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 LIBRADIUS AND LIBTACPLUS REMOVED
16 --------------------------------
18 Both libraries have been moved from base to DPorts net/ category.
20 PAM_SSH MODULE REMOVED
21 ----------------------
23 The pam_ssh(8) have been removed from base to DPorts security/pam_ssh.
25 UTMP LEGACY API REMOVED
26 -----------------------
28 The legacy "utmp" API (getutent() and friends, utmp.h, etc.) has been
29 removed, and we are now using the POSIX "utmpx" API (getutxent(),
30 utmpx.h, etc.) only. The most visible change for users is that the
31 /var/log/wtmp file will no longer be written to, just /var/log/wtmpx.
32 The wtmpcvt(1) utility is provided to convert old wtmp format files to
35 To not break old applications, the utmp symbols are still provided by
36 libc as dummy functions that do nothing and always succeed.
38 TIMED AND TIMEDC REMOVED
39 ------------------------
41 timed(8) and timedc(8) have been removed because they are beyond
42 obsolete for setting the time.
44 LIBOPIE, LIBMD REMOVED
45 ----------------------
47 Removal of OPIE requires /etc/pam.d/ configs to be updated.
49 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
50 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
51 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
56 The GCC50 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC80.
57 The default alternative compiler has stayed the same - GCC47.
60 PUFFS, PUTTER AND LIBREFUSE REMOVED
61 -----------------------------------
63 The puffs(4)/putter(4) subsystem has been removed, along with librefuse,
64 libpuffs, and the mount_psshfs(8) utility. All of these have never been
67 FFS_ROOT OPTION REMOVED
68 -----------------------
70 The FFS_ROOT kernel configuration option has been finally removed, after
71 having been a no-op since 4.9. That means users using a custom kernel
72 configuration file that still contains it need to remove the option from
75 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
76 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
77 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
79 DIGI, RP AND SI DRIVERS REMOVED
80 -------------------------------
82 The digi(4), rp(4) and si(4) serial drivers have been removed. None of
83 them were in our default kernel configuration file. The sicontrol(8)
84 utility was removed, too.
86 MKINITRD COMMAND REMOVED
87 ------------------------
89 The mkinitrd(8) command is removed and its functionality is replaced by
90 the new "initrd" make target. After rebooting into the new world and
91 verifying everything works, execute "make initrd" to upgrade the rescue
92 tools and initrd image.
94 IPSEC, IPSEC_ESP AND IPSEC_DEBUG REMOVED FROM VKERNEL64 CONFIG
95 --------------------------------------------------------------
97 IPsec has been removed from the system. Of our standard kernel
98 configurations, only the virtual kernel one had it. People running
99 vkernels with configuration files derived from our VKERNEL64 will
100 have to remove these options manually.
102 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
103 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
104 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
106 VIRTIO_PCI REMOVED FROM KERNEL CONFIG
107 -------------------------------------
109 The "device virtio_pci" line in X86_64_GENERIC has been removed. People
110 with configuration files derived from it have to remove it manually.
112 VARIOUS 'R' COMMANDS AND DAEMONS REMOVED
113 ----------------------------------------
115 rcp(1), rlogin(1), rlogind(8), rsh(1) and rshd(8) have been removed.
116 For those that still need them, there is the net/bsdrcmds port.
118 VARIOUS FORMER OPTIONS REMOVED
119 ------------------------------
121 Various former kernel configuration options which had been no-ops for
122 some time were completely removed: SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM, SYSVSHM, P1003_1B,
123 _KPOSIX_VERSION and DSCHED_FQ. Users that have any of these still in
124 their kernel configuration files have to remove them.
126 BOOTSTRAPPING LIMITED FROM PRE 4.4
127 ----------------------------------
129 Upgrading to 5.1 and later versions now require at least 4.4 in
130 preparations for upcoming base compilers updates.
132 IF_PPP, PPPD, IF_FAITH, AND FAITHD REMOVED
133 ------------------------------------------
135 if_ppp has been replaced by "user ppp", i.e. ppp(8) and tun(4). It had
136 already been removed from our default kernel configuration before 5.0,
137 so only people with custom configurations based on earlier X86_64_GENERIC
138 will have to remove it manually.
