From fa2f91ea5a47faf1882648e1986bd08a74bd50b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:38:25 +0000 Subject: New release notes: expr(1) and EXPR_COMPAT, m4(4) OpenBSD import and -s, bin->base distribution renaming, cdboot used for i386 ISOs by default, XFree86 4.2.0 support in sysinstall. --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++ .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index a19b889d875c..093f7f582f02 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -1911,6 +1911,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended maintainable. These scripts now reside in /etc/periodic/security/. &merged; + &man.expr.1; is now compliant with the POSIX Utility Syntax + Guidelines. Some programs depend on the old, historic behavior + (the devel/libtool + port/package was/is a notable example). In these situations, + the EXPR_COMPAT environment variable can be + defined, which causes &man.expr.1; to behave more like previous + versions. + &man.fbtab.5; now accepts glob matching patterns for target devices, not just individual devices and directories. @@ -2257,6 +2265,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The CLICOLOR environment variable can be set to enable colorized listings by default. &merged; + &man.m4.1; now accepts a flag to cause + it to emit #line directives for use by + &man.cpp.1;. &merged; + &man.mail.1; now takes a flag to avoid sending messages with empty bodies. &merged; @@ -2925,6 +2937,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended lukemftpd, has been imported and is available as &man.lukemftpd.8;. + &man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 19 April + 2002. + ncurses has been updated to 5.2-20010512. @@ -3352,6 +3367,31 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended directory from which a package was built. &merged; + + + Release Engineering and Integration + + The bin distribution has been renamed + base, in order to make creation of combined + install/recovery disks easier. + + ISO images and CDROMs now use the + cdboot boot loader by default. This + eliminates the need for an emulated floppy disk image on + a bootable CDROM and allows for a full + GENERIC kernel to be used for CDROM + installations, at the expense of compatability with some old + BIOSs. + + XFree86 4.2.0 + is now the default version of the X Window System supported by + &man.sysinstall.8;. It installs + XFree86 as a set of standard binary + packages, so the usual package utilities such as + &man.pkg.info.1; can be used to examine/manipulate its + components. &merged; + + diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index a19b889d875c..093f7f582f02 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -1911,6 +1911,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended maintainable. These scripts now reside in /etc/periodic/security/. &merged; + &man.expr.1; is now compliant with the POSIX Utility Syntax + Guidelines. Some programs depend on the old, historic behavior + (the devel/libtool + port/package was/is a notable example). In these situations, + the EXPR_COMPAT environment variable can be + defined, which causes &man.expr.1; to behave more like previous + versions. + &man.fbtab.5; now accepts glob matching patterns for target devices, not just individual devices and directories. @@ -2257,6 +2265,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The CLICOLOR environment variable can be set to enable colorized listings by default. &merged; + &man.m4.1; now accepts a flag to cause + it to emit #line directives for use by + &man.cpp.1;. &merged; + &man.mail.1; now takes a flag to avoid sending messages with empty bodies. &merged; @@ -2925,6 +2937,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended lukemftpd, has been imported and is available as &man.lukemftpd.8;. + &man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 19 April + 2002. + ncurses has been updated to 5.2-20010512. @@ -3352,6 +3367,31 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended directory from which a package was built. &merged; + + + Release Engineering and Integration + + The bin distribution has been renamed + base, in order to make creation of combined + install/recovery disks easier. + + ISO images and CDROMs now use the + cdboot boot loader by default. This + eliminates the need for an emulated floppy disk image on + a bootable CDROM and allows for a full + GENERIC kernel to be used for CDROM + installations, at the expense of compatability with some old + BIOSs. + + XFree86 4.2.0 + is now the default version of the X Window System supported by + &man.sysinstall.8;. It installs + XFree86 as a set of standard binary + packages, so the usual package utilities such as + &man.pkg.info.1; can be used to examine/manipulate its + components. &merged; + + -- cgit v1.3