1 # Updating Information for DragonFly users.
4 # This file should warn you of any pitfalls which you might need to work around
5 # when trying to update your DragonFly system. The information below is
6 # in reverse-time order, with the latest information at the top.
8 # If you discover any problem, please contact the bugs@lists.dragonflybsd.org
9 # mailing list with the details.
11 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
12 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
13 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
15 LIBOPIE, LIBMD REMOVED
16 ----------------------
18 Removal of OPIE requires /etc/pam.d/ configs to be updated.
20 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
21 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
22 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
27 The GCC50 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC80.
28 The default alternative compiler has stayed the same - GCC47.
31 PUFFS, PUTTER AND LIBREFUSE REMOVED
32 -----------------------------------
34 The puffs(4)/putter(4) subsystem has been removed, along with librefuse,
35 libpuffs, and the mount_psshfs(8) utility. All of these have never been
38 FFS_ROOT OPTION REMOVED
39 -----------------------
41 The FFS_ROOT kernel configuration option has been finally removed, after
42 having been a no-op since 4.9. That means users using a custom kernel
43 configuration file that still contains it need to remove the option from
46 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
47 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
48 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
50 DIGI, RP AND SI DRIVERS REMOVED
51 -------------------------------
53 The digi(4), rp(4) and si(4) serial drivers have been removed. None of
54 them were in our default kernel configuration file. The sicontrol(8)
55 utility was removed, too.
57 MKINITRD COMMAND REMOVED
58 ------------------------
60 The mkinitrd(8) command is removed and its functionality is replaced by
61 the new "initrd" make target. After rebooting into the new world and
62 verifying everything works, execute "make initrd" to upgrade the rescue
63 tools and initrd image.
65 IPSEC, IPSEC_ESP AND IPSEC_DEBUG REMOVED FROM VKERNEL64 CONFIG
66 --------------------------------------------------------------
68 IPsec has been removed from the system. Of our standard kernel
69 configurations, only the virtual kernel one had it. People running
70 vkernels with configuration files derived from our VKERNEL64 will
71 have to remove these options manually.
73 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
74 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
75 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
77 VIRTIO_PCI REMOVED FROM KERNEL CONFIG
78 -------------------------------------
80 The "device virtio_pci" line in X86_64_GENERIC has been removed. People
81 with configuration files derived from it have to remove it manually.
83 VARIOUS 'R' COMMANDS AND DAEMONS REMOVED
84 ----------------------------------------
86 rcp(1), rlogin(1), rlogind(8), rsh(1) and rshd(8) have been removed.
87 For those that still need them, there is the net/bsdrcmds port.
89 VARIOUS FORMER OPTIONS REMOVED
90 ------------------------------
92 Various former kernel configuration options which had been no-ops for
93 some time were completely removed: SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM, SYSVSHM, P1003_1B,
94 _KPOSIX_VERSION and DSCHED_FQ. Users that have any of these still in
95 their kernel configuration files have to remove them.
97 BOOTSTRAPPING LIMITED FROM PRE 4.4
98 ----------------------------------
100 Upgrading to 5.1 and later versions now require at least 4.4 in
101 preparations for upcoming base compilers updates.
103 IF_PPP, PPPD, IF_FAITH, AND FAITHD REMOVED
104 ------------------------------------------
106 if_ppp has been replaced by "user ppp", i.e. ppp(8) and tun(4). It had
107 already been removed from our default kernel configuration before 5.0,
108 so only people with custom configurations based on earlier X86_64_GENERIC
109 will have to remove it manually.
111 The faith(4) interface has been completely removed after it had also
112 been removed from our default kernel configuration.
114 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
115 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
116 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
118 FFS_ROOT OPTION DISABLED
119 ------------------------
121 The FFS_ROOT option has been made a no-op and will be completely removed
122 at some point in the future. Users with a custom kernel configuration
123 can remove this option from it now.
