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1.562 deraadt 17: <h2><font color=#e00000>Changes made between OpenBSD 2.7 and OpenBSD-current</font><hr></h2>
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1.29 deraadt 20: This is a partial list of the major machine independent changes
21: (ie. these are the changes people ask about most often). Port
22: specific changes have also been made, and are sometimes mentioned
23: in the pages for the specific <a href=plat.html>ports</a> if you
1.392 deraadt 24: are interested in further port-specific details. Many ports
1.29 deraadt 25: have had architecture-specific enhancements relative to NetBSD,
26: but when they do not they certainly have plenty of platform-independent
1.490 ian 27: changes, starting with those listed below.
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1.185 deraadt 30: Note: <font color=#e00000>Problems for which patches exist are marked in red</font>.
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1.186 deraadt 33: <h3>
1.477 deraadt 34: <a href=plus20.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.0, click here</a>.<br>
35: <a href=plus21.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.1, click here</a>.<br>
36: <a href=plus22.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.2, click here</a>.<br>
37: <a href=plus23.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.3, click here</a>.<br>
38: <a href=plus24.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.4, click here</a>.<br>
39: <a href=plus25.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.5, click here</a>.<br>
40: <a href=plus26.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.6, click here</a>.<br>
1.560 deraadt 41: <a href=plus27.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.7, click here</a>.<br>
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1.560 deraadt 48: <h3><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.7 to be released June 15, 2000.<p>
1.480 deraadt 49: We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
1.422 deraadt 50: <ul>
1.577 ! deraadt 51: <li>Grok QNX filesystems in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=1">fdisk(1)</a>.
! 52: <li>Fix about 10 bugs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec(4)</a>, which can now move a few packets before dying.
! 53: <li>Support multiple pid files in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newsyslog&sektion=8">newsyslog(8)</a>.<br>
! 54: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
! 55: <li>Bug fixes to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1">make(1)</a>.
! 56: <li>Add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">pci(4)</a> routines for dealing with Cypress 82c693 chips.
! 57: <li>Minor cleanup to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pax&sektion=1">pax(1)</a>.
! 58: <li>Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chgrp&sektion=1">chgrp(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chown&sektion=8">chown(8)</a> into <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chmod&sektion=1">chmod(1)</a>, and provide backwards compat hard and soft links.
! 59: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>, add support for 3c656, which is just the 3c575 + 56k modem.
1.576 deraadt 60: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.<br>
61: <a href=errata.html#isakmpd>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
62: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.577 ! deraadt 63: <li>Merge to new <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>.
! 64: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">OpenSSH</a> is now at version 2.1.1
1.576 deraadt 65: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: Avoid extra vrele in msdosfs, which would lead to a panic in some operations.<br>
66: <a href=errata.html#msdosfs>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
67: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
68: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: Permit NFS export of CDs without panicing the system.<br>
69: <a href=errata.html#cd9660>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
70: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.577 ! deraadt 71: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8">ping6(8)</a> -w option.
! 72: <li>Some performance enhancements to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rnd&sektion=4">rnd(4)</a>.
! 73: <li>Create a new locator for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a> called "flags" which you can set with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot_config&sektion=8">boot_config(8)</a> for machines apm fails on.
1.572 deraadt 74: <li>Change amiga ports loadbsd command to act more like other bsd loaders.
1.577 ! deraadt 75: <li>Add <strong>-iname</strong> support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=find&sektion=1">find(1)</a>.
! 76: <li>Sort option list in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=find&sektion=1">find(1)</a>; oops, "-and" was broken.
! 77: <li>Catch a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a> failure in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=paste&sektion=1">paste(1)</a>.
! 78: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=linux_compat&sektion=8">linux_compat(8)</a> [gs]etrlimit emulation.
! 79: <li>Update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&sektion=4">ti(4)</a> to support newer cards with more memory.
! 80: <li>Kernel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=9">malloc(9)</a> debug code.
1.569 ericj 81: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=quot&sektion=1">quot(1)</a> work when passed mount points.
82: <li>Fix stack mishandling bugs in i387 libm, in particular, in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=exp&sektion=3">exp(3)</a> and friends.
83: <li>Be more careful about tuples in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a>.
