Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulWFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageNotes The comment on the change is: FC6t2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ = Package Notes = The following sections contain information regarding software packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. For easier access, they are generally organized using the same groups that are shown in the installation system. - {{{ - == Core utilities POSIX changes == + This section has not been updated for Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] by the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Beats beat writer]. - The `coreutils` package now follows the POSIX standard version 200112. This change in behavior might affect scripts and command arguments that were previously deprecated. For example, if you have a newer system but are running software that assumes an older version of POSIX and uses {{{sort +1}}} or {{{tail +10}}}, you can work around any compatibility problems by setting `_POSIX2_VERSION=199209` in your environment. Refer to the section on standards in the `coreutils` info manual for more information on this. You can run the following command to read this information. - ##{{{ info coreutils Standards - ##}}} - == Pango Text Renderer for Firefox == - - Fedora is building Firefox with the Pango system as the text renderer. This provides better support for certain language scripts, such as Indic and some CJK scripts. Pango is included with with permission of the Mozilla Corporation. This change is known to break rendering of MathML, and may negatively impact performance on some pages. To disable the use of Pango, set your environment before launching Firefox: - ##{{{ MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 /usr/bin/firefox - ##}}} - - Alternately, you can include this environment variable as part of a wrapper script. - - == Smbfs deprecated == - - The kernel implementation of '''smbfs''' to support the Windows file sharing protocol has been deprecated in favor of '''cifs''', which is backwards compatible with '''smbfs''' in features and maintenance. It is recommended that you use the '''cifs''' filesystem in place of '''smbfs'''. - - == Yum kernel handling plugin == - - The yum package provides the `installonlyn` plugin by default. This plugin retains the latest two kernels, in addition to the currently running kernel, when you perform updates on your system. To tune this feature to retain more or fewer kernels, or to disable it entirely, edit the `/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf` file. Other plugins and utilities are available as part of the `yum-utils` package in Fedora Extras. To install them, use the following command: - ##{{{ yum install yum-utils - ##}}} - - == Yum cache handling behavior changes == - - By default, {{{yum}}} is now configured to remove headers and packages downloaded after a successful install to reduce the ongoing disk space requirements of updating a Fedora system. Most users have little or no need for the packages once they have been installed on the system. For cases where you wish to preserve the headers and packages (for example, if you share your `/var/cache/yum` directory between multiple machines), modify the keepcache option to `1` in `/etc/yum.conf`. - - == Kernel device, module loading, and hotplug changes == - - The hotplug and device handling subsystem has undergone significant changes in Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. The `udev` method now handles all module loading, both on system boot and for hotplugged devices. The `hotplug` package has been removed, as it is - no longer needed. - - Support for hotplug helpers via the `/etc/hotplug`, `/etc/hotplug.d`, and `/etc/dev.d` directories is deprecated, and may be removed in a future Fedora Core release. These helpers should be converted to `udev` rules. Please see http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html for examples. - - == Systemwide Search Changes == - - || {i} '''`mlocate` Has Replaced `slocate`''' || - || The new `mlocate` package provides the implementations of `/usr/bin/locate` and `/usr/bin/updatedb`. Previous Fedora releases included the `slocate` versions of these programs. || - - * The {{{locate}}} command should be completely compatible. - * The configuration file `/etc/updatedb.conf` is compatible. - * Syntax errors that {{{slocate}}} would not detect are now reported. - * The `DAILY_UPDATE` variable is not supported. - * The {{{updatedb}}} command is ''not'' compatible, and custom scripts that use {{{updatedb}}} may have to be updated. - - == Mouse Configuration Utility Removed == - - The {{{system-config-mouse}}} configuration utility has been dropped in this release because `synaptic` and three-button mouse configuration is handled automatically. Serial mice are no longer supported. - - == Up2date and RHN applet are removed == - - The `up2date` and `rhn-applet` packages have been removed from Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. Users are encouraged to use the {{{yum}}} tool from the command line, and the '''Pirut''' software manager and '''Pup''' update tool from the desktop. - - == NetworkManager == - - Fedora systems use `Network``Manager` to automatically detect, select, and configure wired and wireless network connections. Wireless network devices may require third-party software or manual configuration to activate after the installation process completes. For this reason, Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] provides `Network``Manager` as an optional component. - - Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager for more information on how to install and enable `Network``Manager`. - - == Dovecot == - - Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] includes a new version of the `dovecot` IMAP server software, which has many changes in its configuration file. These changes are of particular importance to users upgrading from a previous release. Refer to http://wiki.dovecot.org/UpgradingDovecot for more information on the changes. - - == Kudzu == - - The {{{kudzu}}} utility, `libkudzu` library, and `/etc/sysconfig/hwconf` hardware listing are all deprecated, and will be removed in a future release of Fedora Core. Applications which need to probe for available hardware should be ported to use the HAL library. More information on HAL is available - at http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal. - - == No automatic fstab editing for removable media == - - The {{{fstab-sync}}} facility has been removed. In Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]], the {{{fstab-sync}}} program is removed in favor of desktop specific solutions for mounting removable media. Entries for hotplug devices or inserted media are no longer automatically added to the `/etc/fstab` file. Command-line users may migrate to {{{gnome-mount}}}, which provides similar functionality. - - == Mounting of Fixed Disks in Gnome and KDE == - - As part of the changes to the mounting infrastructure, the desktop's automatic mountable devices detection now includes policy definitions that ignore all fixed disk devices from. This was done to increase security on multi-user systems. People on multi-user systems who want to make changes to disk mounting that could impact the multi-user environment are advised to understand the implications of the default HAL policy decisions and to review the HAL policy files in `/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/`. - - If you are on a single-user system and would like to recover the functionality to mount fixed disk items such as IDE partitions from the desktop, you can modify the default HAL policy. To enable deskop mounting for all fixed disks: - ##{{{ su -c 'mv /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/99-redhat-storage-policy-fixed-drives.fdi /root/' - ##su -c '/sbin/service haldaemon restart' - ##}}} - - If you need more fine-grained control and only want to expose certain fixed disks for desktop mounting, read over how to create additional HAL policy to selectively ignore/allow fixed disk devices. - - == GnuCash == - - The PostgreSQL backend for '''Gnu``Cash''' has been removed, as it is unmaintained upstream, - does not support the full set of '''Gnu``Cash''' features, and can lead to - crashes. Users who use the PostgreSQL backend should - load their data and save it as an XML file '''before''' upgrading '''Gnu``Cash'''. - - == Mozilla == - - The '''Mozilla''' application suite is deprecated. It is shipped in Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] and applications can - expect to build against `mozilla-devel`, however it will be removed in a future - release of Fedora Core. - - == Booting without initrd == - - Booting Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] without the use of an initrd is deprecated. Support for booting the system without an initrd may be removed in future releases of Fedora Core. - - == libstc++ preview == - - The `libstdc++so7` package has been added. This package contains a preview of the GNU Standard C++ Library from `libstdcxx_so_7-branch`. It is considered experimental and unsupported. Do not build any production software against it, as its ABI and so-version will change in future upgrades. To build software using this library, invoke {{{g++-libstdc++so_7}}} instead of {{{g++}}}. - - == LinuxThreads support removed == - - The Linux``Threads library is no longer available. Linux``Threads was deprecated in Fedora Core 4 and is no longer available in this release. The Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL), which has been the default threading library since Red Hat Linux 9, has replaced Linux``Threads completely. - }}} -