125 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
126 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
127 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
129 DSA OPENSSH KEYS DEPRECATED
130 ---------------------------
132 Note that DSA OpenSSH keys were deprecated in the 4.6 to 4.8 release.
133 If you are upgrading from a release older than 4.8 and use DSA OpenSSH
134 keys, please update your private/public key pair or risk locking
137 AHC, AHD, AIC, NCV, NSP AND STG DRIVERS REMOVED
138 -----------------------------------------------
140 They were all in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration file, along with
141 the AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT and AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT options, so any custom
142 configuration files derived from it need adjustment.
144 PORTAL FILE SYSTEM REMOVED
145 --------------------------
147 It has been broken for a long time now.
149 BINUTILS 2.27 REPLACES 2.24, PRIMARY
150 ------------------------------------
152 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.24, was removed
153 and replaced with Binutils 2.27. It becomes the primary version version
154 of binutils and version 2.25 becomes the alternate.
156 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils227" (default) and
157 "binutils225". The building of Binutils 2.25 can be prevented by setting
158 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
160 COMPAT_43 KERNEL OPTION REMOVED
161 -------------------------------
163 It was commented out in our default configs for several years now, but
164 might still be present in custom configs created before Nov. 2011.
169 OpenSSL has been removed from base and replaced with a private version of
170 LibreSSL. The previously installed OpenSSL libraries, headers, and man
171 pages will remain on the system unless the "make upgrade" command is
172 specifically instructed to remove them. To do this, define
173 REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES for the upgrade command, e.g.
174 "make upgrade REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES=yes"
176 28-Oct-2016: openssl has been replaced by ressl. It is recommended that any
177 stale OpenSSL files be removed to avoid configuration scripts from using
178 the stale and potentially vulnerable version, but all binaries that are
179 dynamically linked to the OpenSSL libraries should be rebuilt first to
185 It has become too cumbersome to maintain HPN patches in OpenSSH in base.
186 To use OpenSSH in base remove HPN config, if you have added it.
187 Check files below for HPN config, see a few lines below.
188 /etc/ssh/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/sshd_config, ~/.ssh/config
189 sshd(8) will fail to start if HPN config is used.
191 NOTE: HPN config in sshd_config will prohibit remote access to host using ssh.
203 OpenSSH HPN is a patch set to OpenSSH providing higher performance under some
204 circumstances, especially for networking.
205 If HPN functionality is needed, install security/openssh from dports.
207 CS, EX AND VX DRIVERS REMOVED
208 -----------------------------
210 The cs(4), ex(4) and vx(4) drivers have been removed. They were very
211 old and its doubtful they ever worked properly in x86_64 but they were
212 in X86_64_GENERIC, so custom configurations derived from it have to be
215 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
216 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
217 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
222 The am-utils automounter suite has been removed. It stopped working
223 at some point and was never fixed. autofs(5) and the associated
224 userland has been brought in from FreeBSD and replaces it.
229 The an(4) driver has been removed. It was in the X86_64_GENERIC kernel
230 config file, so any configurations derived from it have to be adjusted.
232 /DEV/DRI GROUP CHANGED
233 ----------------------
235 The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
236 from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
237 access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
240 # pw groupmod video -m $USER
242 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
243 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
244 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
249 dsched(4) has been removed and one of its kernel options, DSCHED_FQ, was
250 in our default kernel config file. So the DSCHED_FQ option has been turned
251 into a no-op for now and can be removed from custom configurations.
253 EST DRIVER REMOVED, COMPILE_ET AND LIBCOM_ERR TOO
254 -------------------------------------------------
256 The est(4) driver has been removed. All CPUs it supported (except one)
257 were 32 bits only. Those who are still using the Core 2 Duo T7500 should
258 report back if there are any issues with this CPU and our regular ACPI
261 Also, compile_et(1) and com_err(3) have been removed as well. They
262 should have been removed along with kerberos support, back in 2009.
