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Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 ("etch"), IA-64

Contents

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Reporting bugs on this document
  • 1.2 Contributing upgrade reports
  • 1.3 Sources for this document
• 2 What's new in Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
  • 2.1 What's new in the distribution?
    • 2.1.1 Package management
    • 2.1.2 debian-volatile now an official service
  • 2.2 System improvements
  • 2.3 Major kernel-related changes
    • 2.3.1 Changes in kernel packaging
    • 2.3.2 New utilities to generate initrds
    • 2.3.3 Dynamic /dev management and hardware discovery
• 3 Installation System
  • 3.1 What's new in the installation system?
    • 3.1.1 Major changes
    • 3.1.2 Automated installation
  • 3.2 Popularity contest
• 4 Upgrades from previous releases
  • 4.1 Preparing for the upgrade
    • 4.1.1 Back up any data or configuration information
    • 4.1.2 Inform users in advance
    • 4.1.3 Prepare for recovery
    • 4.1.4 Prepare a safe environment for the upgrade
    • 4.1.5 Support for 2.2-kernels has been dropped
  • 4.2 Checking system status
    • 4.2.1 Review actions pending in package manager
    • 4.2.2 Disabling APT pinning
    • 4.2.3 Checking packages status
    • 4.2.4 Unofficial sources and backports
  • 4.3 Manually unmarking packages
  • 4.4 Preparing sources for APT
    • 4.4.1 Adding APT Internet sources
    • 4.4.2 Adding APT sources for a local mirror
    • 4.4.3 Adding APT source from CD-ROM or DVD
  • 4.5 Upgrading packages
    • 4.5.1 Recording the session
    • 4.5.2 Updating the package list
    • 4.5.3 Make sure you have sufficient space for the upgrade
    • 4.5.4 Minimal system upgrade
    • 4.5.5 Upgrading the kernel
    • 4.5.6 Upgrading the rest of the system
    • 4.5.7 Getting package signatures
    • 4.5.8 Possible issues during upgrade
  • 4.6 Upgrading your kernel and related packages
    • 4.6.1 Installing the kernel metapackage
    • 4.6.2 Upgrading from a 2.6 kernel
    • 4.6.3 Upgrading from a 2.4 kernel
    • 4.6.4 Device enumeration reordering
    • 4.6.5 Serial device reordering
    • 4.6.6 Boot timing issues
  • 4.7 Things to do before rebooting
    • 4.7.1 Converting from devfs
    • 4.7.2 Upgrading mdadm
  • 4.8 Preparing for the next release
  • 4.9 Deprecated packages
  • 4.10 Obsolete packages
    • 4.10.1 Dummy packages
• 5 Issues to be aware of for etch
  • 5.1 Potential problems
    • 5.1.1 Problems with devices related to udev
    • 5.1.2 Some applications may no longer work with a 2.4 kernel
    • 5.1.3 Certain network sites cannot be reached by TCP
    • 5.1.4 Slower updates of APT package index files
    • 5.1.5 Asynchronous network initialization may cause unpredictable behavior
    • 5.1.6 Trouble when using WPA secured wireless networks
    • 5.1.7 Problems with non-ASCII characters in filenames
    • 5.1.8 Sound stops working
  • 5.2 Upgrading to a 2.6 kernel
    • 5.2.1 Keyboard configuration
    • 5.2.2 Mouse configuration
    • 5.2.3 Sound configuration
  • 5.3 XFree86 to X.Org transition
  • 5.4 No support for 8-bit displays in many applications
  • 5.5 Upgrading from exim to exim4
  • 5.6 Upgrading apache2
  • 5.7 Upgrading Zope and Plone
  • 5.8 Wildcard expansion (globbing) with GNU tar
  • 5.9 NIS and Network Manager
  • 5.10 Deprecated insecure php configurations
  • 5.11 Security status of Mozilla products
  • 5.12 KDE desktop
  • 5.13 GNOME desktop changes and support
  • 5.14 Default editor
  • 5.15 Message of the day
  • 5.16 Not default support for unicode in emacs21*
• 6 More information on Debian GNU/Linux
  • 6.1 Further reading
  • 6.2 Getting help
    • 6.2.1 Mailing lists
    • 6.2.2 Internet Relay Chat
  • 6.3 Reporting bugs
  • 6.4 Contributing to Debian
• A Managing your sarge system
  • A.1 Upgrading your sarge system
  • A.2 Checking your sources list

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Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 ("etch"), IA-64