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<h1 class="TITLE"><a id="AEN2" name="AEN2">FreeBSD
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4.7-RELEASE Errata</a></h1>
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<h3 class="CORPAUTHOR">The FreeBSD Project</h3>
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<p class="COPYRIGHT">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002,
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2003 by The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p>
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<p class="PUBDATE">$FreeBSD:
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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
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<div class="ABSTRACT">
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<a id="AEN12" name="AEN12"></a>
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<p>This document lists errata items for FreeBSD
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4.7-RELEASE, containing significant information
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discovered after the release. This information includes
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security advisories, as well as news relating to the
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software or documentation that could affect its operation
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or usability. An up-to-date version of this document
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should always be consulted before installing this version
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of FreeBSD.</p>
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<p>This errata document for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE will be
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maintained until the release of FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<hr />
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="AEN15" name="AEN15">1
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Introduction</a></h1>
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<p>This errata document contains ``late-breaking news''
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about FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE. Before installing this version,
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it is important to consult this document to learn about any
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post-release discoveries or problems that may already have
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been found and fixed.</p>
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<p>Any version of this errata document actually distributed
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with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution)
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will be out of date by definition, but other copies are
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kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the
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``current errata'' for this release. These other copies of
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the errata are located at <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, plus
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any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
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location.</p>
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<p>Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 4-STABLE also
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contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time
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of the snapshot).</p>
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<p>For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a> or <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"
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target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<hr />
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="AEN26" name="AEN26">2 Security
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Advisories</a></h1>
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<p>Buffer overflows in kadmind(8) and k5admin could
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potentially cause the administrative server to execute
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arbitrary code. Bugfix and workaround information can be
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found in security advisory <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:40.kadmind.asc"
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target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-02:40</a>.</p>
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<p>Errors in <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=smrsh&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">smrsh</span>(8)</span></a>, which
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could allow users to circumvent restrictions on what
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programs can be executed, were fixed in FreeBSD
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4.7-RELEASE. Because the applicable security advisory (<a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:41.smrsh.asc"
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target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-02:41</a>) was not issued after
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the release, this fact was not included in the release
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notes.</p>
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<p>Buffer overflows in the DNS <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=resolver&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">resolver</span>(3)</span></a>, which
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could cause some applications to fail, have been corrected.
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This change was not mentioned in the release notes, as the
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applicable security advisory (<a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:42.resolv.asc"
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target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-02:42</a>) was not issued until
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after the release.</p>
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<p>Several vulnerabilities exist in the version of <b
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class="APPLICATION">BIND</b> included with FreeBSD
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4.7-RELEASE. More information, including bugfixes and
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workaround suggestions, can be found in security advisory
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<a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:43.bind.asc"
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target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-02:43</a>.</p>
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<p>A file descriptor leak in the <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fpathconf&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">fpathconf</span>(2)</span></a> system
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call, can allow a local user to crash the system or cause a
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privilege escalation. Bugfix information can be found in
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security advisory <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:44.filedesc.asc"
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target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-02:44</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<hr />
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="AEN48" name="AEN48">3
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Late-Breaking News</a></h1>
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<p>Due to concerns over the licensing terms for the <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=matcd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">matcd</span>(4)</span></a> driver
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uncovered late in FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE's release cycle, the
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<a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=matcd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">matcd</span>(4)</span></a> driver was
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removed. These issues are being addressed and this driver
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may reappear in a future release of FreeBSD.</p>
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<p>The <tt class="FILENAME">srelease</tt> distribution
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contains object files for <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> in
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the <tt class="FILENAME">release/sysinstall</tt> directory.
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These files were generated during the release building
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process but, for some reason, were not removed from the
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distribution files. They are harmless.</p>
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<p>The <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/databases/rdfdb/pkg-descr">
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<tt class="FILENAME">databases/rdfdb</tt></a> and <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/mail/ssmtp/pkg-descr">
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<tt class="FILENAME">mail/ssmtp</tt></a> packages included
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in the 4.7-RELEASE package set cannot be installed
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correctly. A workaround is to build and install these
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programs using the Ports Collection.</p>
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<p>The <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/gnomeicu/pkg-descr">
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<tt class="FILENAME">net/gnomeicu</tt></a> package included
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in the 4.7-RELEASE package set may not run correctly, due
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to a missing dependency on the <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/gnet/pkg-descr">
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<tt class="FILENAME">net/gnet</tt></a> package. To work
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around this problem, install <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/gnet/pkg-descr">
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<tt class="FILENAME">net/gnet</tt></a> either from a
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package or the Ports Collection, preferably before
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installing <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/gnomeicu/pkg-descr">
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<tt class="FILENAME">net/gnomeicu</tt></a>.</p>
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<p>The release notes for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE incorrectly
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stated that the <tt class="OPTION">-J</tt> option to <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xargs&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">xargs</span>(1)</span></a> is
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deprecated. In fact, there are no plans to remove this
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option.</p>
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<p><a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftpd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">ftpd</span>(8)</span></a> has a bug
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in its virtual hosting function triggered if <tt
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class="FILENAME">/etc/ftphosts</tt> defines a virtual host
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whose IP address can resolve back to a hostname. In that
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case the daemon will be exiting on <tt
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class="LITERAL">SIGSEGV</tt> (signal 11) if started from <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inetd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-stable">
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<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
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class="REFENTRYTITLE">inetd</span>(8)</span></a>, or may
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malfunction unpredictably if running stand-alone. This bug
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has been fixed in FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<hr />
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<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related
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documents, can be downloaded from <a
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href="http://snapshots.jp.FreeBSD.org/">http://snapshots.jp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a>
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before contacting <<a
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href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small><small>All users of FreeBSD 4-STABLE
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should subscribe to the <<a
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href="mailto:stable@FreeBSD.org">stable@FreeBSD.org</a>>
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mailing list.</small></small></p>
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<p align="center">For questions about this documentation,
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e-mail <<a
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href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</p>
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