264 SEVERAL LOCALES RENAMED
265 -----------------------
267 Several locales were using obsolete and misleading names, and thus have
268 been adjusted to current standards. Any users of the following locales
269 need to select alternates:
271 DFLY 4.2 locale DFLY 4.4 alterative locale
272 --------------- ------------------------------------
273 mn_MN.UTF-8 mn_Cyrl_MN.UTF-8
274 no_NO.UTF-8 nb_NO.UTF-8 or nn_NO.UTF-8
275 no_NO.ISO8859-1 nb_NO.ISO8869-1 or nn_NO.ISO8859-1
276 no_NO.ISO8859-15 nb_NO.ISO8859-15 or nn_NO.ISO8859-15
277 sr_YU.UTF-8 sr_Cyrl_RS.UTF-8 or sr_Latn_RS.UTF-8
278 sr_YU.ISO8859-5 sr_Cyrl_RS.ISO8859-5
279 sr_YU.ISO8859-2 sr_Latn_RS.ISO8859-2
280 zh_CN.GBK zh_Hans_CN.GBK
281 zh_CN.UTF-8 zh_Hans_CN.UTF-8
282 zh_CN.eucCN zh_Hans_CN.eucCN
283 zh_CN.GB2312 zh_Hans_CH.GB2312
284 zh_CN.GB18030 zh_Hans_CH.GB18030
285 zh_HK.Big5HKSCS zh_Hant_HK.Big5HKSCS
286 zh_HK.UTF_8 zh_Hant_HK.UTF-8
287 zh_TW.Big5 zh_Hant_TW.Big5
288 zh_TW.UTF-8 zh_Hant_TW.UTF-8
290 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
291 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
292 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
294 BINUTILS 2.25 REPLACES 2.22, PRIMARY
295 ------------------------------------
297 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.22, was removed
298 and replaced with Binutils 2.25. It becomes the primary version version
299 of binutils and version 2.24 becomes the alternate. There are 8 current
300 CVE written against 2.24, so for security reasons version 2.25 should
303 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils225" (default) and
304 "binutils224". The building of Binutils 2.24 can be prevented by setting
305 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
307 LOADER OPTIONS CHANGED
308 ----------------------
310 Right after the development branch started, the Fred art accompanying the
311 loader menu was improved. The line between Fred and the menu was removed
312 by default (but can optionally be returned) and the placement shifted as
313 a result. The drawing was improved, and the colored version was improved,
314 changing the eyes and wing color from white to red. A new color version
315 of Fred was added, one with a blue scheme.
317 The loader menu defaults have changed since release 4.0: The vertical
318 line was removed, the loader is displayed in color by default*, and the
321 The loader.conf changes are:
322 loader_color: option has been removed
323 loader_plain: option has been added, it changed menu to monochrome
324 fred_is_red: changes color scheme from blue to red
325 fred_is_blue: option existed only on 4.1, it has been removed
326 fred_separated: Adds line between Fred and menu (as seen previously)
328 * If loader.conf defines "console" as "comconsole" or "console" is defined
329 in the environment as "comconsole" then color will not be displayed,
330 even if loader_plain value is "NO".
332 SENDMAIL REMOVED FROM BASE
333 --------------------------
335 The only Mail Transfer Agent provided now is DragonFly Mail Agent (dma).
336 If the system being upgraded is still configured to use the sendmail
337 binaries from base, the "make upgrade" command will fail.
339 The administrator must change /etc/mail/mailer.conf to switch the
340 mailwrapper to dma or a DPorts-based MTA prior to running the upgrade
341 command that permanently removes sendmail executables and could
342 potentially break a running mail server.
344 Refer: http://www.dragonflybsd.com/docs/docs/newhandbook/mta/ for
345 detailed instructions on how to configure the MTA selection.
347 _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B OPTIONS REMOVED
348 --------------------------------------------
350 The _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B kernel options have been changed to
351 no-ops. They can be removed from custom kernel configurations.
353 SOUND SYSTEM UPDATED FROM FreeBSD 11-CURRENT
354 --------------------------------------------
356 Many more sound devices may be detected.
358 If the default device choosen isn't to your liking, setting the sysctl
359 hw.snd.default_unit to a different number will change it.
