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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
<div class="ABSTRACT"><a id="AEN16" name="AEN16"></a>
<p>This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE, containing significant
information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise
included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as
well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or
usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before
installing this version of FreeBSD.</p>

<p>This errata document for FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of
FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE.</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="INTRO" name="INTRO">1 Introduction</a></h2>

<p>This errata document contains &#8220;late-breaking news&#8221; about FreeBSD
7.3-RELEASE. Before installing this version, it is important to consult this document to
learn about any post-release discoveries or problems that may already have been found and
fixed.</p>

<p>Any version of this errata document actually distributed with the release (for
example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are
kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the &#8220;current errata&#8221;
for this release. These other copies of the errata are located at <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, plus any sites which keep up-to-date
mirrors of this location.</p>

<p>Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 7.3-STABLE also contain up-to-date copies of
this document (as of the time of the snapshot).</p>

<p>For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a> or <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"
target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>.</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SECURITY" name="SECURITY">2 Security Advisories</a></h2>

<p>No advisory.</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="OPEN-ISSUES" name="OPEN-ISSUES">3 Open Issues</a></h2>

<p>No issue.</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="LATE-NEWS" name="LATE-NEWS">4 Late-Breaking News and
Corrections</a></h2>

<p>[20100402] The FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE Release Notes incorrectly mentioned that a <code
class="OPTION">-p</code> flag has been added to the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+7.3-stable"><span
 class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ps</span>(1)</span></a> utility. It
should have been a <code class="OPTION">-d</code> flag. The correct entry is:</p>

<a id="AEN44" name="AEN44"></a>
<blockquote class="BLOCKQUOTE">
<p>The <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+7.3-stable"><span
 class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ps</span>(1)</span></a> command now
supports a new flag <code class="OPTION">-d</code>. This displays descendant info with
the output similar to Linux's <code class="OPTION">-H</code> (or <code
class="OPTION">-f</code>).</p>
</blockquote>

<p>[20100330] The <tt class="FILENAME">libc</tt> of FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE has the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fdopendir&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+7.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">fdopendir</span>(3)</span></a>
function but <tt class="FILENAME">&lt;dirent.h&gt;</tt> header file does not contain the
function prototype. This could cause programs compiled on the system to crash on
platforms such as FreeBSD/amd64, where <tt class="LITERAL">sizeof(void *)</tt> is greater
than <tt class="LITERAL">sizeof(int)</tt>. This problem has been fixed in <a
href="http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/205265" target="_top">r205265 (RELENG_7)</a>.
An Errata Notice for 7.3-RELEASE is planned.</p>

<p>[20100330] It turns out that the <tt class="FILENAME">zfsloader</tt> in 7.3-RELEASE, a
new boot loader similar to <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+7.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">loader</span>(8)</span></a> but it
supports ZFS, does not work properly. This problem has been fixed in <a
href="http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/205539" target="_top">r205539 (RELENG_7)</a>.
An Errata Notice for 7.3-RELEASE is planned.</p>

<p>[20100323] The FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE Release Notes incorrectly mentioned that the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hwpmc&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+7.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hwpmc</span>(4)</span></a> driver
has been added though this driver has already been added in 7.0-RELEASE. The changes in
7.3-RELEASE are that <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pmcannotate&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+7.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pmcannotate</span>(8)</span></a>
utility and support for Intel Core 2 and Core i7 have been added.</p>
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downloaded from <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/</a>.</small></p>

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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting &#60;<a
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