140 The faith(4) interface has been completely removed after it had also
141 been removed from our default kernel configuration.
143 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
144 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
145 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
147 FFS_ROOT OPTION DISABLED
148 ------------------------
150 The FFS_ROOT option has been made a no-op and will be completely removed
151 at some point in the future. Users with a custom kernel configuration
152 can remove this option from it now.
154 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
155 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
156 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
158 DSA OPENSSH KEYS DEPRECATED
159 ---------------------------
161 Note that DSA OpenSSH keys were deprecated in the 4.6 to 4.8 release.
162 If you are upgrading from a release older than 4.8 and use DSA OpenSSH
163 keys, please update your private/public key pair or risk locking
166 AHC, AHD, AIC, NCV, NSP AND STG DRIVERS REMOVED
167 -----------------------------------------------
169 They were all in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration file, along with
170 the AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT and AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT options, so any custom
171 configuration files derived from it need adjustment.
173 PORTAL FILE SYSTEM REMOVED
174 --------------------------
176 It has been broken for a long time now.
178 BINUTILS 2.27 REPLACES 2.24, PRIMARY
179 ------------------------------------
181 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.24, was removed
182 and replaced with Binutils 2.27. It becomes the primary version version
183 of binutils and version 2.25 becomes the alternate.
185 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils227" (default) and
186 "binutils225". The building of Binutils 2.25 can be prevented by setting
187 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
189 COMPAT_43 KERNEL OPTION REMOVED
190 -------------------------------
192 It was commented out in our default configs for several years now, but
193 might still be present in custom configs created before Nov. 2011.
198 OpenSSL has been removed from base and replaced with a private version of
199 LibreSSL. The previously installed OpenSSL libraries, headers, and man
200 pages will remain on the system unless the "make upgrade" command is
201 specifically instructed to remove them. To do this, define
202 REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES for the upgrade command, e.g.
203 "make upgrade REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES=yes"
205 28-Oct-2016: openssl has been replaced by ressl. It is recommended that any
206 stale OpenSSL files be removed to avoid configuration scripts from using
207 the stale and potentially vulnerable version, but all binaries that are
208 dynamically linked to the OpenSSL libraries should be rebuilt first to
214 It has become too cumbersome to maintain HPN patches in OpenSSH in base.
215 To use OpenSSH in base remove HPN config, if you have added it.
216 Check files below for HPN config, see a few lines below.
217 /etc/ssh/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/sshd_config, ~/.ssh/config
218 sshd(8) will fail to start if HPN config is used.
220 NOTE: HPN config in sshd_config will prohibit remote access to host using ssh.
232 OpenSSH HPN is a patch set to OpenSSH providing higher performance under some
233 circumstances, especially for networking.
234 If HPN functionality is needed, install security/openssh from dports.
236 CS, EX AND VX DRIVERS REMOVED
237 -----------------------------
239 The cs(4), ex(4) and vx(4) drivers have been removed. They were very
240 old and its doubtful they ever worked properly in x86_64 but they were
241 in X86_64_GENERIC, so custom configurations derived from it have to be
244 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
245 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
246 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
251 The am-utils automounter suite has been removed. It stopped working
252 at some point and was never fixed. autofs(5) and the associated
253 userland has been brought in from FreeBSD and replaces it.
258 The an(4) driver has been removed. It was in the X86_64_GENERIC kernel
259 config file, so any configurations derived from it have to be adjusted.
261 /DEV/DRI GROUP CHANGED
262 ----------------------
264 The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
265 from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
266 access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
269 # pw groupmod video -m $USER
271 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
272 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
273 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
278 dsched(4) has been removed and one of its kernel options, DSCHED_FQ, was
279 in our default kernel config file. So the DSCHED_FQ option has been turned
280 into a no-op for now and can be removed from custom configurations.
282 EST DRIVER REMOVED, COMPILE_ET AND LIBCOM_ERR TOO
283 -------------------------------------------------
285 The est(4) driver has been removed. All CPUs it supported (except one)
286 were 32 bits only. Those who are still using the Core 2 Duo T7500 should
287 report back if there are any issues with this CPU and our regular ACPI
290 Also, compile_et(1) and com_err(3) have been removed as well. They
291 should have been removed along with kerberos support, back in 2009.
