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@@ -1,31 +1,19 @@
RELEASE NOTES
- FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE BRANCH [now in 2.2.5-BETA]
-
-o The 2.2-stable branch is now in BETA test for 2.2.5. This
- release should be considered essentially equivalent to a
- 2.2.5 BETA release though, since BETAs now "float", the
- latest available 2.2-YYMMDD-BETA release should always be your
- testing target of choice if you wish to avoid bugs which have
- already been found and fixed during this BETA period. The
- 2.2.5-BETA cycle commenced on October 1st, 1997 and will
- end on October 20th, 1997 with a full 2.2.5-RELEASE, barring
- any unforseen problems. During that period, the snapshots on
- the releng22.freebsd.org server (see below) will carry a -BETA
- suffix instead of the usual -RELENG.
+ FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE
o For information about the layout of the release directory, see
- the ABOUT.TXT file. If you are installing from floppies, *read this
- section!*
+ the ABOUT.TXT file. If you are installing from floppies, it is
+ especially important that you *read this section!*
o For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT
files.
For the most up-to-date releases along the RELENG_2_2 branch (which
-is now proceeding onwards toward release 2.2.5), please install from:
+is now proceeding onwards toward release 2.2.6), please install from:
ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/
-And for the latest 3.0-current (HEAD branch) snapshot releases,
+Or for the latest 3.0-current (HEAD branch) snapshot releases,
please install from:
ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
@@ -33,14 +21,20 @@ please install from:
1. What's new since 2.2.2
-------------------------
+
+Better support for Cyrix and AMD processors.
+
The "world" target in /usr/src/Makefile has been made more
independent of the host system, allowing for easier bootstrapping
via source from very old systems.
Many many fixes to the documentation.
-Many security enhancements, as documented with CERT and other
-security organizations.
+Many security enhancements, as reported through CERT and other
+computer security organizations.
+
+The installation program was further updated and fixed, some
+year-old bogons finally eliminated for 2.2.5.
Important subsystems such as BIND and sendmail updated.
@@ -56,22 +50,18 @@ Enhancements to the serial boot code and GDB remote support.
Make work-around available for CMD640 chipset (see /sys/i386/conf/LINT).
-Better support for Cyrix and AMD processors.
-
Newer 3Com 3c589D PCMCIA cards are now supported.
A new VGA library (/usr/src/lib/libvgl) now exists for doing simple
VGA graphics to syscons ttys (sort of like Linux's libSVGA).
-Many many bugs fixed and security enhancements made.
-
The TCP connection timeout in lpd & friends can now be specified by a
printcap(5) capability, preventing it from hanging for too long when
working in an environment with many network printservers.
User-mode ppp updated with various fixes and enhancements from 3.0-current.
-It's worth re-reading the manual page. The following things may disturb
-peoples current configuration:
+It's worth re-reading the manual page since some of the following changes
+may disturb peoples current configurations:
o The "set debug" command is now "set log".
o The LCP log has been split into an LCP, IPCP and CCP log, so any