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<p><b>Date:</b> Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:30:00 -0700<br>
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<b>From:</b> "Murray Stokely" <murray@FreeBSD.org><br>
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<b>To:</b> freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE is now available</p>
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<p>I am happy to announce the availability of FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, the
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latest release of the FreeBSD -STABLE development branch. Since
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FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE in June 2002, we have updated a number of
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software programs in the base system, such as GCC and sendmail.
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Several new drivers have been added for USB devices and disk
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controllers. We have also incorporated updates for XFree86 and our
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Linux emulation libraries.</p>
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<p>FreeBSD 4.7 also incorporates all of the security and bug fixes
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from 4.6.2 (released in August 2002), including several ATA-related
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bugfixes, updates for OpenSSL and OpenSSH, and fixes to address
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several security advisories.</p>
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<p>For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see
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the release notes and errata list, available here:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes.html</a></p>
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<p><a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html</a></p>
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<p>For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities
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(including information about the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0), please
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see:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/</a></p>
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<h1>Availability</h1>
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<p>FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE supports the i386 and alpha architectures and
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can be installed directly over the net using the boot floppies or
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copied to a local NFS/FTP server. Distributions for the i386 are
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available now. As of this writing, the final builds for the alpha
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architecture are in progress and will be made available shortly.</p>
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<p>We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the larger
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ISO images, but they will at least be available from:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp12.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp12.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp4.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp{2,3,4,5}.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.lt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.lt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="ftp://ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp{1,2,4}.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you can't afford FreeBSD on media, are impatient, or just want
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to use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the
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ISO images, otherwise please continue to support the FreeBSD Project
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by purchasing media from one of our supporting vendors. The
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following companies have contributed substantially to the
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development of FreeBSD:</p>
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<table border="0">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td align="LEFT">FreeBSD Mall, Inc.</td>
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<td align="LEFT"><a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/</a></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="LEFT">Daemon News</td>
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<td align="LEFT"><a href="http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html">http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html</a></td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p>Each CD or DVD set contains the FreeBSD installation and
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application package bits for the i386 ("PC") architecture. For a set
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of distfiles used to build ports in the ports collection, please see
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the FreeBSD Toolkit, a 6 CD set containing extra bits which no
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longer fit on the 4 CD set, or the DVD distribution.</p>
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<p>FreeBSD is also available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in
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the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria,
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Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
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Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea,
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Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
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Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
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Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United
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Kingdom.</p>
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<p>Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional
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mirror(s) first by going to:</p>
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<p>ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</p>
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<p>Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so
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on.</p>
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<p>More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html</a></p>
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<p>For instructions on installing FreeBSD, please see Chapter 2 of The
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FreeBSD Handbook. It provides a complete installation walk-through
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for users new to FreeBSD, and can be found online at:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html</a></p>
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<h1>Acknowledgments</h1>
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<p>Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to
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finance the release engineering activities for FreeBSD 4.7 including
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The FreeBSD Mall, Compaq, Yahoo!, Sentex Communications, and
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NTT/Verio.</p>
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<p>In addition to myself, the release engineering team for
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4.7-RELEASE includes:</p>
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<table border="0">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td>Bruce Mah <<a href="mailto:bmah@FreeBSD.org">bmah@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Release Engineering, Documentation</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Robert Watson <<a href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">rwatson@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Release Engineering, Security</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>John Baldwin <<a href="mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org">jhb@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Release Engineering, alpha Builds</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Brian Somers <<a href="mailto:brian@FreeBSD.org">brian@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Release Engineering</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Steve Price <<a href="mailto:steve@FreeBSD.org">steve@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Package Splits</td>
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<tr>
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<td>Will Andrews <<a href="mailto:will@FreeBSD.org">will@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Package Splits</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Kris Kennaway <<a href="mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org">kris@FreeBSD.org</a>></td>
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<td>Package Building</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p>Please join me in thanking them for all the hard work which went
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into making this release. Many thanks are also due to the FreeBSD
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committers (committers@FreeBSD.org), without whom there would be
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nothing to release, and thousands of FreeBSD users world-wide who
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have contributed bug fixes, features, and suggestions.</p>
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<p>Enjoy!</p>
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<p>Murray Stokely<br>
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(For the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team)</p>
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