NetBSD 7.0_RC3

On behalf of the NetBSD release engineering team, it is my distinct pleasure to announce that the third release candidate of NetBSD 7.0 is now available for download. As the old Schoolhouse Rock song tells us, three is a magic number. We're hoping that RC3 will be the magic/last release candidate of 7.0.

Some of the changes since 7.0_RC2 are:

• Add a resize_root boot operation (disabled by default). If resize_root=YES in rc.conf then the system attempts to resize the root file system to fill its partition prior to mounting read-write.
• Enable SMP on Raspberry Pi 2.
• evbarm: Rename beagleboard.img to armv7.img. The new image includes the same kernels as beagleboard.img plus support for Raspberry Pi 2, ODROID-C1, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, Hummingbird A31, and Banana Pi.
• evbarm: For armv7.img and rpi.img, enable support for auto-growing the SD card root filesystem.
• Various DRMKMS stability improvements.
• Avoid kernel panic on starting X on Intel 855GM machines. PR kern/49875.
• Fix an uninitalized lock panic when trying to start a Xen kernel with LOCKDEBUG and more than one vcpu.
• Fix an issue where x86 microcode updates could fail if memory was not 16 byte aligned.
• Fix an IPFilter panic.
• macppc: Fix ofwboot failure on PowerPC 603 machines.
• OpenSSH: Apply fix for CVE-2015-5600.
• Fix an issue where fsck_ffs didn't properly handle replaying a WAPBL journal on disks with non-DEV_BSIZE sectors.
• Fix error in the setlist scripts that resulted in /bin/[ being missing from the base set. PR bin/50109.
• Make libperfuse handle resource limits properly.
• Make uplcom(4) suspend/resume.
• Fix case where coretemp(4) didn't attach on some newer CPUs.
• Avoid hanging on some machines after attaching ehci(4).
• Fix crash on oboe(4) attach. PR port-i386/50076.
• mountd(8): Write the correct pid is written to pidfile. PR bin/50125.
• patch(1): Guard against malicious filenames and substitution commands.
• patch(1): Drop SCCS support.
• ypserv(8): When transferring a secure map to a slave server, don't lose the secure flag. PR bin/50057.
• resize_ffs(8):
• Make get_dev_size work on regular files too.
• Add -c to check to see if grow/shrink is required.
• Divide by DEV_BSIZE when returning size of file.
• Handle case in grow() where last cylinder group is too small for ufs2.
• Add a -p flag, which displays a progress bar.
• disklabel(8): Fix a bug that resulted in sun2 liveimages being non-bootable.
• Update libXi to 1.7.4.
• Update BIND to 9.10.2-P3.

The full list of changes can be found near the bottom of http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC3/CHANGES-7.0

Binaries of NetBSD 7.0_RC3 are available for download at:

http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC3/

Those who prefer to build from source can either use the netbsd-7-0-RC3 tag or follow the netbsd-7 branch.

As always, please let us know how 7.0_RC3 works for you! Any feedback, whether good or bad, is welcome. Problems should be reported through the usual channels (submit a PR or write to the appropriate list). More general feedback is welcome at releng@NetBSD.org.

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NetBSD 7.0_RC2

On behalf of the NetBSD project, it is my pleasure to announce the second release candidate of NetBSD 7.0.

Some of the changes since 7.0_RC1 are:

