Following -current

Introduction
2011/09/19 - [alpha, landisk] thread model posix enabled for gcc 3
2011/09/23 - [ports] PostgreSQL update
2011/10/13 - [ports] Subversion update
2011/10/15 - [xenocara] xkeyboard-config update
2011/10/17 - midicat hardlink to aucat(1) removed

Introduction

This document is for people who wish to follow -current. It contains information about changes from 5.0-release to -current, and should NOT be used by anyone upgrading from 4.9 or earlier, or people wishing to follow -stable.

If you wish to update to 5.0-release or 5.0-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.

Most of these changes will have to be performed as root.

2011/09/19 - [alpha, landisk] thread model posix enabled for gcc 3

Thread model posix has been enabled for gcc 3 which makes dwarf2 exception handling thread safe and enables thread safety for libstdc++. This only applies to alpha and landisk platforms. To upgrade follow these steps:

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

2011/09/23 - [ports] PostgreSQL update

Major upgrade to PostgreSQL 9.1.0. A dump/restore is required

2011/10/13 - [ports] Subversion update

Major upgrade to Subversion 1.7.0. Existing working copies need to be upgraded manually. See the Subversion 1.7 release notes for details.

2011/10/15 - [xenocara] xkeyboard-config update

Update to xkeyboard-config 2.4.1 replaces the /usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/symbols/srvr_ctrl by a bare file. When updating from source, you need to remove that directory before building Xenocara:

  # cd /usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/symbols
  # rm -rf srvr_ctrl

2011/10/17 - midicat hardlink to aucat(1) removed

MIDI files can be manipulated and MIDI thru boxes can be created with aucat(1) thus midicat was removed. For instance, to create a MIDI thru box:

  # aucat -M

and to record a MIDI file:

  # aucat -M -o dump.syx

Consequently, sndio(7) MIDI thru box port names have the "aucat" prefix instead of "midithru". User scripts and MIDI application settings using the old port name should be updated to use new "aucat" prefix if possible.

The old midicat binary and its manual page could be removed:

  # rm -f /usr/bin/midicat /usr/share/man/man1/midicat.1

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