Regenerate after r273222-r273230

Approved by:	re (implicit)
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE Release Notes</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /><link rev="made" href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><meta name="description" content="The release notes for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 10.1-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented." /></head><body><div class="article"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp61528224"></a>FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE Release Notes</h1></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="orgname">The FreeBSD Project</span></h3></div></div><div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="copyright">Copyright © 2000-2014 The FreeBSD Documentation
Project</p></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks"></a><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD is a registered trademark of
the FreeBSD Foundation. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">IBM, AIX, OS/2,
PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are
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as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document,
and the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the
designations have been followed by the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">&#8482;</span>&#8221;</span> or the
<span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">®</span>&#8221;</span> symbol. </p></div></div><div>Last modified on 2014-09-25 by gjb.</div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="abstract"><div class="abstract-title">Abstract</div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The release notes for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE contain
<span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">®</span>&#8221;</span> symbol. </p></div></div><div>Last modified on 2014-10-17 by gjb.</div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="abstract"><div class="abstract-title">Abstract</div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The release notes for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE contain
a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the
10.1-STABLE development line. This document lists
applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
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is cached after the first entry is used for the subsequent
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">GEOM_ELI</code> provider. If the passphrase in
the cache is incorrect, then a prompt for the passphrase for
the next provider is displayed. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=272006">[r272006]</a></p></div><div class="sect3"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="proc"></a>2.2.4. Hardware Support</h4></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">  </p><div class="sect4"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="mm"></a>2.2.4.1. Multimedia Support</h5></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">  </p></div><div class="sect4"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="net-if"></a>2.2.4.2. Network Interface Support</h5></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Support for Ralink RT5370 and
the next provider is displayed. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=272006">[r272006]</a></p></div><div class="sect3"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="proc"></a>2.2.4. Hardware Support</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect4"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="net-if"></a>2.2.4.1. Network Interface Support</h5></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Support for Ralink RT5370 and
RT5372 chipsets has been added to the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=run&amp;sektion=4"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">run</span>(4)</span></a>
driver. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=259453">[r259453]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Firmware for the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=run&amp;sektion=4"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">run</span>(4)</span></a> driver
has been updated to version 0.33. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=260120">[r260120]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Support for the Ralink RT3593
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been updated to include a new flag to <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="command">zfs
list</code>, <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">-p</code>, which when specified,
prints the output in a parsable format. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=263405">[r263405]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The Blowfish password format
implementation has been updated. Support for $2b$ has
been added, allowing use of passwords greater than 256
characters long. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=263783">[r263783]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iconv&amp;sektion=3"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">iconv</span>(3)</span></a> library has been
implementation has been updated. Support for
$2b$ has been added, allowing use of passwords
greater than 256 characters long. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=263783">[r263783]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iconv&amp;sektion=3"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">iconv</span>(3)</span></a> library has been
updated to match NetBSD, providing several bug fixes. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=264497">[r264497]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=date&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">date</span>(1)</span></a> utility has been
updated to include a new flag, <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">-R</code>, which
prints the date and time output as specified in RFC
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FreeNAS)</span></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Several <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">libc</code> improvements have been
merged from illumos&#8482; and <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="trademark">Apple</span>®, providing better
internationalization support and <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="trademark">POSIX</span>® compliance. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Support for adding empty partitions has
been added to the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a> utility. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271967">[r271967]</a></p><div class="sect3"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="rc-scripts"></a>2.3.1. <code class="filename">/etc/rc.d</code> Scripts</h4></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">network.subr</code>
been added to the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a> utility. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271967">[r271967]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Support for QCOW and QCOW2 disk image
formats has been added to the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a> utility. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=272819">[r272819]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a> utility has been
updated to include three options used to print information
about <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a> itself: <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=273098">[r273098]</a></p><div class="informaltable"><table border="0"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Option</th><th>Output</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal">--version</code></td><td>The current version of the <a class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a>
utility</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">--formats</code></td><td>The disk image file formats supported by
<a class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a></td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">--schemes</code></td><td>The partition schemes supported by
<a class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="sect3"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="rc-scripts"></a>2.3.1. <code class="filename">/etc/rc.d</code> Scripts</h4></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">network.subr</code>
