Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 19:57:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45229 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/9.3R Message-ID: <201407081957.s68Jv8hQ060314@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Tue Jul 8 19:57:08 2014 New Revision: 45229 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45229 Log: Regen after r268425. Approved by: re (implicit) Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/9.3R/relnotes.html Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/9.3R/relnotes.html ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/9.3R/relnotes.html Tue Jul 8 19:47:47 2014 (r45228) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/9.3R/relnotes.html Tue Jul 8 19:57:08 2014 (r45229) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE Release Notes</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /><link rev="made" href="doc@FreeBSD.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><meta name="description" content="The release notes for FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 9.3-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented." /></head><body><div class="article"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp6153 7056"></a>FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE Release Notes</h1></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="orgname">The FreeBSD Project</span></h3></div></div><div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="copyright">Copyright © 2014 The FreeBSD Documentation +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE Release Notes</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /><link rev="made" href="doc@FreeBSD.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><meta name="description" content="The release notes for FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 9.3-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented." /></head><body><div class="article"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp6152 4768"></a>FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE Release Notes</h1></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="orgname">The FreeBSD Project</span></h3></div></div><div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="copyright">Copyright © 2014 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks"></a><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">IBM, AIX, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are @@ -229,11 +229,7 @@ file takes on the disk to match the behavior documented in <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newsyslog.conf&sektion=5"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">newsyslog.conf</span>(5)</span></a>. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262076">[r262076]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">A bug in <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zdb&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">zdb</span>(8)</span></a> which would cause numeric parameters to a flag as being treated as additional - flags has been fixed. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262105">[r262105]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The default number of <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nfsd&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">nfsd</span>(8)</span></a> - threads has been increased from <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">4</code> to - <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">(8 * N)</code>, where <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">N</code> is - the number of CPUs as reported by - <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="command">sysctl -n hw.ncpu</code>. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262124">[r262124]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pciconf&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pciconf</span>(8)</span></a> utility now has + flags has been fixed. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262105">[r262105]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pciconf&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pciconf</span>(8)</span></a> utility now has a <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">-V</code> flag, which lists information such as serial numbers for each device. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262134">[r262134]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">A bug that would allow creating a <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">zfs</span>(8)</span></a> snapshot of an inconsistent dataset has been @@ -343,7 +339,12 @@ file is included in 9.3-RELEASE, but is not compiled or enabled by default. See <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">vt</span>(4)</span></a> and the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/VT" target="_top">vt(4) wiki - page</a> for additional information. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The older <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">Xorg</span> that does + page</a> for additional information. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Packages for <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">KDE4</span> are not + available in the default (<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">latest</code>) + <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg</span>(8)</span></a> repository, however are available in the + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">new_xorg</code> repository. See the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001570.html" target="_top">announcement + email</a> for details on how to use the + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">new_xorg</code> repository. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The older <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">Xorg</span> that does not support <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">KMS</acronym> can still be installed from the <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">latest</code> upstream <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg</span>(8)</span></a> repository and the packages included on the @@ -357,12 +358,7 @@ <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">Xorg</span> when building from the FreeBSD Ports Collection, set <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">WITHOUT_NEW_XORG=yes</code> in - <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make.conf&sektion=5"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">make.conf</span>(5)</span></a>. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Packages for <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">KDE4</span> are not - available in the default (<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">latest</code>) - <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg</span>(8)</span></a> repository, however are available in the - <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">new_xorg</code> repository. See the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001570.html" target="_top">announcement - email</a> for details on how to use the - <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">new_xorg</code> repository. </p></li></ul></div> + <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make.conf&sektion=5"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">make.conf</span>(5)</span></a>. </p></li></ul></div> </p></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="releng"></a>2.6. Release Engineering and Integration</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">As part of the release build, the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=etcupdate&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">etcupdate</span>(8)</span></a> utility will bootstrap the system, allowing <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=etcupdate&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">etcupdate</span>(8)</span></a> to work after the first upgrade of a @@ -375,7 +371,7 @@ been updated to support multiple byte orders. Similar to <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cap_mkdb&sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">cap_mkdb</span>(1)</span></a>, the <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">services.db</code> will be created with proper endinanness as part of - cross-architecture release builds. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263028">[r263028]</a></p></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="upgrade"></a>3. Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp62830112"></a>3.1. Upgrading Using <a class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> or a Source-Based + cross-architecture release builds. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263028">[r263028]</a></p></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="upgrade"></a>3. Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp62815392"></a>3.1. Upgrading Using <a class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> or a Source-Based Procedure</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[amd64,i386] Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported using the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> utility. The binary upgrade @@ -389,7 +385,7 @@ <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/usr/src/UPDATING</code>. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">For more specific information about upgrading instructions, see <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="uri"><a class="uri" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/9.3R/installation.html" target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/9.3R/installation.html</a></code>. </p><div xmlns="" class="important"><h3 class="admontitle">Important: </h3><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Upgrading FreeBSD should only be attempted after backing up <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span> data and - configuration files. </p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp62847008"></a>3.2. User-Visible + configuration files. </p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp62839712"></a>3.2. User-Visible Incompatibilities</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD 9.0 and later versions have several configuration incompatibilities with earlier versions of FreeBSD. These differences are best understood before upgrading.
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