364 Support for the SCTP protocol has been removed.
366 OLD USB DRIVERS REMOVED
367 -----------------------
369 The old USB stack, along with the kernel config option "device oldusb"
370 and the make.conf variable "WANT_OLDUSB" have been removed. This means
371 that for custom kernel configuration files which were derived from a
372 GENERIC or X86_64_GENERIC file prior to making the usb4bsd stack default,
373 various (old USB stack specific) devices will now complain about being
377 * natausb (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
378 * rue (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
379 * ugen (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
380 * urio (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
381 * uscanner (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
383 They should be removed or commented out in such custom kernel configs.
388 The GCC 4.4 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC 5.1.
389 The following make.conf variables no longer work: NO_GCC44, NO_OBJC, and
390 NO_CXX. The latter was never documented and the latest versions of GCC are
391 partially written in C++ so a C++ compiler is no longer optional. In
392 practical terms it has not been optional for many years as other base
393 components are also written in C++. The resource savings by avoiding
394 building Objective-C compiler is so small, the complexity added by NO_OBJC
395 internally was deemed a bad tradeoff so that is the reason for its removal.
396 Also note that no "info" pages are installed with GCC 5. After this entry
397 was originally written, all info pages were removed from DragonFly.
399 GCC 5.1 has been designated as the primary compiler. As such, there is a
400 new make.conf variable, NO_ALTCOMPILER. It will block the rebuilding of
401 the designated secondary compiler, GCC 4.7. However, while DPorts
402 primarily uses GCC 5 to build ports now, it still uses GCC 4.7 as well, so
403 if building ports from source is desired, don't block building of the
406 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
407 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
408 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
410 SMP AND DEVICE_POLLING OPTIONS MADE UNKNOWN
411 -------------------------------------------
413 DEVICE_POLLING was replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE and the former SMP code is
414 the default now (even on single-core systems), both for, like, 21 months.
415 We kept the options around as no-ops as a convenience, to allow people
416 using the same config for the then current release and the then current
417 master. That period is now over, so any configs still having those
418 options have to be adjusted.
420 SYSVIPC SYSCALLS MADE NON-OPTIONAL
421 ----------------------------------
423 The code related to the SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM and SYSVSHM kernel options is
424 now compiled in by default. The options are no-ops for now.
426 DEFAULT DRIVER CHANGED FOR LSI "THUNDERBOLT" SERIES RAID CONTROLLERS
427 --------------------------------------------------------------------
429 The default driver for those controllers is now mrsas(4) due to reports
430 of file system corruption using the mfi(4) driver. The whole issue (and
431 how to deal with potential problems when switching) was explained here:
433 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/128703.html
435 A tunable is provided for letting those controllers still attach via
436 the mfi(4) driver, hw.mrsas.mfi_enable (see mrsas(4) manual page).
438 OLDER NETWORK DRIVERS MOVED TO I386 ONLY
439 ----------------------------------------
441 The following drivers have been made i386 only: ed(4), sr(4), ng_sync_ar
442 and ng_sync_sr. ed(4) used to be in X86_64_GENERIC, so it has to be
443 removed in kernel configs derived from X86_64_GENERIC.
445 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
446 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
447 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
449 UPDATE FROM MOST RECENT 3.6
450 ---------------------------
452 Versions of 3.6 built before June 25th have a bug where installworld might
453 crash during installation of the new initrd. Upgrade to the latest version
454 of 3.6 before updating to 3.8 or later.
456 ATM, IPX, NCP AND NWFS SUPPORT DROPPED
457 --------------------------------------
459 Support for the IPX and NCP network protocols and for mouting NetWare
460 file systems has been dropped. Dito for ATM protocol support.
462 INITRD IMAGES NOW INSTALLED BY DEFAULT
463 --------------------------------------
465 An initial ramdisk image is now installed in /boot/kernel/initrd.img.gz
467 Older images installed under the file name of initrd.img will be removed
468 automatically by the make upgrade process.
470 USB4BSD IS NOW THE DEFAULT USB STACK
471 ------------------------------------
473 To get back to the old stack, put "WANT_OLDUSB=yes" in /etc/make.conf and
474 replace "device usb" with "device oldusb" in the kernel configuration.