293 SEVERAL LOCALES RENAMED
294 -----------------------
296 Several locales were using obsolete and misleading names, and thus have
297 been adjusted to current standards. Any users of the following locales
298 need to select alternates:
300 DFLY 4.2 locale DFLY 4.4 alterative locale
301 --------------- ------------------------------------
302 mn_MN.UTF-8 mn_Cyrl_MN.UTF-8
303 no_NO.UTF-8 nb_NO.UTF-8 or nn_NO.UTF-8
304 no_NO.ISO8859-1 nb_NO.ISO8869-1 or nn_NO.ISO8859-1
305 no_NO.ISO8859-15 nb_NO.ISO8859-15 or nn_NO.ISO8859-15
306 sr_YU.UTF-8 sr_Cyrl_RS.UTF-8 or sr_Latn_RS.UTF-8
307 sr_YU.ISO8859-5 sr_Cyrl_RS.ISO8859-5
308 sr_YU.ISO8859-2 sr_Latn_RS.ISO8859-2
309 zh_CN.GBK zh_Hans_CN.GBK
310 zh_CN.UTF-8 zh_Hans_CN.UTF-8
311 zh_CN.eucCN zh_Hans_CN.eucCN
312 zh_CN.GB2312 zh_Hans_CH.GB2312
313 zh_CN.GB18030 zh_Hans_CH.GB18030
314 zh_HK.Big5HKSCS zh_Hant_HK.Big5HKSCS
315 zh_HK.UTF_8 zh_Hant_HK.UTF-8
316 zh_TW.Big5 zh_Hant_TW.Big5
317 zh_TW.UTF-8 zh_Hant_TW.UTF-8
319 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
320 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
321 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
323 BINUTILS 2.25 REPLACES 2.22, PRIMARY
324 ------------------------------------
326 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.22, was removed
327 and replaced with Binutils 2.25. It becomes the primary version version
328 of binutils and version 2.24 becomes the alternate. There are 8 current
329 CVE written against 2.24, so for security reasons version 2.25 should
332 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils225" (default) and
333 "binutils224". The building of Binutils 2.24 can be prevented by setting
334 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
336 LOADER OPTIONS CHANGED
337 ----------------------
339 Right after the development branch started, the Fred art accompanying the
340 loader menu was improved. The line between Fred and the menu was removed
341 by default (but can optionally be returned) and the placement shifted as
342 a result. The drawing was improved, and the colored version was improved,
343 changing the eyes and wing color from white to red. A new color version
344 of Fred was added, one with a blue scheme.
346 The loader menu defaults have changed since release 4.0: The vertical
347 line was removed, the loader is displayed in color by default*, and the
350 The loader.conf changes are:
351 loader_color: option has been removed
352 loader_plain: option has been added, it changed menu to monochrome
353 fred_is_red: changes color scheme from blue to red
354 fred_is_blue: option existed only on 4.1, it has been removed
355 fred_separated: Adds line between Fred and menu (as seen previously)
357 * If loader.conf defines "console" as "comconsole" or "console" is defined
358 in the environment as "comconsole" then color will not be displayed,
359 even if loader_plain value is "NO".
361 SENDMAIL REMOVED FROM BASE
362 --------------------------
364 The only Mail Transfer Agent provided now is DragonFly Mail Agent (dma).
365 If the system being upgraded is still configured to use the sendmail
366 binaries from base, the "make upgrade" command will fail.
368 The administrator must change /etc/mail/mailer.conf to switch the
369 mailwrapper to dma or a DPorts-based MTA prior to running the upgrade
370 command that permanently removes sendmail executables and could
371 potentially break a running mail server.
373 Refer: http://www.dragonflybsd.com/docs/docs/newhandbook/mta/ for
374 detailed instructions on how to configure the MTA selection.
376 _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B OPTIONS REMOVED
377 --------------------------------------------
379 The _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B kernel options have been changed to
380 no-ops. They can be removed from custom kernel configurations.
