From 7a504379b74488cf6d1614f1af703823a58a0aea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 23:52:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes: ed(4) bugfix, larger default root partitions in sysinstall(8), pkg_info(1) globbing, rfork_thread(3). MFCs noted: vidcontrol(1) -g. --- release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 16 +++++++++++++++- release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 16 +++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 5ab3deafda7b..f3aebdf75d53 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ is still needed to support non-PCI cards. [MERGED] The ed(4) driver is now also supported on the Alpha. +A bug in the ed(4) driver that could cause panics with very short +packets and BPF or bridging active has been fixed. + The pcm(4) driver now supports the ESS Solo 1, Maestro-1, Maestro-2, and Maestro-2e; Forte Media fm801, ESS Maestro-2e, and VIA Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some @@ -599,6 +602,9 @@ indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED] sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new dialog support functions. [MERGED] +The default root partition in sysinstall is now 100MB on the i386 and +110MB on the alpha. + gcc has been updated to 2.95.3. Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from @@ -618,6 +624,10 @@ enhancements. [MERGED] pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their dependencies, has been added. +pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages. +The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular +expression matching instead of shell globbing. + If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface. @@ -702,12 +712,16 @@ chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1) and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks. vidcontrol(1) now accepts a -g parameter to select custom text -geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. +geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. [MERGED] ldconfig(8) now checks directory ownerships and permissions for greater security; these checks can be disabled with the -i flag. [MERGED] +The rfork_thread(3) library call has been added as a helper function +to rfork(2). Using this function should avoid the need to implement +complex stack swap code. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index 69f192eb59b6..2c567c700339 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent, so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver is still needed to support non-PCI cards. [MERGED] +A bug in the ed(4) driver that could cause panics with very short +packets and BPF or bridging active has been fixed. [MERGED] + The i386 boot loader now has support for a "nullconsole" console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor a serial port. [MERGED] @@ -693,6 +696,9 @@ indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED] sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new dialog support functions. [MERGED] +The default root partition in sysinstall is now 100MB on the i386 and +110MB on the alpha. + gcc has been updated to 2.95.3. Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from @@ -715,6 +721,10 @@ enhancements. [MERGED] pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their dependencies, has been added. +pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages. +The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular +expression matching instead of shell globbing. + If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface. @@ -799,12 +809,16 @@ chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1) and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks. vidcontrol(1) now accepts a -g parameter to select custom text -geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. +geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. [MERGED] ldconfig(8) now checks directory ownerships and permissions for greater security; these checks can be disabled with the -i flag. [MERGED] +The rfork_thread(3) library call has been added as a helper function +to rfork(2). Using this function should avoid the need to implement +complex stack swap code. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations ---------------------------