476 MORE ISA SUPPORT DROPPED
477 ------------------------
479 ISA support has been dropped from the following drivers: adv(4), an(4),
480 ar(4), cs(4), digi(4), ed(4), ep(4), ex(4), fe(4), lnc(4), sbni(4),
481 si(4), sn(4), and stg(4).
483 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
484 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
485 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
490 Installed third-party software (dports) will have to be rebuilt after upgrade,
491 or reinstalled from binary packages.
493 UPDATING FROM 3.4 TO 3.6
494 ------------------------
496 This only applies for this specific upgrade due to locale changes; it is
497 not needed for upgrades after 3.6. Please update in this order:
506 See this mailing list post for details:
507 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2013-September/090163.html
509 CYRIX OPTIONS REMOVED
510 ---------------------
512 The following Cyrix related options have been removed: CPU_BTB_EN,
513 CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK, CPU_DIRECT_MAPPED_CACHE, CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER,
514 CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU, CPU_IORT, CPU_LOOP_EN, CPU_RSTK_EN, CPU_SUSP_HLT,
515 CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS, and CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS
517 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM RP(4)
518 ------------------------------
520 ISA support has been removed from the rp(4) driver. It is now PCI only.
522 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
523 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
524 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
526 COMPAT_SUNOS OPTION REMOVED
527 ---------------------------
529 The COMPAT_SUNOS option has been removed. It was meant to provide binary
530 compatibility with SunOS 4.x for the sparc32 port of 4.4BSD.
532 ISA SOUND CARD SUPPORT REMOVED
533 ------------------------------
535 The following modules have been removed (all for ISA sound cards):
536 snd_ad1816.ko, snd_ess.ko, snd_mss.ko, snd_sb8.ko, snd_sb16.ko, snd_sbc.ko
541 DragonFly has switched base compilers. GCC 4.7 is now the default
542 compiler and GCC 4.4 is the alternative compiler. The "NO_GCC47" make
543 variable ceases to work now.
545 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.7 have to use NO_GCC44 in the
546 /etc/make.conf to prohibit GCC 4.4 from building. However, using it is
547 highly discouraged. There are a few packages in pkgsrc that do not build
548 with GCC 4.7 and the new "DPorts" system uses GCC 4.4 by default. At
549 this time, it is recommended to keep both compilers on the base system.
554 The SMP kernel option has been made a no-op. All kernels now feature SMP
555 support. If you have 'options SMP' in your kernel config, you can as well
558 DEVICE_POLLING OPTION REPLACED BY IFPOLL_ENABLE OPTION, KTR_POLLING REMOVED
559 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
561 The DEVICE_POLLING kernel option has been made a no-op and it has been
562 replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE. If you have 'options DEVICE_POLLING' in your
563 kernel config, you need to change it to IFPOLL_ENABLE.
565 Also, the KTR_POLLING kernel option has been removed, so it must be
566 removed from kernel configs that have it.
568 BUSLOGIC, CYCLADES AND STALLION ISA SUPPORT REMOVED
569 ---------------------------------------------------
571 The bt(4) driver for Buslogic SCSI adapters has been made PCI only. ISA
572 cards will no longer be detected.
574 The same has been done for Stallion multiport serial controllers. stli(4)
575 has been completely removed (along with the stlload(8) and stlstty(8)
576 utilities) and stl(4) was changed to support only PCI cards. Similarly,
577 ISA support was removed from cy(4) too. All these drivers are i386 only.
579 COMPAT_OLDISA OPTION GONE
580 -------------------------
582 The i386 specific COMPAT_OLDISA kernel option has been removed, since
583 nothing needs it anymore.
585 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
586 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
587 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
589 APIC_IO OPTION REMOVED
590 ----------------------
592 The APIC_IO kernel option is no longer accepted after having been without
593 effect for a while. The hw.ioapic_enable tunable now serves its purpose.
594 If you have 'options APIC_IO' in your kernel config, you'll have to
597 WATCHDOG_ENABLE & HW_WDOG OPTIONS REMOVED
598 -----------------------------------------
600 The wdog framework is now compiled into our kernels by default, so the
601 options are no longer needed.