382 SOUND SYSTEM UPDATED FROM FreeBSD 11-CURRENT
383 --------------------------------------------
385 Many more sound devices may be detected.
387 If the default device choosen isn't to your liking, setting the sysctl
388 hw.snd.default_unit to a different number will change it.
393 Support for the SCTP protocol has been removed.
395 OLD USB DRIVERS REMOVED
396 -----------------------
398 The old USB stack, along with the kernel config option "device oldusb"
399 and the make.conf variable "WANT_OLDUSB" have been removed. This means
400 that for custom kernel configuration files which were derived from a
401 GENERIC or X86_64_GENERIC file prior to making the usb4bsd stack default,
402 various (old USB stack specific) devices will now complain about being
406 * natausb (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
407 * rue (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
408 * ugen (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
409 * urio (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
410 * uscanner (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
412 They should be removed or commented out in such custom kernel configs.
417 The GCC 4.4 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC 5.1.
418 The following make.conf variables no longer work: NO_GCC44, NO_OBJC, and
419 NO_CXX. The latter was never documented and the latest versions of GCC are
420 partially written in C++ so a C++ compiler is no longer optional. In
421 practical terms it has not been optional for many years as other base
422 components are also written in C++. The resource savings by avoiding
423 building Objective-C compiler is so small, the complexity added by NO_OBJC
424 internally was deemed a bad tradeoff so that is the reason for its removal.
425 Also note that no "info" pages are installed with GCC 5. After this entry
426 was originally written, all info pages were removed from DragonFly.
428 GCC 5.1 has been designated as the primary compiler. As such, there is a
429 new make.conf variable, NO_ALTCOMPILER. It will block the rebuilding of
430 the designated secondary compiler, GCC 4.7. However, while DPorts
431 primarily uses GCC 5 to build ports now, it still uses GCC 4.7 as well, so
432 if building ports from source is desired, don't block building of the
435 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
436 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
437 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
439 SMP AND DEVICE_POLLING OPTIONS MADE UNKNOWN
440 -------------------------------------------
442 DEVICE_POLLING was replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE and the former SMP code is
443 the default now (even on single-core systems), both for, like, 21 months.
444 We kept the options around as no-ops as a convenience, to allow people
445 using the same config for the then current release and the then current
446 master. That period is now over, so any configs still having those
447 options have to be adjusted.
449 SYSVIPC SYSCALLS MADE NON-OPTIONAL
450 ----------------------------------
452 The code related to the SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM and SYSVSHM kernel options is
453 now compiled in by default. The options are no-ops for now.
455 DEFAULT DRIVER CHANGED FOR LSI "THUNDERBOLT" SERIES RAID CONTROLLERS
456 --------------------------------------------------------------------
458 The default driver for those controllers is now mrsas(4) due to reports
459 of file system corruption using the mfi(4) driver. The whole issue (and
460 how to deal with potential problems when switching) was explained here:
462 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/128703.html
464 A tunable is provided for letting those controllers still attach via
465 the mfi(4) driver, hw.mrsas.mfi_enable (see mrsas(4) manual page).
467 OLDER NETWORK DRIVERS MOVED TO I386 ONLY
468 ----------------------------------------
470 The following drivers have been made i386 only: ed(4), sr(4), ng_sync_ar
471 and ng_sync_sr. ed(4) used to be in X86_64_GENERIC, so it has to be
472 removed in kernel configs derived from X86_64_GENERIC.
474 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
475 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
476 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
478 UPDATE FROM MOST RECENT 3.6
479 ---------------------------
481 Versions of 3.6 built before June 25th have a bug where installworld might
482 crash during installation of the new initrd. Upgrade to the latest version
483 of 3.6 before updating to 3.8 or later.
485 ATM, IPX, NCP AND NWFS SUPPORT DROPPED
486 --------------------------------------
488 Support for the IPX and NCP network protocols and for mouting NetWare
489 file systems has been dropped. Dito for ATM protocol support.
491 INITRD IMAGES NOW INSTALLED BY DEFAULT
492 --------------------------------------
494 An initial ramdisk image is now installed in /boot/kernel/initrd.img.gz
496 Older images installed under the file name of initrd.img will be removed
497 automatically by the make upgrade process.
