FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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IBM, AIX, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed by the “™” or the - “®” symbol.

Last modified on 2016-09-20 18:38:16Z by gjb.

Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE contain + “®” symbol.

Last modified on 2016-09-20 20:32:35Z by gjb.

Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 11.0-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ FreeBSD release. The freebsd-update(8) utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.

Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the FreeBSD base system from source code) from previous versions are - supported, according to the instructions in + supported, using the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING.

Important:

Upgrading FreeBSD should only be attempted after backing up all data and configuration files.

4. Userland

This section covers changes and additions to userland applications, contributed software, and system utilities.

4.1. Userland Configuration Changes

The default newsyslog.conf(5) now @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ will set the default regulatory domain to FCC on wireless interfaces. As a result, newly created wireless interfaces with default settings will - have less chances to violate country-specific + have less chance to violate country-specific regulations. [r300738]

A bug in the ul(1) utility that caused lines to be truncated at 512 characters has been fixed. [r302558]

4.3. Contributed Software

The binutils @@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ versions from the ELF Tool Chain project. [r276796] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

The xz(1) utility has been updated - to support multi-threaded compression. [r278433]

The nvi(1) utility has been updated - to version 2.1.3. [r281373]

The wpa_supplicant(8) and + to support multi-threaded compression. [r278433]

The nvi(1) utility and related + utilities have been updated to version 2.1.3. [r281373]

The wpa_supplicant(8) and hostapd(8) utilities have been updated to version 2.4. [r281806]

bmake has been updated to version 20150606. [r284254]

Sendmail has @@ -285,11 +285,12 @@ IPv6:0:0 versus IPv6:0. This change requires that configuration data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must use the same format, so make certain such - configuration data is upgrading. As a very simple check - search for patterns like 'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'. - To return to the old behavior, set the m4 option - confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or the cf - option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses. [r285229]

The tcpdump(1) utility has been + configuration data is in place before upgrading. As a very + simple check search for patterns like 'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' + and 'IPv6::'. To return to the old behavior, set the m4 + option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or + the cf option + UseCompressedIPv6Addresses. [r285229]

The tcpdump(1) utility has been updated to version 4.7.4. [r285275]

The ssh(1) utility has been updated to re-implement hostname canonicalization before locating the host in @@ -393,8 +394,9 @@ If LOCALBASE is unset, it defaults to /usr/local. [r270676]

A new rc(8) script, growfs, has been added, which will resize - the root filesystem on boot if /firstboot - exists and growfs_enable is enabled in + the root filesystem to fill the device on boot if + /firstboot exists and + growfs_enable is enabled in rc.conf(5). [r273955]

The mrouted rc(8) script has been removed from the base system. An equivalent script is available from the net/mrouted port. [r275299]

The service(8) utility has been @@ -455,11 +457,11 @@ userland applications and libraries without also linking against elf(3). [r278934]

The setmode(3) function has been updated to consistently set errno on - failure. [r279186]

The qsort(3) functions have been - updated to be able to handle 32-bit aligned data on 64-bit - platforms, also providing a significant improvement in 32-bit - workloads. [r279663]

Several standard include headers have - been updated to use of gcc + failure. [r279186]

The qsort(3)-related functions have + been updated to be able to handle 32-bit aligned data on + 64-bit platforms, also providing a significant improvement in + 32-bit workloads. [r279663]

Several standard include headers have + been updated to make use of gcc attributes, such as __result_use_check(), __alloc_size(), and __nonnull(). [r281130]

Support for file verification in @@ -946,7 +948,23 @@ g_bio(9) bio_cmd field, providing TRIM/UNMAP support on GELI-backed SSD storage - providers. [r286444]

Support + providers. [r286444]

The camdd(8) utility has been + added, which allows copying data sequentially to and from + SCSI devices, files, block devices and tape + drives. If the source and/or destination is + a SCSI disk, camdd(8) can use the + asynchronous pass(4) interface to queue multiple I/Os for + improved speed. (ATA passthrough support for camdd(8) is + in development.) [r291716] + (Sponsored by + Spectra Logic)

The pass(4) + SCSI/ATA passthrough + driver now has an asynchronous interface. User applications + may queue many requests, get notification of completion via + kqueue(2) and retrieve status later. camdd(8) is an + example application using the interface. [r291716] + (Sponsored by + Spectra Logic)

Support for parsing libucl-based configuration files has been added to ctld(8). [r295212] (Sponsored by