On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Ken Smith <kensm...@buffalo.edu> wrote: > > The first of the Release Candidate builds of the 9.0-RELEASE release > cycle is now available. Since this is the first release of a brand > new branch I cross-post the announcements on both -current and -stable. > But just so you know most of the developers active in head and stable/9 > pay more attention to the -current mailing list. If you notice problems > you can report them through the normal Gnats PR system or on the > -current mailing list. > > The 9.0-RELEASE cycle will be tracked here: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/9.0-TODO
Is that http://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/9.0TODO or a new page will be created? > > Wrapping up RC1 was a bit delayed due to a bug found during the initial > testing of the RC1 images and a few glitches that came up as part of > making FreeBSD-Update available. We'll update the schedule soon. > > NOTE: The location of the FTP install tree and ISOs is the same as it > had been for BETA2/BETA3, though we are still deciding if this will be > the layout we switch to for the release. > > ISO images for the following architectures are available, with pathnames > given relative to the top-level of the FTP site: > > amd64: .../releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > i386: .../releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > ia64: .../releases/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > powerpc: .../releases/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > powerpc64: .../releases/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > sparc64: .../releases/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > > MD5/SHA256 checksums are tacked on below. > > If you would like to use csup/cvsup mechanisms to access the source > tree the branch tag to use is now "RELENG_9", if you use "." (head) > you will get 10-CURRENT. If you would like to access the source tree > via SVN it is "svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/". We still have > the nit that the creation of a new SVN branch winds up causing what > looks like a check-in of the entire tree in CVS (a side-effect of the > svn2cvs exporter) so "mergemaster -F" is your friend if you are using > csup/cvsup. > > FreeBSD Update > -------------- > > The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of i386 and amd64 > systems > running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running 7.[34]-RELEASE, > 8.[12]-RELEASE, or 9.0-BETA[123] can upgrade as follows: > > First, a minor change must be made to the freebsd-update code in order > for it to accept file names appearing in FreeBSD 9.0 which contain the '%' > and '@' characters; without this change, freebsd-update will error out > with the message "The update metadata is correctly signed, but failed an > integrity check". > > # sed -i '' -e 's/=_/=%@_/' /usr/sbin/freebsd-update > > Now freebsd-update can fetch bits belonging to 9.0-RC1. During this process > freebsd-update will ask for help in merging configuration files. > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.0-RC1 > > Due to changes in the way that FreeBSD is packaged on the release media, two > complications may arise in this process: > 1. The FreeBSD kernel, which previously could appear in either /boot/kernel > or /boot/GENERIC, now only appears as /boot/kernel. As a result, any kernel > appearing in /boot/GENERIC will be deleted. Please carefully read the output > printed by freebsd-update and confirm that an updated kernel will be placed > into /boot/kernel before proceeding beyond this point. > 2. The FreeBSD source tree in /usr/src (if present) will be deleted. > (Normally > freebsd-update will update a source tree, but in this case the changes in > release packaging result in freebsd-update not recognizing that the source > tree > from the old release and the source tree from the new release correspond to > the > same part of FreeBSD.) > > # freebsd-update install > > The system must now be rebooted with the newly installed kernel before the > non-kernel components are updated. > > # shutdown -r now > > After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to install the new > userland components: > > # freebsd-update install > > At this point, users of systems being upgraded from FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE or > earlier will be prompted by freebsd-update to rebuild all third-party > applications (e.g., ports installed from the ports tree) due to updates in > system libraries. > > After updating installed third-party applications (and again, only if > freebsd-update printed a message indicating that this was necessary), run > freebsd-update again so that it can delete the old (no longer used) system > libraries: > > # freebsd-update install > Finally, reboot into 9.0-RC1: > > # shutdown -r now > > Checksums: > > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-amd64-bootonly.iso) = 625d64340f952de2fca7102dac7f180f > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso) = 5cccbb21a8448e54e4d631619b5f4861 > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-amd64-memstick.img) = 07f83c8015a1907953b826b0c65069f0 > > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-bootonly.iso) = 59f1c057eaa6bff6c69d8e411adeb13c > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso) = 0f168bcfa832282cf6e3914ffc5a5014 > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img) = ccbc2db07a19b3e77e75958cd7470643 > > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-ia64-bootonly.iso) = e2e80ffae14950d0437c067e7c6553f1 > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-ia64-memstick) = 997bb23954682d503ba10fc3f1a2d624 > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-ia64-release.iso) = 3703dc72d55fb9c66450e800b123cffe > > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc-bootonly.iso) = 2a651f4af37af85e49b6a8fcaa42a77f > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc-memstick) = a2c33dfab3f98b0d83db382d73cdd87a > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc-release.iso) = af4afc51149dcd61488b44ecbbf96fc5 > > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc64-bootonly.iso) = > 96f2bce40f2974be55578bf9cc7318a1 > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc64-memstick) = e4647934091f4c72b4df331eb1134eb3 > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc64-release.iso) = b6989f2e4285b7479a72f4503dc420cf > > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-sparc64-bootonly.iso) = df7146d2497a16b502e92e35ae24921e > MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-sparc64-dvd1.iso) = 6cd56a20a6d907525077424c55a163a4 > > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-amd64-bootonly.iso) = > ec44fefd1c54fb724079b83951cfe721404ecb76a4a861a2ef4c2a1b63b88aff > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso) = > 6558689957ce2a48f3aa235ab11cd4613db7afe11f102b0ae5d566b22e30c132 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-amd64-memstick.img) = > c04abe37f83c8ed07e3645cbaff8cfa21d223f94cda059a053bd1a469c6b753c > > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-bootonly.iso) = > 9e720cb8306171b137ae50d3887abf09f90fab6f953b39a9f552c87c3221d441 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso) = > 488599d5328b20278e90d5489b8d2afd49bf466a5d7a31694f3c0eb66d97c6f1 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img) = > 9eadded30ee684840bb6ead60f98d8d8e455e690148491b55dec9b657ab7ac10 > > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-ia64-bootonly.iso) = > b4b33ecc30555b532be4ebcc3a5f566189265066141b852a3a912ddc8e1aa203 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-ia64-memstick) = > f437f5af4c8dd780d329bb90f5189c7bb1b270df1b05bff979e7fbcc7cf819d6 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-ia64-release.iso) = > aaa21f0244d1238b11f5af267935c7cbea20f0d5fb393bef7534011ab7f017f1 > > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc-bootonly.iso) = > 5a45de1a72fd2c15f58c7306802533d48a5dee512b5e6f0377e859bf4a25200e > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc-memstick) = > fe85b8232123a510468658380117e51a2ca3737e92cacb525717cefb73b9740c > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc-release.iso) = > 8024a84ccf4962fe8ec7e030421a476f96c410fe67c9c9b25935248304029682 > > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc64-bootonly.iso) = > 43e97f229ccf823378078348390b6b75b3ca5c95db107a48087d6a5fc3980e92 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc64-memstick) = > 7323eb46e90849bab53c3b158753b1824ae9e464c63ffe7bb33fe726c6a7c415 > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-powerpc64-release.iso) = > 6c0643f2de33a04426d168dd23187a71c971d3e4bfd222eb32bdbaa65f2c0368 > > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-sparc64-bootonly.iso) = > 8664ed9a0282b80341c6e243643011c84b058f4c8450a5e6e2b3f99bd9df469c > SHA256 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-sparc64-dvd1.iso) = > 5220f817e078024208b9ab3060518911c4e0ed0693575ca101a97608b73121af > > -- > Ken Smith > - From there to here, from here to | kensm...@buffalo.edu > there, funny things are everywhere. | > - Theodore Geisel | > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"