
  27     <copyright>
  28       <year>2017</year>
  29       <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
  30         Project</holder>
  31     </copyright>
  32
  33     <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
  34       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
  35       &tm-attrib.ibm;
  36       &tm-attrib.ieee;
  37       &tm-attrib.intel;
  38       &tm-attrib.sparc;
  39       &tm-attrib.general;
  40     </legalnotice>
  41
  42     <abstract>
  43       <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain
  44         a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
  45         &release.branch; development line.  This document lists
  46         applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
  47         release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and
  48         userland.  Some brief remarks on upgrading are also
  49         presented.</para>
  50     </abstract>
  51   </info>
  52
  53   <sect1 xml:id="intro">
  54     <title>Introduction</title>
  55
  56     <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
  57       &release.current;.  It describes recently added, changed, or
  58       deleted features of &os;.  It also provides some notes on
  59       upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para>
  60
  61     <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to
  62       which these release notes apply represents the latest point
  63       along the &release.branch; development branch since
  64       &release.branch; was created.  Information regarding pre-built,
  65       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  66       found at <uri
  67         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  68
  69     <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to
  70       which these release notes apply represents a point along the
  71       &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and
  72       the future &release.next;.  Information regarding pre-built,
  73       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  74       found at <uri
  75         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  76
  77     <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os;
  78       &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution.  It can be
  79       found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or
  80       any of its mirrors.  More information on obtaining this (or
  81       other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the
  82       <link
  83         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
  84           &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link
  85         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os;
  86         Handbook</link>.</para>
  87
  88     <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata
  89       before installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
  90       <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
  91       release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
  92       information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections
  93       to documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
  94       &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
  95
  96     <para>This document describes the most user-visible new or changed
  97       features in &os; since &release.prev;.  In general, changes
  98       described here are unique to the &release.branch; branch unless
  99       specifically marked as &merged; features.</para>
 100
 101     <para>Typical release note items document recent security
 102       advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware
 103       support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or
 104       contributed software upgrades.  They may also list changes to
 105       major ports/packages or release engineering practices.  Clearly
 106       the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os;
 107       between releases; this document focuses primarily on security
 108       advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural
 109       improvements.</para>
 110   </sect1>
 111
 112   <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
 113     <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
 114
 115     <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
 116       (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
 117       using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
 118       procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
 119       unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official
 120       &os; release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that
 121       the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
 122
 123     <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
 124       base system from source code) from previous versions are
 125       supported, according to the instructions in
 126       <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
 127
 128     <important>
 129       <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up
 130         <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para>
 131     </important>
 132   </sect1>
 133
 134   <sect1 xml:id="security-errata">
 135     <title>Security and Errata</title>
 136
 137     <para>This section lists the various Security Advisories and
 138       Errata Notices since &release.prev;.</para>
 139
 140     <sect2 xml:id="security">
 141       <title>Security Advisories</title>
 142
 143       &security;
 144     </sect2>
 145
 146     <sect2 xml:id="errata">
 147       <title>Errata Notices</title>
 148
 149       &errata;
 150     </sect2>
 151   </sect1>
 152
 153   <sect1 xml:id="userland">
 154     <title>Userland</title>
 155
 156     <para>This section covers changes and additions to userland
 157       applications, contributed software, and system utilities.</para>
 158
 159     <sect2 xml:id="userland-config">
 160       <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title>
