Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:53:33 +0100 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3-RC2 Available Message-ID: <200411011653.39466.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041031201950.GA99257@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <20041031201950.GA99257@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu>
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--nextPart9816098.GVt9UKzX8R Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2004 21:19 schrieb Ken Smith: > The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is proud to announce the > availability of FreeBSD 5.3-RC2. Two critical issues came up > during RC1 testing and it is felt the fixes warrant one more RC > so they receive widespread testing. If no more show-stopper > problems are found this will be the last test release done before > 5.3-RELEASE. Sorry for wasting your time, but why is there such a big difference between= =20 =2Dstable and RC2? Shouldn't RELENG_5 be the same as _5_3_0_RELEASE and _5= _3=20 at that time? Is the network locking data structure changes really in RC2? I see many=20 changes only appearing in -stable also many ata-fixes only seem to be in=20 =2Dstable (RELENG_5). Thank you in advance, =2DMano > > See the previous BETA and RC announcements if you are upgrading a > system and have not been keeping up with each of the test releases. > You should be aware that things like BIND and various system libraries > have been updated through the test cycle. > > Fixes and enhancements since RC1: > > - A situation where processes being debugged using a debugger > (e.g. gdb) could be left in an unkillable state has been fixed. > - A situation where a machine under severe network load could > stop responding for periods of time due to SACK issues has > been fixed. > - A change was made to some network locking data structures that > will prevent ABI breakage during the lifetime of 5.X. This will > require you to rebuild all modules related to the network stack. > - The ULE scheduler has been completely disabled to discourage > its use during the early phases of 5.X. The problems with its > stability are being worked on and it is hoped it can be re-enabled > for a future 5.X release. > - A problem with extremely large memory allocations on amd64 was fixed. > - Fix a panic at shutdown time for machines with vr(4). > - Update the floppy disk driver resource layout. > - Fix a problem with read-only mounting diskless client root partition= s. > > Availability: > > For people wishing to upgrade older systems using cvsup(1) and the > procedure described in src/UPDATING the CVS tag to use is RELENG_5_3 > at this point. > > As of this writing the following are available on ftp.freebsd.org > along with some of the mirror sites: > > alpha: build still in progress, probably available Monday > amd64: all images available > i386: all images available > ia64: build still in progress, available later today > pc98: build complete, loading in progress, available later today > sparc64: build complete, loading in progress, available later today > > MD5s for the builds that are complete at this time are: > > MD5 (5.3-RC2-amd64-bootonly.iso) =3D 4515831861026c88a83c6077cbbcb27e > MD5 (5.3-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso) =3D aa55c7ce7522db445d11fcef7858227d > MD5 (5.3-RC2-amd64-disc2.iso) =3D 1642973ba54f9e83249c6c318df987c4 > MD5 (5.3-RC2-amd64-miniinst.iso) =3D 676c5f1dea5a8384764277c31b7419fd > > MD5 (5.3-RC2-i386-bootonly.iso) =3D 99dd7e92702eb43d2cf60a8f213ec0ff > MD5 (5.3-RC2-i386-miniinst.iso) =3D 47180529153a82855b3b5c4bfddeab74 > MD5 (5.3-RC2-i386-disc2.iso) =3D 4ebe6dc95b61f1ee5ad511c7f0342bef > MD5 (5.3-RC2-i386-miniinst.iso) =3D 2792395a6e47332750a0af4ac9fb96f0 > > MD5 (5.3-RC2-pc98-disc2.iso) =3D 507436c8d00692a90beb37a9ab121db5 > MD5 (5.3-RC2-pc98-miniinst.iso) =3D 39330e1f44bb81e032cedafe6c90ba22 > > MD5 (5.3-RC2-sparc64-bootonly.iso) =3D 5257d530c7a7fe9bea0885396d01e= ba1 > MD5 (5.3-RC2-sparc64-disc1.iso) =3D fd2136eb5ad6db830fdf9cb1ae0e42fc > MD5 (5.3-RC2-sparc64-disc2.iso) =3D dfb05dc299712df7d1cace8f30a4c121 > MD5 (5.3-RC2-sparc64-miniinst.iso) =3D b434d6af9af802e95a8d627355117= 7a1 --nextPart9816098.GVt9UKzX8R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBhlwDBylq0S4AzzwRAmk6AJ4y8jPA+Ae74tz/EcRWxRWDnBUVOACfTPLo FDNmcOm/3yExsXrWRFdkS+E= =HLWK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart9816098.GVt9UKzX8R--
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