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1.820     deraadt    17: <h2><font color=#e00000>Changes made between OpenBSD 3.1 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
1.602     aaron      21: (i.e., these are the changes people ask about most often).  Port
1.29      deraadt    22: specific changes have also been made, and are sometimes mentioned
1.728     horacio    23: in the pages for the specific <a href="plat.html">platforms</a>.
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1.725     naddy      26: Changes to the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> collection are documented
1.747     naddy      27: <a href="portsplus/index.html">here</a>.
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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>
1.684     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>
                     41: <a href="plus27.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.7, click here</a>.<br>
                     42: <a href="plus28.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.8, click here</a>.<br>
1.758     deraadt    43: <a href="plus29.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.9, click here</a>.<br>
1.801     deraadt    44: <a href="plus30.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 3.0, click here</a>.<br>
1.820     deraadt    45: <a href="plus31.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 3.1, click here</a>.<br>
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1.780     deraadt    50: This file is not currently maintained, because the people who can edit
                     51: and maintain it are WAY too busy to keep it updated.  Eventually we hope
                     52: to catch up.  Really.
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1.674     deraadt    56: <h3><font color=#0000e0>We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
1.821   ! miod       57: The following list sums up (almost) all the changes made until May 24th.
1.422     deraadt    58: <ul>
1.821   ! miod       59: <li>Support mixed IPv4/IPv6 address lists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>.
        !            60: <li>Add ssh-keysign(1).
        !            61: <li>Remove obsolete <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dm&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+3.0">dm(8)</a>.
        !            62: <li>Hunt for biodone() calls not made at splbio() spl, and fix them.
        !            63: <li>Improve cd9660 filesystem read-ahead performance.
        !            64: <li>support software brightness and backlight control on various macppc models.
        !            65: <li>allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsconsctl&sektion=8">wsconsctl(8)</a> to control brightness and backlight on displays which
        !            66: support this.
        !            67: <li>new libc IEEE floating-point code and libm routines for hppa.
        !            68: <li>splassert on i386.
        !            69: <li>More steps towards the death of unsafe string functions.
        !            70: <li>splassert on sparc64.
        !            71: <li>Add a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=creator&sektion=4">creator(4)</a> driver for sparc64 Creator and Creator3D cards.
        !            72: <li>Jumbo <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lpr&sektion=1">lpr(1)</a> changes including IPv6 support, new features, and bugfixes.
        !            73: <li>Still hppa memory management and low-level code fixes.
        !            74: <li>Simple pmap optimization on macppc.
        !            75: <li>Did we mention that cleaning of the installation scripts, adding functionnality yet reducing size?
        !            76: <li>Allow ddb to do a stack trace into the kernel message buffer.
        !            77: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> fixes.
        !            78: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: Fix incorrect ACL check when using BSD authentication in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.</strong></font><br>
        !            79:     <a href="errata.html#sshbsdauth">A source code patch is available</a>.<br>
        !            80:     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
        !            81: <li>Fix a memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a>.
        !            82: <li>New systrace facility.
        !            83: <li>Better Cyrix cpu support.
        !            84: <li>ECN support.
        !            85: <li>Support SNTP in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rdate&sektion=8">rdate(8)</a>.
        !            86: <li>Fix infinite SIGFPE loop situations on vax.
        !            87: <li>Remove unnecessary setuid bits from binaries that either do not need it or
        !            88: which functionnality requiring root privileges should only be invoked by root
        !            89: anyways, or which can be changed into a setgid bit for a specific group.
        !            90: <li>Switch S/Key managment to per-user directories instead of a flat file and drop setuid bit on related tools.
        !            91: <li>Lots of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8">ppp(8)</a> goodies.
        !            92: <li>New splassert (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spl&sektion=9">spl(9)</a>) debug functionnality on sparc.
        !            93: <li>Enable Altivec instructions in macppc kernels.
        !            94: <li>Support more Hifn cards (7814, 7851, 7854) via the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nofn&sektion=4">nofn(4)</a> driver.
        !            95: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7.
        !            96: <li>Completely rework <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=at&sektion=1">at(1)</a> and related binaries, and make them POSIX-compliant.
        !            97: <li>More use of hardware crypto cards functionnality via <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec(4)</a>.
        !            98: <li>More hppa memory management fixes.
        !            99: <li>binutils 2.11.2.
        !           100: <li>Add per-gid filtering to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>.
