Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 23:59:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r363681 - head Message-ID: <202007292359.06TNxaJV007347@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: kevans Date: Wed Jul 29 23:59:35 2020 New Revision: 363681 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363681 Log: UPDATING / RELNOTES: Document new regcomp(3) behavior This is a breaking change that had a not-insignificant impact in ports, it is worth documenting it well. Modified: head/RELNOTES head/UPDATING Modified: head/RELNOTES ============================================================================== --- head/RELNOTES Wed Jul 29 23:24:32 2020 (r363680) +++ head/RELNOTES Wed Jul 29 23:59:35 2020 (r363681) @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ newline. Entries should be separated by a newline. Changes to this file should not be MFCed. +r363679: + Applications using regex(3), e.g. sed/grep, will no longer accept + redundant escapes for most ordinary characters. + r363253: SCTP support has been removed from GENERIC kernel configurations. The SCTP stack is now built as sctp.ko and can be dynamically loaded. Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Wed Jul 29 23:24:32 2020 (r363680) +++ head/UPDATING Wed Jul 29 23:59:35 2020 (r363681) @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20200729: + r363679 has redefined some undefined behavior in regcomp(3); notably, + extraneous escapes of most ordinary characters will no longer be + accepted. An exp-run has identified all of the problems with this in + ports, but other non-ports software may need extra escapes removed to + continue to function. + 20200627: A new implementation of bc and dc has been imorted in r362681. This implementation corrects non-conformant behavior of the previous bc
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