499 USB4BSD IS NOW THE DEFAULT USB STACK
500 ------------------------------------
502 To get back to the old stack, put "WANT_OLDUSB=yes" in /etc/make.conf and
503 replace "device usb" with "device oldusb" in the kernel configuration.
505 MORE ISA SUPPORT DROPPED
506 ------------------------
508 ISA support has been dropped from the following drivers: adv(4), an(4),
509 ar(4), cs(4), digi(4), ed(4), ep(4), ex(4), fe(4), lnc(4), sbni(4),
510 si(4), sn(4), and stg(4).
512 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
513 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
514 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
519 Installed third-party software (dports) will have to be rebuilt after upgrade,
520 or reinstalled from binary packages.
522 UPDATING FROM 3.4 TO 3.6
523 ------------------------
525 This only applies for this specific upgrade due to locale changes; it is
526 not needed for upgrades after 3.6. Please update in this order:
535 See this mailing list post for details:
536 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2013-September/090163.html
538 CYRIX OPTIONS REMOVED
539 ---------------------
541 The following Cyrix related options have been removed: CPU_BTB_EN,
542 CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK, CPU_DIRECT_MAPPED_CACHE, CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER,
543 CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU, CPU_IORT, CPU_LOOP_EN, CPU_RSTK_EN, CPU_SUSP_HLT,
544 CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS, and CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS
546 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM RP(4)
547 ------------------------------
549 ISA support has been removed from the rp(4) driver. It is now PCI only.
551 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
552 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
553 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
555 COMPAT_SUNOS OPTION REMOVED
556 ---------------------------
558 The COMPAT_SUNOS option has been removed. It was meant to provide binary
559 compatibility with SunOS 4.x for the sparc32 port of 4.4BSD.
561 ISA SOUND CARD SUPPORT REMOVED
562 ------------------------------
564 The following modules have been removed (all for ISA sound cards):
565 snd_ad1816.ko, snd_ess.ko, snd_mss.ko, snd_sb8.ko, snd_sb16.ko, snd_sbc.ko
570 DragonFly has switched base compilers. GCC 4.7 is now the default
571 compiler and GCC 4.4 is the alternative compiler. The "NO_GCC47" make
572 variable ceases to work now.
574 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.7 have to use NO_GCC44 in the
575 /etc/make.conf to prohibit GCC 4.4 from building. However, using it is
576 highly discouraged. There are a few packages in pkgsrc that do not build
577 with GCC 4.7 and the new "DPorts" system uses GCC 4.4 by default. At
578 this time, it is recommended to keep both compilers on the base system.
583 The SMP kernel option has been made a no-op. All kernels now feature SMP
584 support. If you have 'options SMP' in your kernel config, you can as well
587 DEVICE_POLLING OPTION REPLACED BY IFPOLL_ENABLE OPTION, KTR_POLLING REMOVED
588 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
590 The DEVICE_POLLING kernel option has been made a no-op and it has been
591 replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE. If you have 'options DEVICE_POLLING' in your
592 kernel config, you need to change it to IFPOLL_ENABLE.
594 Also, the KTR_POLLING kernel option has been removed, so it must be
595 removed from kernel configs that have it.
597 BUSLOGIC, CYCLADES AND STALLION ISA SUPPORT REMOVED
598 ---------------------------------------------------
600 The bt(4) driver for Buslogic SCSI adapters has been made PCI only. ISA
601 cards will no longer be detected.
603 The same has been done for Stallion multiport serial controllers. stli(4)
604 has been completely removed (along with the stlload(8) and stlstty(8)
605 utilities) and stl(4) was changed to support only PCI cards. Similarly,
606 ISA support was removed from cy(4) too. All these drivers are i386 only.
608 COMPAT_OLDISA OPTION GONE
609 -------------------------
611 The i386 specific COMPAT_OLDISA kernel option has been removed, since
612 nothing needs it anymore.
614 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
615 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
616 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
618 APIC_IO OPTION REMOVED
619 ----------------------
621 The APIC_IO kernel option is no longer accepted after having been without
622 effect for a while. The hw.ioapic_enable tunable now serves its purpose.
