Index: stable/4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml =================================================================== --- stable/4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml (revision 123079) +++ stable/4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml (revision 123080) @@ -1,262 +1,270 @@ &os;/&arch; &release.current; Release Notes $FreeBSD$ The FreeBSD Project 2000 2001 2002 2003 The FreeBSD Documentation Project The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system since &release.prev;. Both changes for kernel and userland are listed, as well as applicable security advisories for the base system that were issued since the last release. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented. Introduction This document contains the release notes for &os; &release.current; on the &arch.print; hardware platform. It describes new features of &os; that have been added (or changed) since &release.prev;. It also provides some notes on upgrading from previous versions of &os;. The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;. Some pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be found at . ]]> This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution. It can be found at or any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the Obtaining FreeBSD appendix in the FreeBSD Handbook. ]]> What's New This section describes the most user-visible new or changed features in &os; since &release.prev;. Typical release note items document new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options, major bugfixes, or contributed software upgrades. Security advisories for the base system that were issued after &release.prev; are also listed. Security Advisories - + A potential denial of service in + BIND has been fixed. For more + information, see security advisory + FreeBSD-SA-03:19. Kernel Changes Platform-Specific Hardware Support Boot Loader Changes Network Interface Support Network Protocols Disks and Storage The &man.amr.4; driver now has system crashdump support. File Systems PCCARD Support Multimedia Support Userland Changes The default mode for the lost+found directory of &man.fsck.8; is now 0700 instead of 01777. The libalias library, &man.natd.8;, and &man.ppp.8; now support Cisco Skinny Station protocol, which is the protocol used by Cisco IP phones to talk to Cisco Call Managers. Note that currently having the Call Manager behind the NAT gateway is not supported. Contributed Software - sendmail has been updated to + BIND has been updated from 8.3.4 + to 8.3.7. + + sendmail has been updated + from version 8.12.9 + to version 8.12.10. Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure Release Engineering and Integration Upgrading from previous releases of &os; If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;, you generally will have three options: Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;. This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes that your installation of &os; uses no special compilation options. Performing a complete reinstall of &os;. Technically, this is not an upgrading method, and in any case is usually less convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it requires you to manually backup and restore the contents of /etc. However, it may be useful in cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of your disks. From source code in /usr/src. This route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time, and technical expertise. More information can be found in the Using make world section of the FreeBSD Handbook. Upgrading from very old versions of &os; may be problematic; in cases like this, it is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a complete reinstall. Please read the INSTALL.TXT file for more information, preferably before beginning an upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read /usr/src/UPDATING as well. Finally, if you want to use one of various means to track the -STABLE or -CURRENT branches of &os;, please be sure to consult the -CURRENT vs. -STABLE section of the FreeBSD Handbook. Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after backing up all data and configuration files.