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New release notes:

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gre(4) IPv6 over GRE support,
	ipfw IPv6 support,
	new sysctl net.inet6.ip6.stealth added,
	g_label now supports Ext2FS and ReiserFS,
	bsdiff(1) and bspatch(1) added,
	ping(8) "sweeping ping" support,
	wcsdup() function added,
	rc.d/gbde_swap renamed to rc.d/encswap,
	rc.d/geli and rc.d/geli2 added, and
	portsnap(8) imported.
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Hiroki Sato 2005-10-02 21:02:37 +00:00
parent 22124484e2
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<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
<para>The &man.gre.4; driver, which is for GRE encapsulation
found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 now supports IPv6 over GRE.</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4;, IP packet filter now supports IPv6.
The &man.ip6fw.8; is deprecated and will be removed
in the future releases.</para>
<para>The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
<para>The stealth forwarding now supports IPv6 as well as IPv4.
This behavior can be controlled by using a new sysctl variable
<varname>net.inet6.ip6.stealth</varname>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@ -214,6 +225,9 @@
<varname>bio_data</varname> and on <literal>BIO_WRITE</literal>
it does nothing.</para>
<para>The <literal>GEOM_LABEL</literal> class now supports
Ext2FS and ReiserFS.</para>
<para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support
various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member
state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
@ -259,6 +273,10 @@
&man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including
&os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64.</para>
<para>The &man.bsdiff.1; and &man.bspatch.1; utilities
have been added. These are tools for constructing and
applying binary patches.</para>
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
@ -275,6 +293,12 @@
to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a
<option>-V</option> flag for vertical virtual scrolling.</para>
<para>The &man.ping.8; utility now supports <quote>a sweeping
ping</quote> in which &man.icmp.4; payload of
packets being sent is increased with given step.
This is useful for testing problematic channels, MTU issues
or traffic policing functions in networks.</para>
<para>The shared library version number of all libraries have
been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries
include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc,
@ -287,10 +311,21 @@
libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto,
libssh, and libssl.</para>
<para>The <function>wcsdup()</function> function has been
implemented. This function is popular in Microsoft and GNU
systems.</para>
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
<para></para>
<para>The <filename>gbde_swap</filename> script has
been removed in favor a new <filename>encswap</filename>
script which also supports &man.geli.8; for swap
encryption.</para>
<para>The <filename>geli</filename> and <filename>geli2</filename>
scripts has been added for &man.geli.8; device
configuration on boot.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@ -314,6 +349,11 @@
flag to show the origin recorded on package generation
instead of the package name, and an <option>-O</option> flag
to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</para>
<para>The &man.portsnap.8; utility (<filename>sysutils/portsnap</filename>)
has been added into the &os; base system. This is a secure,
easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for
users to keep their ports trees up to date.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="releng">

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@ -201,7 +201,18 @@
<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
<para>The &man.gre.4; driver, which is for GRE encapsulation
found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 now supports IPv6 over GRE.</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4;, IP packet filter now supports IPv6.
The &man.ip6fw.8; is deprecated and will be removed
in the future releases.</para>
<para>The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
<para>The stealth forwarding now supports IPv6 as well as IPv4.
This behavior can be controlled by using a new sysctl variable
<varname>net.inet6.ip6.stealth</varname>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@ -214,6 +225,9 @@
<varname>bio_data</varname> and on <literal>BIO_WRITE</literal>
it does nothing.</para>
<para>The <literal>GEOM_LABEL</literal> class now supports
Ext2FS and ReiserFS.</para>
<para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support
various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member
state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
@ -259,6 +273,10 @@
&man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including
&os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64.</para>
<para>The &man.bsdiff.1; and &man.bspatch.1; utilities
have been added. These are tools for constructing and
applying binary patches.</para>
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
@ -275,6 +293,12 @@
to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a
<option>-V</option> flag for vertical virtual scrolling.</para>
<para>The &man.ping.8; utility now supports <quote>a sweeping
ping</quote> in which &man.icmp.4; payload of
packets being sent is increased with given step.
This is useful for testing problematic channels, MTU issues
or traffic policing functions in networks.</para>
<para>The shared library version number of all libraries have
been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries
include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc,
@ -287,10 +311,21 @@
libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto,
libssh, and libssl.</para>
<para>The <function>wcsdup()</function> function has been
implemented. This function is popular in Microsoft and GNU
systems.</para>
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
<para></para>
<para>The <filename>gbde_swap</filename> script has
been removed in favor a new <filename>encswap</filename>
script which also supports &man.geli.8; for swap
encryption.</para>
<para>The <filename>geli</filename> and <filename>geli2</filename>
scripts has been added for &man.geli.8; device
configuration on boot.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@ -314,6 +349,11 @@
flag to show the origin recorded on package generation
instead of the package name, and an <option>-O</option> flag
to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</para>
<para>The &man.portsnap.8; utility (<filename>sysutils/portsnap</filename>)
has been added into the &os; base system. This is a secure,
easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for
users to keep their ports trees up to date.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="releng">