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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:08:00 +0800
From:      "Chao Shin" <quakelee@geekcn.org>
To:        "Ken Smith" <kensmith@buffalo.edu>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 8.0-RC1 Available
Message-ID:  <op.u0l4blpchnq548@qld630>
In-Reply-To: <1253540159.15847.31.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>
References:  <1253540159.15847.31.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>

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> The first of the Release Candidates for the FreeBSD 8.0 release cycle is
> now available.  How many RC's we have will depend on how well 8.0-RC1
> does.  At the moment only one more RC is on the schedule but odds are
> fairly high we will wind up inserting at least one more RC.  Between
> BETA4 and RC1 a lot of work has gone into IPv6 issues as well as many
> other issues that have been brought up from the public testing.  And a
> patch set was committed by the people who handle porting ZFS to FreeBSD
> that they felt makes ZFS production-ready.
>
> Details about the current target schedule along with much more detail
> about the current status of the release is available here:
>
>         http://wiki.freebsd.org/8.0TODO
>
> There are two known problems with 8.0-RC1.  One known issue with the
> 8.0-RC1 build was discovered after the builds got started so is not part
> of the ISO images or FreeBSD-Update builds.  The issue is that local
> IPv6 link-local addresses are not reachable.  A fix for it has been
> committed to RELENG_8 so if you install from the 8.0-RC1 media or update
> using FreeBSD-Update you will then need to update using csup/cvsup
> mechanisms if you need that fix for your environment.  It should only
> impact people using IPv6.
>
> The other known issue is that the flowtable may direct packets to the
> wrong interface under certain routing conditions. We feel confident that
> this bug will be fixed so the flowtable is enabled in RC1 to maximize
> testing. If you experience routing problems, please temporarily disable
> the flowtable using the sysctl <XXXX>=0 and report the results to the
> freebsd-current@ mailing list. If we are unable to resolve this issue by
> RC2, we will disable the flowtable in 8.0-RELEASE.
>
> If you notice problems you can report them through the normal Gnats PR
> system or on the freebsd-current mailing list.  I do cross-post
> announcements to freebsd-stable because this particular release is
> "about to become a stable branch" but when it comes to watching for
> issues related to the release most of the developers pay more attention
> to the freebsd-current list.
>
> ISO images for all supported architectures are available on the FTP
> sites, and a "memory stick" image is available for amd64/i386
> architectures.  For amd64/i386 architectures the cdrom and memstick
> images include the documentation packages this time but no other
> packages.  The DVD image includes a rough pass at what packages will be
> available on the official release media but is subject to change between
> now and release.  For sparc64 the DVD image has the set of packages that
> currently build for sparc64, which is a sub-set of the set provided for
> amd64/i386.  The sparc64 disc1 does not have any packages on it because
> I noticed a little too late that adding the doc packages to disc1 caused
> it to overflow the target size.  For 8.0-RC2 sparc64 will have the
> livefs bits split out to a separate image (which is the way all the
> other architectures have been for a while now) and the doc packages will
> be provided on disc1.  None of the other images include packages.
>
> If you are using csup/cvsup methods to update an older system the branch
> tag to use is RELENG_8.
>
> The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of i386 and amd64
> systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running 7.0-RELEASE,
> 7.1-RELEASE, 7.2-RELEASE, 8.0-BETA1, 8.0-BETA2, 8.0-BETA3, or 8.0-BETA4
> can upgrade as follows:
> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RC1
> During this process, FreeBSD Update may ask the user to help by merging
> some configuration files or by confirming that the automatically
> performed merging was done correctly.  Systems running 8.0-BETA3 may
> print the warning
>
>         INDEX-OLD.all: Invalid arguments
>
> when downloading updates; this warning is a harmless bug (fixed in
> 8.0-BETA4) and can be safely ignored.
>
> # freebsd-update install
> The system must be rebooted with the newly installed kernel before  
> continuing.
> # shutdown -r now
> After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to install the new
> userland components:
>
> # freebsd-update install
> At this point, users of systems being upgraded from FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2 or
> earlier will be prompted by freebsd-update to rebuild all third-party
> applications (e.g., ports installed from the ports tree) due to updates
> in system libraries.  See:
>
> http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-07-11-freebsd-update-to-8.0-beta1.html
>
> for mode details.  After updating installed third-party applications
> (and again, only if freebsd-update printed a message indicating that
> this was necessary), run freebsd-update again so that it can delete the
> old (no longer used) system libraries:
>
> # freebsd-update install
> Finally, reboot into 8.0-RC1:
> # shutdown -r now
>
> MD5/SHA256 checksums for the image files:
>
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-amd64-bootonly.iso) = a84d43c8adaba3fee9a618098668154e
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso) = fb4f75c74144239b4994dc3ad040af33
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso) = 5da3097634fbe049dd01ad4127d0f396
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-amd64-livefs.iso) = 43a483ea73cbbe80f0ef068502594363
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-amd64-memstick.img) = 9b1ffcab33ceed4dcdf1a0f3d862f811
>
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-i386-bootonly.iso) = b569d950d6806c7c88a15d857bef6a02
