From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 12 23:11:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA18335 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 23:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (max66-9.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de [141.31.66.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA18330 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 23:11:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from helbig@localhost) by helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA06368; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 08:10:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig Message-Id: <199704130610.IAA06368@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> Subject: Re: 2.1.7 CD-Rom In-Reply-To: <199704130050.TAA06441@horton.iaces.com> from "Paul T. Root" at "Apr 12, 97 07:50:26 pm" To: proot@horton.iaces.com (Paul T. Root) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 08:10:58 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > I got the 2.1.7-Release CD-Rom today. And did an upgrade with > it of a machine that was at 2.1.7. I did this because I thought > I'd read that the CD was actually going to be 2.1.7.1. But that > doesn't appear so now. Can anybody confirm this? Seems that we have a true 2.1.7 on CD-ROM. > > And if so. What really changed? Just the Kernel? Can I cvsup or > something the kernel and get up to 2.1.7.1? Here is part of the announcement for 2.1.7.1. >>>>>>>>>> start of announcement letter To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: 2.1.7.1 point release now available on ftp.freebsd.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 13:54:49 -0800 Message-ID: <8109.858808489@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Status: RO Those tracking the 2.1-stable branch via CTM or CVSup can probably ignore this message since you're already up-to-date with our post-2.1.7 fixes. There was essentially a bug found in the AHC 2940 driver which caused certain heavily loaded machines (like news servers) to fail intermittantly. Since both we and our customers prefer 2.1.7 machines to stay up 24/7, it was felt that a point release for new 2.1.7 installations and upgrades was in order. Sure, it's easy enough to load 2.1.7, CVSup it up to 2.1-stable and then make world & kernel on it, but that still takes time. If you're going to be installing or updating any new 2.1.7 machines, I therefore recommend using this more recent release. I've also included the changes between 2.1.7 and 2.1.7.1 sources as gzip'd unidiffs for patch(1) in the src distribution this time, for the convenience of those who already have 2.1.7 on CD and merely want to get up to 2.1.7.1 (the patch file is small enough to fit on a 1.2MB floppy). Those who curious to know exactly what changed in-between 2.1.7 and 2.1.7.1 may also find the diffs to be interesting reading. See: 2.1.7.1-RELEASE/src/2.1.7-2.1.7.1.diffs.gz The release notes for 2.1.7.1 basically say the rest, so without further ado: RELEASE NOTES FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 RELEASE 0. What is this release? ------------------------ FreeBSD 2.1.7[.1]R is the follow-on release to 2.1.6R and focuses primarily on fixing bugs and closing security holes, the most notable being the setlocale() bug (see ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/CERT) in 2.1.6R. 2.1.7.1 is an even smaller incremental fix release to 2.1.7, primarily aimed at fixing some problems with the Adaptec 2940 driver which could cause instability in very heavily loaded systems (like news servers). We essentially brought in all changes from the RELENG_2_1_0 branch between the release date of 2.1.7 and March 18th, 1997. Those fixes include: o 2940 driver bugs fixed. o Various buffer overflows in: date, ps, libc, route, ... o Various games fixed up. o System installation tool updated. o Intel Etherexpress Pro/100B now works in full-duplex mode. o Bug fixed in pkg_add which caused packages like xemacs to fail. For more information on this release of FreeBSD, please see: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook >>>>>>>>>> end of announcement letter Wolfgang