FreeBSD 6.2-BETA1 Available

[Wilko Bulte]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 12:12:46PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote..
> 
> The first Beta build for the FreeBSD-6.2 Release Cycle is now available
> on most of the FTP mirror sites.  If the release cycle goes as planned
> it is the first of two BETAs, which will be followed by two Release
> Candidates (RCs) and then the final release.  If events warrant as the
> release cycle progresses we'll adjust the plans so there might be more
> test builds than we are currently planning for.
> 
> For those of you who would like to test by updating existing machines
> instead of using the BETA1 installation media you can update your source
> tree to a fresh copy of RELENG_6 using the normal update procedures.  If
> you do that and then report problems please include the date you did
> your update.  Machines updated this way will say they are
> "6.2-PRERELEASE", not "6.2-BETA1" as machines installed from the BETA1
> install media will.
> 
> If you do notice problems please follow the normal Problem Report
> procedures for submitting a PR.  Questions or problems can also be
> posted to this list.
> 
> The current plan for the 6.2 Release Cycle is available at:
> 
> 	http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.html
> 
> A few things to note about BETA1:
> 
> 	- Be aware that FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip was released after
> 	  the -BETA1 builds started, and the gunzip(1) binaries
> 	  included are consequently vulnerable to the attacks
> 	  described in that advisory."
> 
> 	- The install media provided for this BETA do not include
> 	  any packages (much like the monthly snapshot builds).
> 	  Packages will probably not be provided on the install
> 	  media until we reach the RC phase.
> 
> 	- The sparc64 build got started before an important bugfix
> 	  was applied to auditctl(2) so testing Audit related things
> 	  will be difficult or impossible on sparc64 BETA1 but the
> 	  other available platforms should be fine in this regard.
> 
> 	- No BETA1 for the ia64 platform will be available.
> 
> 	- The build for Alpha is still in progress and will be
> 	  available shortly.

It is now on ftp-master, so it should be on the ftp-mirrors 
tomorrow.

MD5 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-bootonly.iso) = cdc61ea729ee07ebcaaba6224adb3184
MD5 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso) = e80a42d6e634d528ca2b53495c0969e2

SHA256 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-bootonly.iso) = 02c4f0256780243b885e980fa698dc17079c71f4b770ba442fb4c8e0e526fdaf
SHA256 (6.2-BETA1-alpha-disc1.iso) = 9e36294e5b7afd18271dd4d1c72808a2b3cb6cd3e3ceacfbb6b87d4252261cb1


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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org