Contributed by Peter N. M. Hansteen on from the [northern] springtime for OpenBSD dept.
As usual, the release page lists the main highlights of the new release, which include
- OpenBSD/arm64 contains greatly improved support for Apple M1 systems [See earlier article].
- loongson platform retired.
- Many improvements to wireless networking.
iwm(4)
andiwx(4)
have gained 80MHz channel support [See earlier article].mtw(4)
, a driver for MediaTek MT7601U Wi-Fi devices, was added [See earlier article]. - Utility
realpath(1)
has been added. httpd(8)
gained support for customised error pages and pre-compressed gzip files.- Sysctl
hw.perfpolicy
is now set to auto by default at startup. igc(4)
, a driver for Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet controllers, has been added.- Mouse tracking is now disabled by default in
xterm(1)
. Setting X resourceallowMouseOps
totrue
reinstates the earlier behaviour. - OpenSSH has been updated to version 9.0
[See earlier article].
- This includes support for
ssh-agent
restriction [See earlier article]. - Post-quantum KEX algorithm sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com is now the default.
sftp(1)
client has gained a "cp" command that supports server-side copying of files (using the new "copy-data" protocol extension).
- This includes support for
- The
login class capability database
now supports
/etc/login.conf.d/${class}
, and this is used by the ports system. - Base now includes (optional) support for minimal runtime detection of
undefined behaviour.
As described in
clang-local(1)
, this requires use ofclang(1)
's -fsanitize-minimal-runtime flag.
The new release supports 13 distinct hardware platforms with thousands of prebuilt packages for all platforms.
If you want to delve further into the details before (or while, after) installing or upgrading to the new release, the detailed changelog has all the details. Those upgrading from the 7.0 release (or earlier) should consult the Upgrade Guide.
If you enjoy this release, please remember to donate to the project as a way of saying thanks to the developers for their work.
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