Bug 254276

Summary: FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE Release Notes should mention OpenZFS, and loader incompatibility with zstd
Product: Documentation Reporter: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: FreeBSD Release Engineering <re>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Many People CC: allanjude, freebsd, lwhsu
Priority: ---    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
URL: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/relnotes/#storage

Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-03-14 12:24:17 UTC 
<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/relnotes/> there's not yet any mention of OpenZFS (or ZFS). 

<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/UPDATING?id=5db7b015e9aa18e129d73992583491702e4a5206> recalls: 

> OpenZFS support has been integrated. 

… in particular: 

> Do not upgrade root pools until the loader is updated to support zstd. …
Comment 1 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-03-23 01:17:16 UTC 
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc?id=e0f1a3ae3b709e316b1db7b9a361d31f3fdb6d36> noted with thanks. 

The reference to <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=9e5787d2284e> can be complemented with words to this effect (if still true): 

> The loader does not yet support zstd. Exercise caution with root pools. 

Note that two anchor points have identical subheadings 'Boot Loader Changes': 

<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/relnotes/#boot>
<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/relnotes/#boot-loader>
Comment 2 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-03-25 17:11:28 UTC 
/usr/src/UPDATING still shows the warning, 

> Do not upgrade root pools until the loader is updated to support zstd. …

Today I discovered that support was added five months ago: 

<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=2fec3ae8964c8864a9e75d6a2f0ed137ede489a7>
Comment 3 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-03-25 17:12:51 UTC 
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #1)

> Note that two anchor points have identical subheadings 'Boot Loader Changes': 

The duplication is mentioned in another bug, which remains open.
Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-10-21 09:37:56 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=25cb6c218df34df15f0caf1dd03bd65c94c2be57

commit 25cb6c218df34df15f0caf1dd03bd65c94c2be57
Author:     Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo <DtxdF@disroot.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-10-10 17:24:33 +0000
Commit:     Robert Clausecker <fuz@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-10-21 09:36:03 +0000

    sysutils/autorestic: Update to 1.8.3

    ChangeLog: https://github.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic/releases/tag/v1.8.3

    * Bump restic/restic from 0.16.4 to 0.17.0.
    * install.sh: FreeBSD amd64.
    * Add option to crash autorestic when key is missing instead of
      generating a new key.
    * When reading backend config values from environment variables treat
      all special characters in backend name as _.

    PR:             254276

 sysutils/autorestic/Makefile |  3 +--
 sysutils/autorestic/distinfo | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)