        !           101: <li>Switch <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=at&sektion=1">at(1)</a> to be setgid crontab as well.
        !           102: <li>Handle host names resolving in several addresses in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>.
        !           103: <li>Fix compilation warnings for various userland programs.
        !           104: <li>Add a new user, crontab, and change cron from being setuid root to being setgid crontab.
        !           105: <li>Add per-uid filtering to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>.
        !           106: <li>More <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">usb</a> support updates.
        !           107: <li>More <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec(4)</a>
        !           108: hackery to get it to do more crypto operations, and hack
        !           109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a>
        !           110: and
        !           111: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lofn&sektion=4">lofn(4)</a>
        !           112: to work with this.
        !           113: <li>Your average extensive cleaning of the installation scripts, adding functionnality yet reducing size.
        !           114: <li>Fix adb french keyboard layout on macppc.
        !           115: <li>Switch ELF platforms to the native <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gprof&sektion=1">gprof(1)</a>.
        !           116: <li>Obtain a better licence for the hppa spmath routines.
        !           117: <li>Add an <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=url&sektion=4">url(4)</a> driver for Realtek RTL8150L-based USB cards.
        !           118: <li>mvme88k pmap bugfixes.
        !           119: <li>Various <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">usb</a> drivers updates.
        !           120: <li>Remove <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rlogin&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+3.0">rlogin(1)</a>,
        !           121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rlogind&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+3.0">rlogind(8)</a> and
        !           122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rexecd&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+3.0">rexecd(8)</a>.
        !           123: <li>Fix some wrong computations in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>.
        !           124: <li>Workaround ghost pcibus detection in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb(4)</a>.
        !           125: <li>Add a tuner driver for the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fms&sektion=4">fms(4)</a> radio cards.
        !           126: <li>Allow userland to know which pf rule created a specific state.
        !           127: <li>Prevent a 3.0 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsmoused&sektion=8&arch=i386">wsmoused(8)</a> binary from panic'ing the kernel.
        !           128: <li>Enable privsep by default in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
        !           129: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=find&sektion=1">find(1)</a>'s -anewer and -cnewer options behaviour.
        !           130: <li>Sprinkle ptrdiff_t and size_t types instead of int all over the tree.
        !           131: <li>Support LBA48 addressing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wdc&sektion=4">wdc(4)</a>.
        !           132: <li>Bring back TURBOchannel alpha hardware support.
        !           133: <li>Fix a slightly incorrect behaviour of the device cloning in UKC (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot_config&sektion=8">boot_config(8)</a>).
        !           134: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: cause the exec to fail if we are unable to allocate resources when dup-ing /dev/null to fd's 0-2 for setuid programs.</strong></font><br>
        !           135:     <a href="errata.html#fdalloc2">A source code patch is available</a>.<br>
        !           136:     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
        !           137: <li>Extended Attributes code updates.
        !           138: <li>Improve PS/2 mouse port detection in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pckbc&sektion=4">pckbc(4)</a>.
        !           139: <li>Better <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a> initialization and memory usage.
        !           140: <li>Extensive cleaning of the installation scripts, adding functionnality yet reducing size. No, you're not having a deja vu.
        !           141: <li>Fix ethernet interrupt level on sparc, and rework the sparc interrupt framework.
        !           142: <li>Better color depth detection in Xwsfb.
        !           143: <li>64-bit fixes in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmstat&sektion=8">vmstat(8)</a>.
        !           144: <li>Improve dma processing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
        !           145: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: constrain readdirplus request count in the nfs filesystem.</strong></font><br>
        !           146:     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
        !           147: <li>Switch macppc console from the rcons engine to the rasops engine.
        !           148: <li>Extensive cleaning of the installation scripts, adding functionnality yet reducing size. Yes, once again.
        !           149: <li>Add IEEE754 floating point completion code on alpha.
        !           150: <li>Improve dma processing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gx&sektion=4">gx(4)</a>.
        !           151: <li>Build the XFree86 GLX extension on sparc64.
        !           152: <li>Hunt for outdated prototypes for character devices entry points and fix them.
        !           153: <li>Switch mvme88k to the new MAKEDEV generation framework.
        !           154: <li>Implement the -s option in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.ccgi?query=m4&sektion=1">m4(1)</a>, for it to be POSIX-compliant.
        !           155: <li>Kill all mvme68k kernel compilation warnings.