• OpenSSL updated to 1.0.1p
• BIND updated to 9.10.2-P2
• IPSEC support is now included by default in Xen kernels
• Fix several security issues in calendar(1)
• installboot(8) now supports wedge names
• Fix a quota panic when using WAPBL (PR 49948)
• Fix a memory leak in the drm2 code
• Avoid an X crash on i915 DRMKMS
• Add a postinstall(8) check to ensure that /etc/man.conf reflects the modern mandoc world (PR 50020)
• Add a postinstall(8) check to ensure that /etc/fonts/fonts.conf is up to date
• tset(1): Fix handling of the erase character
• gdb(1): Fix attaching to a running process again after previously detaching
• NPF: handle unregistered interfaces correctly
• npfctl(8): Fix a NULL dereference
• zgrep(1): suppress the prefixing of filename on output when only one file is specified, to match grep(1)'s output
• Fix lrint(x) and llrint(x) when x is larger than 2**51 (PR 49690)
• Bump MAXTSIZ and MAXDSIZ on amiga, fixing gcc 4.8 execution
• Fix MKCTF=yes on drm2 kernels
• Make clock_t unsigned int everywhere, so it's the same on LP64 and IPL32 architectures
• arm: if halt is requested and there is no console, keep looping instead of rebooting
• sparc64: Fix booting of kernels with more than 4 MB combined .data and .bss segments
• powerpc: Fix occasional FPU register corruption (PR 50037)
• m68k: Fix atomic_cas_{8,16} and __sync_bool_compare_and_swap_{1,2,4} (PR 49995)

The full list of changes can be found near the bottom of http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC2/CHANGES-7.0

Binaries of NetBSD 7.0_RC2 are available for download at:

http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC2/

Those who prefer to build from source can either use the netbsd-7-0-RC2 tag or follow the netbsd-7 branch.

As always, please let us know how 7.0_RC2 works for you! Any feedback, whether good or bad, is welcome. Problems should be reported through the usual channels (submit a PR or write to the appropriate list). More general feedback is welcome at releng@NetBSD.org.

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NetBSD 7.0_RC1

NetBSD 7.0_RC1 is out. Please help us out by testing it![Read More] [5 comments]

 

Regular test runs down to zero unexpected failures on multiple architectures

Latest test results on both the netbsd-7 branch (heading, hopefully soon, to the release of NetBSD 7.0) and -current, are down to zero unexpected failures for various architectures again.

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NetBSD 5.1.5 and 5.2.3 available for download

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 5.1.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.1 release branch, and NetBSD 5.2.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of either branch, we strongly suggest that you update to one of these releases.

For more details, please see the NetBSD 5.1.5 release notes or NetBSD 5.2.3 release notes.

Complete source and binaries for NetBSD are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/.

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NetBSD 6.1.5 and 6.0.6 released

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.6, the sixth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of either branch, we strongly suggest that you update to one of these releases.

For more details, please see the NetBSD 6.1.5 release notes or NetBSD 6.0.6 release notes.

Complete source and binaries for NetBSD are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/.

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NetBSD 6.1.4 and 6.0.5 released!

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of either branch, we strongly suggest that you update to one of these releases.

For more details, please see the NetBSD 6.1.4 release notes or NetBSD 6.0.5 release notes.

Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 6.1.4 and NetBSD 6.0.5 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/.

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NetBSD 6.1.3, NetBSD 6.0.4, NetBSD 5.2.2, and NetBSD 5.1.4 patch releases

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce:

• NetBSD 6.1.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch,
• NetBSD 6.0.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch,
• NetBSD 5.2.2, the second security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch,
• and NetBSD 5.1.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.1 release branch

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NetBSD 6.1.2 and NetBSD 6.0.3 are out!

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.2, the second security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of NetBSD 6.x3, you are recommended to update.

For more details, please see the NetBSD 6.1.2 release notes or NetBSD 6.0.3 release notes.

Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 6.1.2 and NetBSD 6.0.3 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/.

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NetBSD 5.2.1 and NetBSD 5.1.3 patch releases

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 5.2.1, the first security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch, and NetBSD 5.1.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.1 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a release of NetBSD prior to 5.1.3, you are recommended to update to a supported NetBSD 5.x or NetBSD 6.x version.

For more details, please see the NetBSD 5.2.1 release notes or NetBSD 5.1.3 release notes.

Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 5.2.1 and NetBSD 5.1.3 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/.

Updates to NetBSD 6.x will be coming in the next few days.

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NetBSD 6.1.1 released

The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.1, the first security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons.

For more details, please see the 6.1.1 release notes.

Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 6.1.1 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/.

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beaglebone docs pointer -- needs improvement

NetBSD works on the BeagleBone and improvements continue to happen, but we could use some help updating the docs.

If you are using the port (or want to) make sure you email www with some improvements to the BeagleBone wiki page. [0 comments]