<a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rc</span>(8)</span></a> script has been updated to loosen the requirement
of listing network aliases in numeric order. Previously,
a network alias of
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has been added the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.d&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rc.d</span>(8)</span></a>. This allows creating
separate configuration files for services such as
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">netif</code>, for example, where each network
interface can have a separate configuration file. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271260">[r271260]</a></p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="contrib"></a>2.4. Contributed Software</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xz&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">xz</span>(1)</span></a> utility has been updated
interface can have a separate configuration file. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271260">[r271260]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The default <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&amp;sektion=5"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>,
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/etc/defaults/rc.conf</code>, has been updated
to include <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/usr/lib32/compat</code> in the
default <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">ld-elf32.so.1</code> search
path. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=272078">[r272078]</a></p></div><div class="sect3"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="periodic-scripts"></a>2.3.2. <code class="filename">/etc/periodic</code> Scripts</h4></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The daily <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">periodic</span>(8)</span></a> script
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">110.clean-tmps</code> has been updated to
avoid crossing filesystem mount boundaries when cleaning
files in <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/tmp</code>. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=272430">[r272430]</a></p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="contrib"></a>2.4. Contributed Software</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xz&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">xz</span>(1)</span></a> utility has been updated
to a post-5.0.5 snapshot. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=263285">[r263285]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">OpenSSH</span> has
been updated to version 6.6p1. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=264377">[r264377]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nc&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">nc</span>(1)</span></a> utility has been updated
to match the version in OpenBSD 5.5. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=264911">[r264911]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">Sendmail</span>
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<acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">FTP</acronym> server has been removed from the
FreeBSD base system. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=270415">[r270415]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The timezone database has been updated
to version tzdata2014f. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=270817">[r270817]</a></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">OpenPAM</span> has
been updated to Ourouparia (20140912). <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271947">[r271947]</a></p></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="ports"></a>2.5. Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">  </p></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="releng"></a>2.6. Release Engineering and Integration</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=services.mkdb&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">services.mkdb</span>(8)</span></a> utility has
been updated to Ourouparia (20140912). <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271947">[r271947]</a></p></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="ports"></a>2.5. Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg</span>(8)</span></a> package management utility has been
updated to version 1.3.8. </p></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="releng"></a>2.6. Release Engineering and Integration</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=services.mkdb&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">services.mkdb</span>(8)</span></a> utility has
been updated to include endianness awareness, allowing the
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">services.db</code> database to be created as
part of the release build, regardless of native- or
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<a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg</span>(8)</span></a> in the <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">packages/</code> structure on the
DVD installer. This allows the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&amp;sektion=7"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkg</span>(7)</span></a> bootstrap utility
to properly locate the <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">Latest/pkg.txz</code>
file on the DVD when <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">REPOS_DIR</code> is set to
package on the DVD when <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">REPOS_DIR</code> is set to
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/dist/packages/repos</code>,
eliminating the need for a network connection or explicitly
providing the path to the version included on the DVD
installation medium. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=271943">[r271943]</a><span class="contrib">
(Sponsored by
The FreeBSD Foundation)</span></p></div><div class="sect2"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="doc"></a>2.7. Documentation</h3></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">  </p></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="upgrade"></a>3. Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD</h2></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[amd64,i386] Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
The FreeBSD Foundation)</span></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The
FreeBSD Release Engineering build tools have been updated to
provide support for building virtual machine disk images as
part of the release build process using <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mkimg</span>(1)</span></a>. The
disk image formats currently supported include QCOW2, VHD,
VMDK, and raw formats. See <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=release&amp;sektion=7"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">release</span>(7)</span></a> for additional
information. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=273101">[r273101]</a><span class="contrib">
(Sponsored by
The FreeBSD Foundation)</span></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The
FreeBSD Release Engineering build tools have been updated to
provide support for building FreeBSD virtual machine disk images
for the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® Azure cloud hosting platform. This
functionality is not connected directly to the default
<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">release</code> <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make&amp;sektion=1"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">make</span>(1)</span></a> target, however can be
invoked by specifying the <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">vm-azure</code> target
directly. <a href="http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&amp;revision=273199">[r273199]</a><span class="contrib">
(Sponsored by
The FreeBSD Foundation)</span></p></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="upgrade"></a>3. Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD</h2></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[amd64,i386] Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
(and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
using the <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&amp;sektion=8"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> utility. The binary upgrade
procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as