        !           156: <li>Assorted mac68k code cleanup.
        !           157: <li>Shared key support in hostap mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a>.
        !           158: <li>Make Xwsfb support <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tga&sektion=4&arch=alpha">tga(4)</a> cards on alpha.
        !           159: <li>Fix a lock leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ami&sektion=4">ami(4)</a>.
        !           160: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a> to sudo 1.6.6.</strong></font><br>
        !           161:     <a href="errata.html#sudo">A source code patch is available</a>.<br>
        !           162:     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
        !           163: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: avoid buffer overrun on PASV from a malicious server in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>.</strong></font><br>
        !           164:     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
        !           165: <li>Add a Soundforte radio driver, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sfr&sektion=4&arch=i386">sfr(4)</a>.
        !           166: <li>Add dynamic interface -&gt; address translation in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>.
        !           167: <li>Add kernel hooks on ethernet interfaces, triggered by address changes.
        !           168: <li>Extended Attributes code updates.
        !           169: <li>Enable the Freetype library on sparc64.
        !           170: <li>Add queueing in the kernel cypto framework.
        !           171: <li>Make the system includes C++ friendly.
        !           172: <li>Allow explicit filtering of non-reassembled fragments in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>.
        !           173: <li>Support more hardware and fix stability issues in the mac68k an network driver.
        !           174: <li>Improved Lithuanian keyboard map for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a>.
        !           175: <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: Fix a buffer overflow in AFS/Kerberos token handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>, and send a complete ticket.</strong></font><br>
        !           176:     <a href="errata.html#sshafs">A source code patch is available</a>.<br>
        !           177:     <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a>
        !           178: <li>Fix a memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a>.
        !           179: <li>Assorted hppa memory management fixes.
        !           180: <li>Allow fractionnal delays in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top(1)</a>.
        !           181: <li>Enable upgrade functionnality again on alpha installation media.
        !           182: <li>Extensive cleaning of the installation scripts, adding functionnality yet reducing size.
        !           183: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1">cvs(1)</a> create the .cvspass file on a login operation if it does not exist, rather than failing.
        !           184: <li>Extend mac68k disklabels to 16 partitions, like all the other platforms.
        !           185: <li>Add cddb support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>.
        !           186: <li>Support more network cards with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc(4)</a> driver.
        !           187: <li>Improve sparc pmap behaviour in some low memory conditions.
        !           188: <li>sendmail 8.13.
        !           189: <li>Switch mvme68k to the new MAKEDEV generation framework.
        !           190: <li>Improve the library logic in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld&sektion=1">ld(1)</a> to increase speed and decrease memory usage on a.out platforms.
        !           191: <li>New mvme68k installation media.
        !           192: <li>Change fpu probe routine on mac68k.
        !           193: <li>Fix an obscure bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sed&sektion=1">sed(1)</a>.
        !           194: <li>Support more wireless cards with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> driver, and fix a few issues within.
        !           195: <li>Fix 64-bit issues in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>.
        !           196: <li>Remove the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wx&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+3.0">wx(4)</a> driver,
        !           197: which had been deprecated in favor of the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gx&sektion=4">gx(4)</a> driver.
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1.203     deraadt   200:
1.95      deraadt   201: This list mentions mostly platform-independent changes.  For a list of changes
                    202: made in a particular platform, please check the page for that platform.  If you
                    203: find them not listed there, the changes are either (1) not being documented or
                    204: (2) are documented here.<br><br>
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1.691     jufi      209: <a href="plus20.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.0, click here</a>.<br>
                    210: <a href="plus21.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.1, click here</a>.<br>
                    211: <a href="plus22.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.2, click here</a>.<br>
                    212: <a href="plus23.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.3, click here</a>.<br>
                    213: <a href="plus24.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.4, click here</a>.<br>
                    214: <a href="plus25.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.5, click here</a>.<br>
                    215: <a href="plus26.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.6, click here</a>.<br>
                    216: <a href="plus27.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.7, click here</a>.<br>
                    217: <a href="plus28.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.8, click here</a>.<br>
1.758     deraadt   218: <a href="plus29.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 2.9, click here</a>.<br>
1.801     deraadt   219: <a href="plus30.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 3.0, click here</a>.<br>
1.820     deraadt   220: <a href="plus31.html">For changes leading up to OpenBSD 3.1, click here</a>.<br>
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