623 If you have 'options APIC_IO' in your kernel config, you'll have to
626 WATCHDOG_ENABLE & HW_WDOG OPTIONS REMOVED
627 -----------------------------------------
629 The wdog framework is now compiled into our kernels by default, so the
630 options are no longer needed.
635 doscmd(1) has been removed. It was i386 only. The doscmd(1) specific
636 NO_X make.conf option was removed too.
641 GCC 4.7 has been brought in and replaces GCC 4.1 as DragonFly's non-
642 default compiler in base (default is still GCC 4.4).
644 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.4 have to replace NO_GCC41 with
645 NO_GCC47 in /etc/make.conf.
650 A new USB stack (from FreeBSD) has been brought in. The following
651 modules have been ported so far: usb, uhci, ohci, ehci, xhci, umass,
652 usfs, uether, if_axe, if_udav, ukbd, ums, uep, uhid, usb_quirk,
655 It is not yet the default. To activate it, WANT_USB4BSD=yes has to
656 be put in make.conf and device "usb4bsd" (quotes needed) has to
657 replace device usb in the kernel config. After that, a full
658 build/install/upgrade cycle is needed.
660 Note that this is experimental and incomplete, but we are interested
661 in hearing about issues with it, of course.
663 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM AIC-6260/6360 DRIVER
664 ---------------------------------------------
666 ISA adapter support was dropped from the aic(4) driver.
668 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
669 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.10 TO LATER VERSIONS +
670 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
672 SEVERAL ISA DRIVERS REMOVED
673 ---------------------------
675 The following ISA only drivers have been removed along with a couple of
676 associated userland tools:
692 tw(4) & xten(1) & xtend(8)
696 Note that two of these drivers (aha(4) and ie(4)) are in our GENERIC
697 config and one (aha(4)) is in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration
700 If buildkernel complains about any of these drivers, just remove them
701 from your kernel configuration.
705 Binutils 2.20 has been removed in favor of Binutils 2.22. The accepted
706 values of BINUTILSVERS are now binutils221 and binutils222 (default).
708 BUILDWORLD/-KERNEL PARALLELIZATION WORK
709 ---------------------------------------
710 Due to changes in the way we build with more than one make job, you
711 will have to update install(1) and mkdir(1) prior to buildworld if you
712 want to build with 'make -j':
714 cd /usr/src/usr.bin/xinstall; make; make install; make clean
715 cd /usr/src/bin/mkdir; make; make install; make clean
719 dma(8) has been upgraded to v0.7 which no longer supports the
720 /etc/dma/virtusertable. Some of its functionality has been replaced
721 with the MASQUERADE keyword and the EMAIL environment variable (see
722 the dma(8) manual page).
724 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
725 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
726 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
728 GCC 4.4 & BINUTILS 2.21
729 -----------------------
731 GCC 4.4 has been made DragonFly's default compiler and Binutils 2.21 has
732 been made DragonFly's default Binutils.
734 That means that any settings that set CCVER to 'gcc44' are not needed
735 anymore. Instead, CCVER can be set to 'gcc41' to go back to using
738 It also means that 'binutils221' as a value for BINUTILSVER has no
739 effect anymore. 2.17 has been removed and 'binutils220' is available
742 The NO_GCC44 option has been removed and will not affect the build
743 anymore. There is now a NO_GCC41 option that will prevent GCC 4.1 from
744 building in a similar fashion.
746 Note that you must do a full buildworld/buildkernel for upgrading.
751 The config file for pkg_radd has moved from /etc/settings.conf to
752 /etc/pkg_radd.conf. Save the contents of settings.conf before upgrading
753 if this is needed. This warning only applies if /etc/settings.conf
754 exists. pkg_radd will continue to work with defaults.
756 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
758 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.6 to 2.8 or HEAD +
759 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
764 OpenSSL has been upgraded, and SHLIB_MAJOR was bumped for libssh and libcrypto.
765 This shouldn't break any 3rd-party software, but you'll need to recompile your
766 3rd-party software if you want it to link against the new version of OpenSSL.
