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Introduction

This document is for people who wish to follow -current. It contains information about changes from 5.4-release to -current, and should NOT be used by anyone upgrading from 5.3 or earlier, or people wishing to follow -stable.

If you wish to update to 5.4-release or 5.4-stable from previous versions, see the upgrade guide.

Make sure you have read and understood FAQ 5 - Building the System from Source before using -current and the instructions below.

You should ALWAYS use a snapshot as the starting point for running -current. Upgrading by compiling your own source code is not supported.

Most of these changes will have to be performed as root.

2013/08/06 - vax port switches to gcc 3

The vax port now uses gcc 3.3.6 as its system compiler. Upgrading with a recent snapshot is recommended; however, for reference, the manual upgrade steps are:

2013/08/12 - kernel modesetting in radeondrm(4)

radeondrm(4) now uses kernel modesetting, either install the firmware and wait for a snapshot or follow the steps below:

2013/08/13 - system ABI break: time_t and others changed

The system ABI has been changed to expand time_t, ino_t, and clock_t and the ident and data members of struct kevent to 64bit types. A GENERIC kernel with this change will not run old binaries and the /etc/{pwd,spwd}.db files must be regenerated after updating the system binaries. Rolling back to stock 5.4 will require reinstalling.
To update across this change you must now use a snapshot. The recommended steps for updating are:
  1. Save a record of what packages you had installed, manually and automatically: 
        pkg_info -mq >/root/pkg_list_manual
    pkg_info -q >/root/pkg_list_full
  2. Review the "package notes" below for information about known problems with packages during the changeover. Some will need additional steps taking before the update.
  3. While their uninstall programs can still execute, remove all packages (except firmware packages): 
        pkg_delete -X /var/db/pkg/*-firmware-[0-9]*
  4. Install/upgrade to the new snapshot. If you upgrade instead of doing a fresh install, then BEFORE rebooting, run 
        /mnt/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -d /mnt/etc /mnt/etc/master.passwd
    cp /dev/null /mnt/var/log/lastlog
    cp /dev/null /mnt/var/log/wtmp
  5. Now that the base and X are updated, install new packages: 
        pkg_add -z -l /root/pkg_list_manual
    pkg_add -za -l /root/pkg_list_full

Package notes

2013/08/13 - new identd(8) implementation

/usr/libexec/identd has been replaced by a new libevent-based daemon, /usr/sbin/identd. You should remove the old version: 
   rm -f /usr/libexec/identd
If you are currently using identd(8) as a standalone daemon (identd_flags is set in /etc/rc.conf.local), check the manual to confirm that the flags are still valid.

If you are currently using it from inetd(8), remove the "ident" entries from /etc/inetd.conf, set identd_flags instead, reload inetd and start identd: 

   $EDITOR /etc/inetd.conf
   $EDITOR /etc/rc.conf.local
   /etc/rc.d/inetd reload
   /etc/rc.d/identd start
Note that if you have not yet run sysmerge, "/etc/rc.d/identd start" will report a failure.

2013/08/16 - vlan(4) and pppoe(4) ABI breaks

vlan(4) and pppoe(4) now use their own set of dedicated ioctls. So make sure to compile and install ifconfig(8) against the new headers if you are building your kernel from source.

This specially applies to people relying on these interfaces and willing to cross the time_t ABI break by updating with source.

2013/08/23 - [ports] php 5.4

The primary PHP version used in ports has switched to 5.4. This change means that if you run PHP applications packaged in ports, you will need to switch your webserver config to use the newer version of PHP. Check /etc/php-5.3.ini for changes from the default configuration: 
   diff /usr/local/share/examples/php-5.3/php.ini-production /etc/php-5.4.ini
and carry them across to /etc/php-5.4.ini. You will also need to check for links to any active PHP extension modules in /etc/php-5.3 and re-create them in /etc/php-5.4, e.g. 
   cd /etc/php-5.4
   ls -l ../php-5.4.sample
   ln -s ../php-5.4.sample/pdo_mysql.ini .
   # (etc)
If you are currently using PHP with Apache in base, you will also need to adjust your Apache configuration: 
   cd /var/www/conf/modules
   ln -fs /var/www/conf/modules.sample/php-5.4.conf /var/www/conf/modules/php.conf

2013/09/14 - [ports] dspam 3.10.2

If you were using one of the mysql or pgsql FLAVORS of the dspam package you will have to manually install the corresponding driver subpackage after the update to the 3.10.2 version. If you were using dspam with the PostgreSQL driver: 
   pkg_add dspam-pgsql
If you were using dspam with the MySQL driver: 
   pkg_add dspam-mysql