1.573 espie 84: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc&sektion=1">gcc 2.95.3 (pre-release)</a>
1.569 ericj 85: <li>Busify <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=eg&sektion=4">eg(4)</a>, to avoid conflict with ne2000 at 0x300.
1.576 deraadt 86: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: Do not use the (non-default) <i>UseLogin</i> option in OpenSSH 2.1.*, it has a hole on other operating systems and does not work right in OpenBSD.<br>
87: <a href=errata.html#uselogin>Update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later, or simply avoid using UseLogin</a></strong></font>.<br>
88: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.569 ericj 89: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8&format=html">sudo 1.6.3p4</a>
90: <li>Fix a kernel race in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=exit&sektion=2">exit(2)</a>.
91: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cut&sektion=1">cut(1)</a> deal with last input line not containing a newline
92: <li>One byte overflow in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=8">systat(8)</a>.
93: <li>Add <strong>D</strong> and <strong>z</strong> commands to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">diskabel(8)</a> to use the default partition or zero it.
94: <li>A SIGCHLD fix in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cron&sektion=8">cron(8)</a>.
95: <li>More work on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec(4)</a>.
96: <li>Bug fixes to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spif&sektion=4">spif(4)</a>.
1.567 deraadt 97: <li>Bridge packets before vlan'ing them.
1.569 ericj 98: <li>Fix a subtle bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xe&sektion=4">xe(4)</a> which had a number of side effects.
99: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>, fix login count failures in SSH2 support.
1.567 deraadt 100: <li>Whack packet m_recvif field on bridged packets, permitting ipnat to work with the bridge.
1.569 ericj 101: <li>More visible /tmp file (and failure removal) in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=makewhatis&sektion=8">makewhatis(8)</a>.
102: <li>Be more careful reading panic string from core in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=savecore&sektion=8">savecore(8)</a>.
103: <li>Many other changes to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
104: <li>Fix short malloc in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=faithd&sektion=8">faithd(8)</a>.
105: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>, permit logins if temporary filesystems are full.
106: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ich&sektion=4">ich(4)</a> audio driver onboard the Intel 810/820/440MX-based machines.
107: <li>Support ax88190 in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ne&sektion=4">ne(4)</a>.
1.567 deraadt 108: <li>UVM on the amiga.
1.569 ericj 109: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a> the time is kept in hours, not minutes.
110: <li>Add <strong>-A</strong> support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>.
111: <li>Support for 3c574 and 3CCFEM556BI <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a> in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ep&sektion=4">ep(4)</a>.
1.566 deraadt 112: <li>A start at documenting what goes on inside <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=config&sektion=8">config(8)</a> files.
113: <li>Enable <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a>.
114: <li>Space treatment in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipcs&sektion=1">ipcs(1)</a>.
115: <li>Do not treat <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bind&sektion=2">bind(2)</a> with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ip&sektion=4">IPv4</a> mapped address in a special way.
116: <li>Creation of 2.7-stable release, see our <a href="stable.html">page describing it</a>.
117: <li>Convert <a href="amiga.html">amiga</a> port to UVM.
1.564 ericj 118: <li>Arrange to have <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a> support Adaptec 2930CU.
1.576 deraadt 119: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: It was possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on a bridge.<br>
120: <a href=errata.html#bridge>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
121: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.566 deraadt 122: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>, do not attach <i>Host:</i> directive if we are using the proxy.
1.563 deraadt 123: <li>Make almost all manual pages machine independent.
1.576 deraadt 124: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>DRIVER FIX: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isapnp&sektion=4&format=html">isapnp(4)</a> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4&format=html">ef(4)</a> driver failed to configure properly.<br>
125: <a href=errata.html#ef>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
126: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.564 ericj 127: <li>Helper script cleanup in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8&format=html">httpd(8)</a>.
1.576 deraadt 128: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: Update to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=4&format=html">ipf 3.3.16</a>.<br>
129: <a href=errata.html#ipf>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
130: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.563 deraadt 131: <li>On i386, place extra byte at end of pcb so that the iomap works for last 8 ports.
1.564 ericj 132: <li>Fix some key parsing routines in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>.
1.563 deraadt 133: <li>Permit detach of audio devices.
1.564 ericj 134: <li>Properly configure multicast table in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4&format=html">wi(4)</a>.