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-i386-disc1.iso) = 1cfecd1489b8be4a6d06040b07af941b
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso) = 474b54e73a04a2f573b8a26ad00e3077
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-i386-livefs.iso) = 7e5c3390c9f1e7915b9f229eb95f7e70
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img) = 532736e255f069f7f891d6ed4f14970e
>
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-ia64-bootonly.iso) = f53c920e46d3ceeb755617b2de20507a
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-ia64-disc1.iso) = 504d3828b919563a83d7232d9a3a952b
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-ia64-disc2.iso) = 5f22a63a89bff893038b32c0c53bf2eb
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-ia64-disc3.iso) = bf17e84e9dfa62a6ce131e07bc701478
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-ia64-dvd1.iso) = b8cf5cc2feab96c98da12b6fb1623136
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-ia64-livefs.iso) = 2a83a1b32cfeb9a95f8ccc5e4cf36918
>
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-pc98-bootonly.iso) = 60603f538db73c264ad7271da044e185
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-pc98-disc1.iso) = 7c00a58b4b8f3e94b25a4539116542bd
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-pc98-livefs.iso) = aa67b1f3d8246381764a4df867e23f67
>
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-bootonly.iso) = a498cafdb4118f2d33007c5f0cf6ca0d
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-disc1.iso) = 4448a906a36356c479623c8b4af7e685
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-disc2.iso) = bf9bf9e46da074a0787ca84da13251c8
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-disc3.iso) = 2f600348579d4adc87b2a32f565f3f03
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-livefs.iso) = 962f7d69cad7bb47e1cdfaf746b97f90
>
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-sparc64-bootonly.iso) = 674724d0c2ddd997d86f91863c01ba20
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-sparc64-disc1.iso) = 9e896ac68263ff816e3721b8b31e63bb
> MD5 (8.0-RC1-sparc64-dvd1.iso) = 8451f6fee8523cd33e3e7e973922d2cf
>
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-amd64-bootonly.iso) =  
> 0fcff1f76629c694be73133ad6ca5057a97a7030d824adb3a3a58bfe881528ab
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso) =  
> 1b0246694012170ef83ce38395f4179c990d5689e1da2224a7cd2164770d1efb
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso) =  
> 63dec5385f549a22e6940a8d30d23be96dec0c27253550787107918631021bcc
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-amd64-livefs.iso) =  
> adda93a732168586272697d32824626898bee6c95ec2efc9e691e649489b99c2
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-amd64-memstick.img) =  
> d2d3f90d3fb3b11cb06734df3ff1eb8433e4184158c85d34c4bd41ba068e131c
>
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-i386-bootonly.iso) =  
> 6b3f78fe556cb396cb1734fdcdfdd3619013b4318f94b1736349e641a0745dbb
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-i386-disc1.iso) =  
> 06094f54d0b9141b571a8d22727a9c639a4ffb8a72dd05d12e995ef417eaaf37
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso) =  
> 02009c487ce5a00f52e45d2ccefc5c7b47edea110d1922ff21fe05ee7b1c8cb3
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-i386-livefs.iso) =  
> abcc0c3d975df784eaa4840af15555fc25f610f8699619142185c77b396e00aa
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img) =  
> f6ed2716312b6fcdf4bea15e4290a122d34e569fda895fb8bdffa499eea6d9ce
>
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-ia64-bootonly.iso) =  
> c307cdfa5f98d84b367ac8ef939da6f42a2a0454c07ab0f7b7fe17b78c3f4c9e
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-ia64-disc1.iso) =  
> 44612f9922e8ee2ca6453f9a54b81c01bf351486580fa7cc9cd031b2f0b132c6
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-ia64-disc2.iso) =  
> 01eb3badf81e2e64ab4ddcfd4921f5bc6710c6eb5eba514c92985266fcb805e5
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-ia64-disc3.iso) =  
> 31fd356921f9430233bc7bf0699676746c735ddde9dc4d6ad21438ba66124912
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-ia64-dvd1.iso) =  
> a5bbdf0b0a338ffdc744f1d47513ebede568e852c3e07062b7c0e2f2aafd108b
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-ia64-livefs.iso) =  
> a3a5633900decc819982c50d672cdd653503fe4edebcb566eb4b27784f073635
>
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-pc98-bootonly.iso) =  
> 5d50fd76e3a1124189acaf54e5258b92383ab0ce8b44b3e5b506020e011b9938
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-pc98-disc1.iso) =  
> 4007e728e8a51fa04663ce9a234db2c1e1f587ebacc45bdeee0ba86261a89345
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-pc98-livefs.iso) =  
> 18f2d066e7fb31b7ea5d95fc70f1bb99e2a9c6c72a45335858e461b9d4cad205
>
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-bootonly.iso) =  
> b3a63ef86773ea28c548082d46d7199d4838648dfa1ecec82c881d90bb0ce9ca
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-disc1.iso) =  
> 7cd4e68f0e6bdf95090121ffd89383134c44447a6d1a18a800d58fb1dcd8d1c6
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-disc2.iso) =  
> 65719abb58fc8d7904fcbd7052d807efbe44f137badbcfbe7cef623d738360c1
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-disc3.iso) =  
> 9ec803dd266e752dcafe2fd3c6d5bb37b3bb6ce00c1cb4683c84616f866ec44b
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-powerpc-livefs.iso) =  
> 7ef3142568fc6c4837faa6cbbd371cf709ee8e1d65df24ea538fba94095eebb5
>
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-sparc64-bootonly.iso) =  
> 91fb4fee46c0a68520ce97351774725ae95ad4479f06e5d0f3de3e07eeb422d9
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-sparc64-disc1.iso) =  
> 99c74dc6fa9b3185e12fa5084589d1f48f540082c5166026deccf673be46c343
> SHA256 (8.0-RC1-sparc64-dvd1.iso) =  
> 777d8afc3330fae4089510d6b852ea1d1f9108a868b8ebb3d5a661b108a99196
>

Hi Ken,

I don't know whether USB stick can't boot issue is a show stoper, but it
really a big problem for me. I hope it can resolve before 8.0-RELEASE.


-- 
The Power to Serve



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