606 doscmd(1) has been removed. It was i386 only. The doscmd(1) specific
607 NO_X make.conf option was removed too.
612 GCC 4.7 has been brought in and replaces GCC 4.1 as DragonFly's non-
613 default compiler in base (default is still GCC 4.4).
615 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.4 have to replace NO_GCC41 with
616 NO_GCC47 in /etc/make.conf.
621 A new USB stack (from FreeBSD) has been brought in. The following
622 modules have been ported so far: usb, uhci, ohci, ehci, xhci, umass,
623 usfs, uether, if_axe, if_udav, ukbd, ums, uep, uhid, usb_quirk,
626 It is not yet the default. To activate it, WANT_USB4BSD=yes has to
627 be put in make.conf and device "usb4bsd" (quotes needed) has to
628 replace device usb in the kernel config. After that, a full
629 build/install/upgrade cycle is needed.
631 Note that this is experimental and incomplete, but we are interested
632 in hearing about issues with it, of course.
634 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM AIC-6260/6360 DRIVER
635 ---------------------------------------------
637 ISA adapter support was dropped from the aic(4) driver.
639 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
640 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.10 TO LATER VERSIONS +
641 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
643 SEVERAL ISA DRIVERS REMOVED
644 ---------------------------
646 The following ISA only drivers have been removed along with a couple of
647 associated userland tools:
663 tw(4) & xten(1) & xtend(8)
667 Note that two of these drivers (aha(4) and ie(4)) are in our GENERIC
668 config and one (aha(4)) is in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration
671 If buildkernel complains about any of these drivers, just remove them
672 from your kernel configuration.
676 Binutils 2.20 has been removed in favor of Binutils 2.22. The accepted
677 values of BINUTILSVERS are now binutils221 and binutils222 (default).
679 BUILDWORLD/-KERNEL PARALLELIZATION WORK
680 ---------------------------------------
681 Due to changes in the way we build with more than one make job, you
682 will have to update install(1) and mkdir(1) prior to buildworld if you
683 want to build with 'make -j':
685 cd /usr/src/usr.bin/xinstall; make; make install; make clean
686 cd /usr/src/bin/mkdir; make; make install; make clean
690 dma(8) has been upgraded to v0.7 which no longer supports the
691 /etc/dma/virtusertable. Some of its functionality has been replaced
692 with the MASQUERADE keyword and the EMAIL environment variable (see
693 the dma(8) manual page).
695 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
696 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
697 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
699 GCC 4.4 & BINUTILS 2.21
700 -----------------------
702 GCC 4.4 has been made DragonFly's default compiler and Binutils 2.21 has
703 been made DragonFly's default Binutils.
705 That means that any settings that set CCVER to 'gcc44' are not needed
706 anymore. Instead, CCVER can be set to 'gcc41' to go back to using
709 It also means that 'binutils221' as a value for BINUTILSVER has no
710 effect anymore. 2.17 has been removed and 'binutils220' is available
713 The NO_GCC44 option has been removed and will not affect the build
714 anymore. There is now a NO_GCC41 option that will prevent GCC 4.1 from
715 building in a similar fashion.
717 Note that you must do a full buildworld/buildkernel for upgrading.
722 The config file for pkg_radd has moved from /etc/settings.conf to
723 /etc/pkg_radd.conf. Save the contents of settings.conf before upgrading
724 if this is needed. This warning only applies if /etc/settings.conf
725 exists. pkg_radd will continue to work with defaults.
727 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
729 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.6 to 2.8 or HEAD +
730 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
735 OpenSSL has been upgraded, and SHLIB_MAJOR was bumped for libssh and libcrypto.
736 This shouldn't break any 3rd-party software, but you'll need to recompile your
737 3rd-party software if you want it to link against the new version of OpenSSL.
742 A new loader (dloader) has been added which better handles booting from
743 multiple kernel/module versions.