 161
 162       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 163     </sect2>
 164
 165     <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs">
 166       <title>Userland Application Changes</title>
 167
 168       <para revision="321092">The &man.ln.1; utility has been updated
 169         to correct the behavior of the <literal>-F</literal> flag by
 170         unlinking an existing directory before creating a symbolic
 171         link.</para>
 172
 173       <para revision="324270">The &man.ps.1; utility has been updated
 174         to reflect realtime and idle priorities in state flags.</para>
 175
 176       <para revision="324271">The &man.ps.1; utility has been updated
 177         to display if a process is running with &man.capsicum.4;
 178         capability mode, indicated by <literal>C</literal>.</para>
 179
 180       <para revision="328140">The &man.df.1; utility has been updated
 181         to include the <literal>--si</literal> long option, which is
 182         an alias to <literal>-H</literal>.</para>
 183
 184       <para revision="331471">The &man.ps.1; utility has been updated
 185         to include a <literal>jail</literal>, which when used will
 186         list the name of a &man.jail.8; instead of the numeric
 187         ID.</para>
 188     </sect2>
 189
 190     <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib">
 191       <title>Contributed Software</title>
 192
 193       <para revision="321303">The &man.libarchive.3; library has been
 194         updated to version 3.3.2.</para>
 195
 196       <para revision="322172">The &man.libxo.3; library has been
 197         updated to version 0.8.4.</para>
 198
 199       <para revision="322442"><application>Subversion</application>
 200         has been updated to version 1.9.7.</para>
 201
 202       <para revision="328874">The &man.file.1; utility has been
 203         updated to version 5.32.</para>
 204
 205       <para revision="323136"><application>OpenSSH</application> has
 206         been updated to version 7.5p1.</para>
 207
 208       <para revision="324581">The &man.mandoc.1; utility has been
 209         updated to version 1.14.3.</para>
 210
 211       <para revision="327234">The &man.tcpdump.1; utility has been
 212         updated to version 4.9.2.</para>
 213
 214       <para revision="330106">The <acronym>NTP</acronym> utilities
 215         have been updated to version 4.2.8p11.</para>
 216
 217       <para revision="330570">The &man.less.1; utility has been
 218         updated to upstream version v530.</para>
 219
 220       <para revision="331246">The <application>bmake</application>
 221         utility has been updated to upstream version 20180222.</para>
 222
 223       <para revision="331638"><application>OpenSSL</application> has
 224         been updated to version 1.0.2o.</para>
 225
 226       <para revision="331662">Timezone data files have been updated to
 227         version 2018d.</para>
 228
 229       <para revision="331838">The <application>clang</application>,
 230         <application>llvm</application>,
 231         <application>lld</application>,
 232         <application>lldb</application>, and
 233         <application>complier-rt</application> utilities as well as
 234         <literal>libc++</literal> have been updated to upstream
 235         version 6.0.0.</para>
 236     </sect2>
 237
 238     <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer">
 239       <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title>
 240
 241       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 242     </sect2>
 243
 244     <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc">
 245       <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename>
 246         Scripts</title>
 247
 248       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 249     </sect2>
 250
 251     <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic">
 252       <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename>
 253         Scripts</title>
 254
 255       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 256     </sect2>
 257
 258     <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries">
 259       <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title>
 260
 261       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 262     </sect2>
 263
 264     <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi">
 265       <title>ABI Compatibility</title>
 266
 267       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 268     </sect2>
 269
 270     <sect2 xml:id="userland-debug">
 271       <title>Userland Debugging</title>
 272
 273       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 274     </sect2>
 275   </sect1>
 276
 277   <sect1 xml:id="kernel">
 278     <title>Kernel</title>
 279
 280     <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system
 281       tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise
 282       categorized.</para>
 283
 284     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-general">
 285       <title>General Kernel Changes</title>
 286
 287       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 288     </sect2>
 289
 290     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix">
 291       <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title>
 292
 293       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 294     </sect2>
 295
 296     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config">
 297       <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
 298
 299       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 300     </sect2>
 301
 302     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-modules">
 303       <title>Kernel Modules</title>
 304
 305       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 306     </sect2>
 307
 308     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl">
 309       <title>System Tuning and Controls</title>
 310
 311       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 312     </sect2>
 313   </sect1>
 314
 315   <sect1 xml:id="drivers">
