OpenBSD 4.6 released

[n0cmonkey]

email from theo de raadt
undeadly.org posting

Some highlights (shamelessly c/p from undeadly.org):

# New/extended platforms:

* mvme68k
o Added support for the MVME141 and MVME165 boards.
* sparc
o The bootblock load address was moved so that larger kernels can be loaded.
* sparc64
o Added acceleration support for many of the PCI frame buffer drivers, such as Sun PGX, PGX64 and XVR-100, and Tech Source Raptor GFX graphics cards.
* sgi
o Added support for the SGI Octane, SGI Origin 200 and SGI Fuel families of systems.
o Several bugs in interrupt handling have been fixed, resulting in much snappier system response.

There are a bunch of newly supported devices with old drivers, and a few new drivers.

New tools:

* Added smtpd(8), a new privilege-separated SMTP daemon.
* Imported the tmux(1) terminal multiplexer, replacing window(1).

tmux puts screen to shame.

There have been some big pf(4) improvements. Rulesets may need to be modified, so test your current rules before upgrading anything critical.

The installer has been cleaned up a lot. The new installer is awesome. Besides putting in passwords I think you can install by hitting 1 key (a bunch of times).

And of course, the new stickers are great. Probably the only reason I buy a copy instead of just donating money.

There are a lot of other changes, so check out the notes at the links above.