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1.1     ! joey        1: Welcome to the OpenBSD ports collection.
        !             2: For more information on the OpenBSD ports tree please visit
        !             3:         http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html
        !             4:
        !             5: For general information on the OpenBSD tree please visit
        !             6:        http://www.openbsd.org
        !             7:
        !             8:
        !             9: The OpenBSD ports tree is always growing. Therefor if is essential
        !            10: that you continue to update your ports dir thru cvs or ftp.
        !            11:
        !            12: If you are interested in creating a new port or contributing please
        !            13: visit
        !            14:        http://www.openbsd.org/porting.html
        !            15: If you would like to search for a given port, you can do so easily
        !            16: by saying:
        !            17:
        !            18:        make search key="<keyword>"
        !            19:
        !            20: Which will generate a list of all ports matching <keyword>.
        !            21:
        !            22: NOTE:  This tree can GROW significantly in size during normal usage!
        !            23: The distribution tar files can and do accumulate in /usr/ports/distfiles,
        !            24: and the individual ports will also use up lots of space in their work
        !            25: subdirectories unless you remember to "make clean" after you're done
        !            26: building a given port.  /usr/ports/distfiles can also be periodically
        !            27: cleaned without ill-effect, though if you don't have the original
        !            28: distribution tarball(s) for something on CDROM then you will need to pull
        !            29: it all over your network connection again if you ever try to build the
        !            30: associated port.
        !            31:
        !            32: For help or other information
        !            33: Please sendmail to
        !            34: ports@OpenBSD.ORG