135: <li>Handle 64 bit architectures in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pstat&sektion=8&format=html">pstat(8)</a> -f.
136: <li>Update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8&format=html">rtadvd(8)</a>.
137: <li>Remove <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfsiod&sektion=8&format=html">nfsiod(8)</a> and replace it with an in-kernel thread based implimentation.
138: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a> X11 forwarding work on localhost.
1.563 deraadt 139: <li>Crank vnode use counts to 32 bits.
1.564 ericj 140: <li>Correct <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&format=html">ifconfig(8)</a> printing of gif physical address on non-IPV6 kernel.
1.576 deraadt 141: <li><font color=#e00000><strong> RELIABILITY FIX: Repair a routing table panic.<br>
142: <a href=errata.html#route>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
143: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.564 ericj 144: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8&format=html">ancontrol(8)</a> act like our changed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wicontrol&sektion=4&format=html">wicontrol(4)</a> semantics.
145: <li>Use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getifaddrs&sektion=3">getifaddrs(3)</a> in libc rpc code.
146: <li>For <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot_config&sektion=8">boot_config(8)</a> code, save enable command in the history for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=config&sektion=8&format=html">config(8)</a>'s -eu updating.
1.561 deraadt 147: <li>Update multicasting support for ipv6.
1.564 ericj 148: <li>Fix usage printing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1&format=html">passwd(1)</a>.
1.561 deraadt 149: <li>By default, do not vsync blank sparc cgsix(4) monitors, but provide a sysctl to do so.
150: <li>Start at a BlueSteel (Broadcom) 5[56]01 crypto accelerator driver.
1.564 ericj 151: <li>Accept empty shell specifications in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
152: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>, do non-blocking on ssh1 protocol sockets too.
153: <li>Some additions to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=keynote&sektion=3&format=html">keynote(3)</a>.
1.561 deraadt 154: <li>Crank rt_refcnt to 32 bits.
155: <li>Supply entropy from i386 mouse drivers to the kernel random number generator.
1.564 ericj 156: <li>Correct p2p interface address handling and various other bugs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route6d&sektion=8&format=html">route6d(8)</a>.
1.561 deraadt 157: <li>Few more tweaks to pcvt termcap definition.
158: <li>Ensure SIOCSETVLAN gets a valid vlan tag.
1.564 ericj 159: <li>After <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a> finishes downloading, change progress meter to show the total elapsed time.
160: <li>Handle 0-size files in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>'s progress meter.
161: <li>Parse RFC2732 ftp URLs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>.
162: <li>In ipv6, perform NUD on p2p link, only if the destination/gateway is real neighbor.
1.576 deraadt 163: <li><font color=#e00000><strong> RELIABILITY FIX: Parse IPv4 options more carefully.<br>
164: <a href=errata.html#ipopts>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br>
165: <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
1.564 ericj 166: <li>Translate DNS error codes in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getaddrinfo&sektion=3&format=html">getaddrinfo(3)</a>.
167: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4&format=html">com(4)</a> driver.
1.561 deraadt 168: <li>Support debugging libraries via DEBUGLIBS in /etc/mk.conf.
169: <li>Driver for tcic(4) style pcmcia adapters.
1.564 ericj 170: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> ESP sanity checks that caused really short packets to be dropped. Only icmp was affected.
1.422 deraadt 171: </ul>
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1.203 deraadt 173:
1.95 deraadt 174: This list mentions mostly platform-independent changes. For a list of changes
175: made in a particular platform, please check the page for that platform. If you
176: find them not listed there, the changes are either (1) not being documented or
177: (2) are documented here.<br><br>
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1.424 deraadt 180: <p>
181: <h3>
1.477 deraadt 182: <a href=plus20.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.0, click here</a>.<br>
183: <a href=plus21.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.1, click here</a>.<br>
184: <a href=plus22.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.2, click here</a>.<br>
185: <a href=plus23.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.3, click here</a>.<br>
186: <a href=plus24.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.4, click here</a>.<br>
187: <a href=plus25.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.5, click here</a>.<br>
188: <a href=plus26.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.6, click here</a>.<br>
1.560 deraadt 189: <a href=plus27.html>For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.7, click here</a>.<br>
1.424 deraadt 190: <a href=plus.html>For changes in OpenBSD-current, click here</a>.
191: <br>
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