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Following -current

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 2007/09/03 - _cxa_atexit support and sys/net headers flag day
• 2007/10/08 - new user for ospf6d
• 2007/10/20 - libexpat moved to base
• 2007/11/25 - config(8) flag day
• 2007/11/28 - AGP updates
• 2007/12/07 - _hoststated user gets renamed to _relayd

Introduction

If you wish to update to 4.2-release or 4.2-stable from previous versions, see the upgrade guide.

Make sure you have read and understood FAQ 5 - Building the System from Source before using -current and the instructions below.

You should ALWAYS use a snapshot as the starting point for running -current. Upgrading by compiling your own source code is not supported.

If you wish to see upgrade information for earlier versions of OpenBSD, see upgrade-old.html. This is provided as a historical record -- it should NOT be used as an upgrade procedure guide.

2007/09/03 - _cxa_atexit support and sys/net headers flag day

Support for _cxa_atexit has been added to csu, libc, gcc and libstdc++ as well as changes to sys/net headers require special handling. To upgrade follow these steps:

• Build and install a new kernel
• Reboot
• Build and install csu: # cd /usr/src/lib/csu # make obj && make depend && make && make install && make clean
• Build and install gcc: # cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gcc # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper obj # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper depend # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper install # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper clean
• Build and install userland

2007/10/20 - libexpat moved to base

libexpat has been moved from xenocara (xbase) to src (base); if you are using binary snapshots and packages, things will just update as they should, once new snapshots are available.

If you are building software from source, it is vital that you clean up your system: # mv /usr/X11R6/lib/libexpat.so.* /usr/lib # rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libexpat* # rm /usr/X11R6/include/expat*

2007/10/08 - new user for ospf6d

# useradd -u90 -g=uid -c"OSPF6 Daemon" -d/var/empty -s/sbin/nologin _ospf6d

2007/11/25 - config(8) flag day

Extended capabilities require config(8) to be rebuilt on your system: # cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/config # make clean # make obj # make depend # make # make install Then build and install a new kernel as usual.

2007/11/28 - new AGP driver

The new agp(4) driver requires an update to the X server after installing a new kernel if your machine requires AGP support for X or XVideo.

After installing a new kernel, install new kernel headers, rebuild the X server (or install a new X snapshot) and make sure /dev/agp0 is created. # cd /usr/src/include # make includes # cd /usr/src/xenocara/xserver # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper build # cd /usr/src/etc/etc.`uname -m` # install -c MAKEDEV /dev # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV agp0

2007/12/07 - _hoststated user gets renamed to _relayd

Use vipw(8), edit the password files and your favorite editor to edit the /etc/group file, changing "_hoststated" to "_relayd" in both. Leave the rest of the line alone in each case.

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