Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:11:51 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info> Cc: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>, Current <current@freebsd.org>, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UPDATING stuff Message-ID: <548137ff7d2289fa60a1cba14afa4957@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <2r579os7-29n7-890r-9210-s3s1n4r0s4qo@fncre.vasb>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Am 2025-08-25 10:44, schrieb Marcin Cieslak: > On Thu, 21 Aug 2025, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >>>> COMPAT_FREEBSD14? (Recently [gs]etgroups were changed, with >>>> compatibility syscalls moved to COMPAT_FREEBSD14). >> >> UPDATING only mentions VMM stuff for COMPAT_FREEBSD14. I give this a >> try tomorrow. But would this also affect the zfs dataset stuff? > > This thread could have been a simple UPDATING update. I think this is > the fourth > time or so I have run into problems, because the changes were not > explained. > > UPDATING entry on VMM got only there after I've spent 2 days+ > troubleshooting > my wifibox failures. > > When I read your message I was immediately thinking you might need > "COMPAT_FREEBSD14", > but, again, I couldn't find any obvious entry neither in the docs nor > in > the git log I was looking at. > > @glebus - maybe during the stabilization effort the changes done to the > tree > could be reviewed and documented? > > - where the FreeBSD_version got bumped and why This is normally documented in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/versions/ (intended to be updated at the time when the FreeBSD_versions is increased), but I can agree that the info there is a bit terse sometimes. > - ABI changes > - .... > > For example it could be useful to be able to find the information "what > does COMPAT_FREEBSD14 do exactly" in the UPDATING/release notes file. > Otherwise I can't be sure if I need that option or "is my system fresh > enough" > to remove it from the kernel. What do you think about this? diff --git UPDATING UPDATING index ddb2e7603b2a..e197940c6431 100644 --- UPDATING +++ UPDATING @@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 15.x IS SLOW: If you only have FreeBSD-sendmail installed for applications that require libmilter, you can now remove it. +20250815: + The [gs}etgroups(2)syscalls have changed. To maintain backwards + compatibility with existing programs, you need COMPAT_FREEBSD14 in + your kernel config until all applications which use this are + rebuild/reinstalled. + 20250815: jemalloc 5.3.0 has been committed to the tree. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander@Leidinger.net: PGP 0x8F31830F9F2772BF http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild@FreeBSD.org : PGP 0x8F31830F9F2772BF [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEER9UlYXp1PSd08nWXEg2wmwP42IYFAmisKOYACgkQEg2wmwP4 2Ib/zBAAgqPHJL7ipKhOXRq9n7UsD0mAr5i1vc/wHDfaKNocdsSqi/9nHn0NVGBI jZ8jcl0SHvjFqk0Aw7GRfOFU/qdKc1obdjisWGLHv82gJ47oskGOPSarrAoP4idD y//EiBvHOQu9dixiisFS/4s2pzN6TV8gVdqdTRrBVAn0sTf5nDmK1oEjTJWkaGPL MxpeYgdoA+LP0Jo1PBj/csSpIRBvasPrmyVftVtPoAN/NXvOOfBZJXdCIJyZJgbd 856v5IwYXN8ywmfUVwrxGo32i/R03TXGvMLPRV3GZNk13AxvUBDgbCAVexV7nhm8 sJzsicvD+wSHtjJJbccmWy53foW7wiDWpCqoc1IxYa6obeI+nVcmZHqE1vBYNXYq iw7tVOlk1RkdoEb8jBOn787w0UHq1xJvEv+qWBTHhUj3qE36a1p+e80uQr8dxB35 2U/zUnnQpc0r9/oJ+40Dks5lZMeI81YdXLEAE7H/JbHJIfXcO+yKrAsh1+lkO2xv Ig7l5eQXYLb7V+kGbY34Y9/4uDqbSchb5Gp3Nj+s2cIRbUpMS7iZo0w14mmhrs5G 3rubT9vRECWRTZJ2H/9ZLGDflCSeDIINPyJfDRkWlvozN94erdwv1eoCsGHotdpn wD+XrMjtSS2y2wMJlV2a/CDfOH0eh/Evy3kR2wbKfsYqjHjb8RA= =9PZy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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