745 To upgrade (Only for this upgrade, for post 2.8 upgrades see GENERAL below)
751 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
752 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
754 Note that you must installworld and run the 'upgrade' target before
755 installing the new kernel.
760 BIND has been removed from the base system. The ldns and drill tools have
761 been added for basic functionality. Use 'drill' where you would normally
762 use nslookup or dig, or install BIND from pkgsrc. It's available as
763 net/bind95, net/bind96, or net/bind97 as of this writing.
765 This only affects older systems upgrading to 2.8. New 2.8+ installs
766 include BIND as a pkgsrc package.
768 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
769 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
771 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
773 Instructions on how to obtain and maintain DragonFly source code using git
774 are in the development(7) manual page.
776 To upgrade a DragonFly system from sources you run the following sequence:
780 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
781 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
784 You will also want to run the 'upgrade' target to upgrade your /etc and the
785 rest of your system. The upgrade target is aware of stale files created by
786 older DragonFly installations and should delete them automatically.
790 See the build(7) manual page for further information.
792 Once you've done a full build of the world and kernel you can do incremental
793 upgrades of either by using the 'quickworld' and 'quickkernel' targets
794 instead of 'buildworld' and 'buildkernel'. If you have any problems with
795 the quick targets, try updating your repo first, and then a full buildworld
796 and buildkernel as shown above, before asking for help.
798 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
799 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 2.0 TO DRAGONFLY >= 2.1 +
800 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
802 In 2.1 kernel and modules has moved to boot directory. For most cases
803 this is handled automatically by 'make upgrade'. A few cases needs manual
806 * When installing a kernel without first doing a make buildworld,
807 installworld and upgrade to the same DESTDIR as kernel:
808 make DESTDIR/boot directory and move kernel and modules into this boot
809 directory; also move kernel.old and modules.old.
810 Typical example is vkernel(7), use (no modules used):
814 chflags noschg kernel
815 mv kernel kernel.old boot
816 chflags schg boot/kernel
818 * When using a boot-only partition, /boot/loader.rc needs to be edited:
819 delete occurrences of '/boot/'.
820 These occurences can normally be deleted in any case, see loader(8).
822 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
823 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 1.8 TO DRAGONFLY >= 1.9 +
824 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
826 In 1.9 major changes to the disk management infrastructure have taken
827 place. make upgrade may not catch all of your disk devices in /dev,
828 so after upgrading be sure to cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV <blah> where <blah>
829 are all of your disk devices. HOWEVER, from late 2.3 on we run devfs
830 and MAKEDEV no longer exists.
832 The biggest changes in 1.9 are:
834 (1) That whole-slice devices such as da0s1 no longer share the same device
835 id as partition c devices such as da0s1c.
837 (2) The whole-disk device (e.g. da0) is full raw access to the disk,
838 with no snooping or reserved sectors. Consequently you cannot run
839 disklabel on this device. Instead you must run disklabel on a
842 (3) The 'compatibility' partitions now use slice 0 in the device name,
843 so instead of da0a you must specify da0s0a. Also, as per (1) above,
844 accessing the disklabel for the compatibility partitions must be
845 done via slice 0 (da0s0).
847 (4) Many device drivers that used to fake up labels, such as CD, ACD, VN,
848 and CCD now run through the disk management layer and are assigned
849 real disk management devices. VN and CCD in particular do not usually
850 use a MBR and disklabels must be accessed through the compatibility
851 slice 0. Your /etc/ccd.conf file still specifies 'ccd0', though, you
852 don't name it 'ccd0s0' in the config file.
854 Generally speaking, you have to get used to running fdisk and disklabel on
855 the correctly specified device names. A lot of the wiggle, such as running
856 disklabel on a partition, has been removed.
858 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
859 + UPGRADING FROM OLDER VERSIONS OF DRAGONFLY OR FREEBSD +
860 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
865 Kerberos IV (eBones) was removed from the tree, please consider moving to
866 Kerberos 5 (Heimdal).
868 > Package Management System
869 ---------------------------
871 Starting with the 1.4 release, DragonFly uses NetBSD's pkgsrc package
872 management system. The necessary tools to build and maintain packages
873 are provided in /usr/pkg/bin and /usr/pkg/sbin. Make sure that these
874 directories are in your PATH variable.