2013/09/19 - [ports] wordpress 3.6.1

The twentyeleven theme from wordpress 3.5.x is no longer included with wordpress 3.6.x. If you are using this theme, back it up before updating: 
   cd /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes &&
   cp -Rp twentyeleven twentyeleven.bak
and restore it after wordpress update: 
   cd /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes &&
   mv twentyeleven.bak twentyeleven

2013/10/10 - [ports] Apache Subversion 1.8.3

Apache Subversion has been upgraded to version 1.8.3. This release of Subversion updates the working copy format (client-side). Existing working copies need to be upgraded using svn upgrade because Subversion 1.8 cannot operate with older working copy formats. See the section about working copy upgrades in Subversion's release notes for details. The server is fully backwards compatible and will serve existing repositories just fine. However, to take advantage of new FSFS repository features a repository upgrade is necessary. See the section about FSFS enhancements for details.

2013/10/12 - pf queue changes

PF has a new implementation of packet queueing - the configuration syntax is different to that used by altq. During a transition period, the old mechanism is still available by replacing "queue" keywords in /etc/pf.conf with "oldqueue". If instead you wish to switch to the new implementation, review the documentation in pf.conf(5).

2013/10/14 - [ports] PostgreSQL 9.3.0

Major update to 9.3.0. A dump/restore is required.

2013/10/17 - [ports] Lout 3.40

Lout packages were merged and require removal before upgrade: 
   pkg_delete lout lout-doc
   pkg_add lout

2013/10/31 - new routing message version

To convert the route expire time to 64 bit, it was necessary to change the routing message structure. Make sure that you boot a new kernel before replacing the user land programs.
A small compatibility layer allows to configure addresses with old ifconfig and new kernel. Old route get also works in this setup. Old dhclient with new kernel assigns the address but hangs. Make sure to reboot your machine sucessfully during transition.

2013/11/03 - [ports] ngircd 21

ngircd's configuration directory has changed; if updating from a previous version, you will need to move your old configuration file into place: 
   mv /etc/ngircd.conf /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf
Additional steps may be needed if you have configured it to use a motd file, ssl or chroot.

2013/11/05 - [ports] RRDtool 1.4.8

RRDtool has changed to using Cairo/Pango for graph and text generation. If using it in a chroot jail (for cgi/php scripts, etc), you will need to take additional steps to install the relevant files. A script is provided to copy the relevant libraries and support files; see /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/rrdtool-1.4.8 for more details.

2013/11/06 - smtpd.conf changes

smtpd(8) configuration file parser was updated. Some changes might require existing setups to be adapted.

SSL certificates must be explicitely defined, and the "certificate" keyword becomes "pki" in listen and relay rules. 

  pki mail.example.com certificate "/etc/ssl/mail.example.com.crt" \
                       key "/etc/ssl/private/mail.example.com.key"
  listen on egress tls pki mail.example.com auth

The "ssl" keyword in relay urls becomes "secure". 

  table secrets file:/etc/mail/secrets
  accept for any relay via secure+auth://label@some.mx auth <secrets>

Rules matching on source address must use "from source" rather than just "from". 

  accept from source "192.168.0.0/16" for any relay

The "helo" keyword in relay rules becomes "hostnames". 

  accept for any relay source <source> hostnames <htable>

See smtpd.conf(5) for more details.

2013/11/19 - [ports] Icinga 1.10

Note that the deprecated (and ignored) "log_external_commands_user" option has been removed from Icinga. If this is present in your configuration, Icinga will fail to start until you remove it. This is in addition to the database schema upgrades that are needed as usual for Icinga-web/NDOUtils users (see the pkg-readme for more information).

2013/11/26 - NSD 4.0.0

NSD has had a major update to 4.0.0 which requires some changes. 
  mv /etc/nsd.conf /var/nsd/etc/nsd.conf
  cd /usr/sbin && rm nsd-notify nsd-patch nsd-xfer nsd-zonec nsdc
  cd /usr/share/man/man8 && rm nsd-notify.8 nsd-patch.8 nsd-xfer.8 \
    nsd-zonec.8 nsdc.8
  chown _nsd /var/nsd/db/nsd.db
  printf '\nremote-control:\n\tcontrol-enable: yes\n' >> /var/nsd/etc/nsd.conf

2013/12/04 - libcompat removed

libcompat has been removed from base: 
   rm -f /usr/lib/libcompat.a /usr/lib/libcompat_p.a
   rm -f /usr/include/{re_comp,regexp,sgtty,sys/timeb}.h
   rm -f /usr/share/man/man3/{re_comp,re_exec,rexec,regexp}.3
   rm -f /usr/share/man/man3/{cuserid,ftime,gtty,setrgid,setruid,stty}.3
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