 316     <title>Devices and Drivers</title>
 317
 318     <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and
 319       device drivers since &release.prev;.</para>
 320
 321     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device">
 322       <title>Device Drivers</title>
 323
 324       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 325     </sect2>
 326
 327     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage">
 328       <title>Storage Drivers</title>
 329
 330       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 331     </sect2>
 332
 333     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network">
 334       <title>Network Drivers</title>
 335
 336       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 337     </sect2>
 338   </sect1>
 339
 340   <sect1 xml:id="hardware">
 341     <title>Hardware Support</title>
 342
 343     <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical
 344       machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well
 345       as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in
 346       other sections of this document.</para>
 347
 348     <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support">
 349       <title>Hardware Support</title>
 350
 351       <para revision="331500">Support for the TAIO
 352         <acronym>USB</acronym> multi-protocol adapter
 353         (<acronym>TUMPA</acronym>) has been added.</para>
 354     </sect2>
 355
 356     <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization">
 357       <title>Virtualization Support</title>
 358
 359       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 360     </sect2>
 361
 362     <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm">
 363       <title>ARM Support</title>
 364
 365       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 366     </sect2>
 367   </sect1>
 368
 369   <sect1 xml:id="storage">
 370     <title>Storage</title>
 371
 372     <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems
 373       and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para>
 374
 375     <sect2 xml:id="storage-general">
 376       <title>General Storage</title>
 377
 378       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 379     </sect2>
 380
 381     <sect2 xml:id="storage-net">
 382       <title>Networked Storage</title>
 383
 384       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 385     </sect2>
 386
 387     <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs">
 388       <title>ZFS</title>
 389
 390       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 391     </sect2>
 392
 393     <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom">
 394       <title><literal>geom(4)</literal></title>
 395
 396       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 397     </sect2>
 398   </sect1>
 399
 400   <sect1 xml:id="boot">
 401     <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 402
 403     <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other
 404       boot-related changes.</para>
 405
 406     <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader">
 407       <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 408
 409       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 410     </sect2>
 411
 412     <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu">
 413       <title>Boot Menu Changes</title>
 414
 415       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 416     </sect2>
 417   </sect1>
 418
 419   <sect1 xml:id="network">
 420     <title>Networking</title>
 421
 422     <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in
 423       &os;.</para>
 424
 425     <sect2 xml:id="network-general">
 426       <title>General Network Changes</title>
 427
 428       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 429     </sect2>
 430
 431     <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols">
 432       <title>Network Protocols</title>
 433
 434       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 435     </sect2>
 436   </sect1>
 437
 438   <sect1 xml:id="ports">
 439     <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title>
 440
 441     <para>This section covers changes to the &os;&nbsp;Ports
 442       Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and
 443       installation tools.</para>
 444
 445     <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure">
 446       <title>Infrastructure Changes</title>
 447
 448       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 449     </sect2>
 450
 451     <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages ">
 452       <title>Packaging Changes</title>
 453
 454       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 455     </sect2>
 456   </sect1>
 457
 458   <sect1 xml:id="doc">
 459     <title>Documentation</title>
 460
 461     <para>This section covers changes to the &os;&nbsp;Documentation
 462       Project sources and toolchain.</para>
 463
 464     <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources">
 465       <title>Documentation Source Changes</title>
 466
 467       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 468     </sect2>
 469
 470     <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain">
 471       <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title>
 472
 473       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 474     </sect2>
 475   </sect1>
 476
 477   <sect1 xml:id="releng">
 478     <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
 479
 480     <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the
 481       &os;&nbsp;Release Engineering processes.</para>
 482
 483     <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes">
 484       <title>Integration Changes</title>
 485
 486       <para revision="326892">Amazon&reg; EC2&trade; instances now
 487         keep their clocks synchronized using the Amazon Time Sync
 488         Service, the <acronym>NTP</acronym> service internal to the
 489         EC2&trade; infrastructure.</para>
 490     </sect2>
 491   </sect1>
 492 </article>