876 In order to obtain a reasonably current snapshot of the pkgsrc tree, use
877 the tarball from NetBSD:
879 fetch -o /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc.tar.gz
880 cd /usr; tar -xzf /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz; chown -R root:wheel pkgsrc
882 This tree can then be kept up to date with cvs update:
884 cd /usr/pkgsrc; cvs up
886 NOTE! If you upgraded from a pre-1.4 system to 1.4 or later, you need to
887 build and install the pkgsrc bootstrap manually:
889 cd /usr/pkgsrc/bootstrap
890 ./bootstrap --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkg --prefix /usr/pkg
892 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
893 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
894 + UPDATING FROM PRE-1.2 SYSTEMS OR FreeBSD 4.x TO +
895 + DRAGONFLY 1.3+ (EITHER PREVIEW or HEAD) +
896 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
898 The compatibility shims for the build environment have been removed, you
899 have to update to DragonFly 1.2 release branch first.
901 The default PAM configuration has moved from /etc/pam.conf to /etc/pam.d/.
902 The existing configuration can be converted using /etc/pam.d/convert.sh.
903 Entries in /etc/pam.d/ override entries in /etc/pam.conf. In addition
904 the pam_skey.so module was retired, you have to remove it manually from
905 your configuration, when you convert it.
907 > Required user and group IDs when upgrading from either FreeBSD or DragonFly
908 ---------------------
910 The following users may be missing from your password file. Use vipw and
911 add any that are missing:
913 smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/sbin/nologin
914 _pflogd:*:64:64::0:0:pflogd privsep user:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
916 The following groups may be missing from your group file. Use vi /etc/group
917 and add any that are missing:
924 > Upgrading to DragonFly from FreeBSD
925 ---------------------
927 You can build the DragonFly world and DragonFly kernels on a FreeBSD-4.x or
928 FreeBSD-5.x machine and then install DragonFly over FreeBSD, replacing
929 FreeBSD. Note that the DragonFly buildworld target does not try to reuse
930 make depend information, it starts from scratch, so no pre-cleaning of the
931 object hierarchy is necessary.
933 # get the CVS repository (it is placed in /home/dcvs, 500MB).
934 # Please use the -h option and a mirror site to pull the
935 # initial repository, but feel free to use the main repository
936 # machine to pull updates.
937 cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/DragonFly-cvs-supfile
938 # install the source from the CVS hierarchy (remove preexisting
939 # FreeBSD src first) (500MB)
942 cvs -R -d /home/dcvs checkout -P src
944 # build it (500MB used in /usr/obj)
948 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
950 Once you have built DragonFly you have to install it over FreeBSD. Since
951 DragonFly does not track changes made by FreeBSD to its include file
952 hierarchy and include file pollution can cause all sorts of unexpected
953 compilation issues to come up, it is best to wipe your include hierarchy
954 prior to installing DragonFly. Note that you should not wipe any installed
955 FreeBSD header files or binaries until after you have successfully completed
956 the build steps above.
960 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
963 Then you need to upgrade your system. DragonFly's 'make upgrade' target
964 will unconditionally upgrade the /etc files that sysops do not usually
965 mess around with, such as the files in /etc/rc.d. It will also remove any
966 obsolete files such as utilities and manpages that have been removed from
967 the system since the version you're coming from. If you are unsure we
968 recommend that you make a backup of at least your /etc before applying
969 this step. Note that DragonFly's RC system is basically RCNG from
970 FreeBSD-5, but there are some differences in the contents of the RC files.
974 NOTE! Never do a 'make upgrade' before 'make installworld' has been run.
975 Doing so might leave your system in an unusable state.
977 Finally we recommend that you do an 'ls -lta BLAH' for /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
978 /usr/bin, and /usr/lib, and remove any stale files that you find. Please
979 report these files to the DragonFly developers so that they can be added to
980 the 'upgrade' target.