771 A new loader (dloader) has been added which better handles booting from
772 multiple kernel/module versions.
774 To upgrade (Only for this upgrade, for post 2.8 upgrades see GENERAL below)
780 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
781 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
783 Note that you must installworld and run the 'upgrade' target before
784 installing the new kernel.
789 BIND has been removed from the base system. The ldns and drill tools have
790 been added for basic functionality. Use 'drill' where you would normally
791 use nslookup or dig, or install BIND from pkgsrc. It's available as
792 net/bind95, net/bind96, or net/bind97 as of this writing.
794 This only affects older systems upgrading to 2.8. New 2.8+ installs
795 include BIND as a pkgsrc package.
797 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
798 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
800 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
802 Instructions on how to obtain and maintain DragonFly source code using git
803 are in the development(7) manual page.
805 To upgrade a DragonFly system from sources you run the following sequence:
809 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
810 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
813 You will also want to run the 'upgrade' target to upgrade your /etc and the
814 rest of your system. The upgrade target is aware of stale files created by
815 older DragonFly installations and should delete them automatically.
819 See the build(7) manual page for further information.
821 Once you've done a full build of the world and kernel you can do incremental
822 upgrades of either by using the 'quickworld' and 'quickkernel' targets
823 instead of 'buildworld' and 'buildkernel'. If you have any problems with
824 the quick targets, try updating your repo first, and then a full buildworld
825 and buildkernel as shown above, before asking for help.
827 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
828 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 2.0 TO DRAGONFLY >= 2.1 +
829 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
831 In 2.1 kernel and modules has moved to boot directory. For most cases
832 this is handled automatically by 'make upgrade'. A few cases needs manual
835 * When installing a kernel without first doing a make buildworld,
836 installworld and upgrade to the same DESTDIR as kernel:
837 make DESTDIR/boot directory and move kernel and modules into this boot
838 directory; also move kernel.old and modules.old.
839 Typical example is vkernel(7), use (no modules used):
843 chflags noschg kernel
844 mv kernel kernel.old boot
845 chflags schg boot/kernel
847 * When using a boot-only partition, /boot/loader.rc needs to be edited:
848 delete occurrences of '/boot/'.
849 These occurences can normally be deleted in any case, see loader(8).
851 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
852 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 1.8 TO DRAGONFLY >= 1.9 +
853 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
855 In 1.9 major changes to the disk management infrastructure have taken
856 place. make upgrade may not catch all of your disk devices in /dev,
857 so after upgrading be sure to cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV <blah> where <blah>
858 are all of your disk devices. HOWEVER, from late 2.3 on we run devfs
859 and MAKEDEV no longer exists.
861 The biggest changes in 1.9 are:
863 (1) That whole-slice devices such as da0s1 no longer share the same device
864 id as partition c devices such as da0s1c.
866 (2) The whole-disk device (e.g. da0) is full raw access to the disk,
867 with no snooping or reserved sectors. Consequently you cannot run
868 disklabel on this device. Instead you must run disklabel on a
871 (3) The 'compatibility' partitions now use slice 0 in the device name,
872 so instead of da0a you must specify da0s0a. Also, as per (1) above,
873 accessing the disklabel for the compatibility partitions must be
874 done via slice 0 (da0s0).
876 (4) Many device drivers that used to fake up labels, such as CD, ACD, VN,
877 and CCD now run through the disk management layer and are assigned
878 real disk management devices. VN and CCD in particular do not usually
879 use a MBR and disklabels must be accessed through the compatibility
880 slice 0. Your /etc/ccd.conf file still specifies 'ccd0', though, you
881 don't name it 'ccd0s0' in the config file.
883 Generally speaking, you have to get used to running fdisk and disklabel on
884 the correctly specified device names. A lot of the wiggle, such as running
885 disklabel on a partition, has been removed.
887 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
888 + UPGRADING FROM OLDER VERSIONS OF DRAGONFLY OR FREEBSD +
889 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
894 Kerberos IV (eBones) was removed from the tree, please consider moving to
895 Kerberos 5 (Heimdal).
897 > Package Management System
898 ---------------------------
900 Starting with the 1.4 release, DragonFly uses NetBSD's pkgsrc package
901 management system. The necessary tools to build and maintain packages
902 are provided in /usr/pkg/bin and /usr/pkg/sbin. Make sure that these
903 directories are in your PATH variable.
905 In order to obtain a reasonably current snapshot of the pkgsrc tree, use
906 the tarball from NetBSD:
908 fetch -o /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc.tar.gz
909 cd /usr; tar -xzf /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz; chown -R root:wheel pkgsrc
911 This tree can then be kept up to date with cvs update:
913 cd /usr/pkgsrc; cvs up
915 NOTE! If you upgraded from a pre-1.4 system to 1.4 or later, you need to
916 build and install the pkgsrc bootstrap manually:
918 cd /usr/pkgsrc/bootstrap
919 ./bootstrap --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkg --prefix /usr/pkg
921 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
922 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
923 + UPDATING FROM PRE-1.2 SYSTEMS OR FreeBSD 4.x TO +
924 + DRAGONFLY 1.3+ (EITHER PREVIEW or HEAD) +
925 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
927 The compatibility shims for the build environment have been removed, you
928 have to update to DragonFly 1.2 release branch first.
930 The default PAM configuration has moved from /etc/pam.conf to /etc/pam.d/.
931 The existing configuration can be converted using /etc/pam.d/convert.sh.
932 Entries in /etc/pam.d/ override entries in /etc/pam.conf. In addition
933 the pam_skey.so module was retired, you have to remove it manually from
934 your configuration, when you convert it.
936 > Required user and group IDs when upgrading from either FreeBSD or DragonFly
937 ---------------------
939 The following users may be missing from your password file. Use vipw and
940 add any that are missing:
942 smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/sbin/nologin
943 _pflogd:*:64:64::0:0:pflogd privsep user:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
945 The following groups may be missing from your group file. Use vi /etc/group
946 and add any that are missing:
953 > Upgrading to DragonFly from FreeBSD
954 ---------------------
956 You can build the DragonFly world and DragonFly kernels on a FreeBSD-4.x or
957 FreeBSD-5.x machine and then install DragonFly over FreeBSD, replacing
958 FreeBSD. Note that the DragonFly buildworld target does not try to reuse
959 make depend information, it starts from scratch, so no pre-cleaning of the
960 object hierarchy is necessary.
962 # get the CVS repository (it is placed in /home/dcvs, 500MB).
963 # Please use the -h option and a mirror site to pull the
964 # initial repository, but feel free to use the main repository
965 # machine to pull updates.
966 cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/DragonFly-cvs-supfile
967 # install the source from the CVS hierarchy (remove preexisting
968 # FreeBSD src first) (500MB)
971 cvs -R -d /home/dcvs checkout -P src
973 # build it (500MB used in /usr/obj)
977 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
979 Once you have built DragonFly you have to install it over FreeBSD. Since
980 DragonFly does not track changes made by FreeBSD to its include file
981 hierarchy and include file pollution can cause all sorts of unexpected
982 compilation issues to come up, it is best to wipe your include hierarchy
983 prior to installing DragonFly. Note that you should not wipe any installed
984 FreeBSD header files or binaries until after you have successfully completed
985 the build steps above.
989 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
992 Then you need to upgrade your system. DragonFly's 'make upgrade' target
993 will unconditionally upgrade the /etc files that sysops do not usually
994 mess around with, such as the files in /etc/rc.d. It will also remove any
995 obsolete files such as utilities and manpages that have been removed from
996 the system since the version you're coming from. If you are unsure we
997 recommend that you make a backup of at least your /etc before applying
998 this step. Note that DragonFly's RC system is basically RCNG from
999 FreeBSD-5, but there are some differences in the contents of the RC files.
1003 NOTE! Never do a 'make upgrade' before 'make installworld' has been run.
1004 Doing so might leave your system in an unusable state.
1006 Finally we recommend that you do an 'ls -lta BLAH' for /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
1007 /usr/bin, and /usr/lib, and remove any stale files that you find. Please
1008 report these files to the DragonFly developers so that they can be added to
1009 the 'upgrade' target.