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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.4 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26:
27: Released Nov 1, 2003<br>
28: Copyright 1997-2003, Theo de Raadt.<br>
29: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-2-0</font>
30: <p>
31:
32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
35: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
36:
37: <p>
38: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
39: To get the files for this release:
40: <ul>
41: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
42: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
1.8 david 43: a list of mirror machines.
1.1 david 44: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.4/</font> directory on
1.8 david 45: one of the mirror sites.
1.1 david 46: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
47: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.4 Errata page</a> for a list
1.8 david 48: of bugs and workarounds.
1.1 david 49: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.8 david 50: 3.3 and 3.4 releases.
1.1 david 51: </ul>
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54: <br>
55: <p>
56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.4.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 3.4.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
1.23 tedu 76: <li>The i386 architecture has been switched to the ELF executable format.
1.1 david 77: <p>
78:
1.6 tedu 79: <li>Further W^X improvements, including support for the i386 architecture.
80: Native i386 binaries have their executable segments rearranged to support
1.14 deraadt 81: isolating code from data, and the cpu CS limit is used to impose a best
82: effort limit on code execution.
1.1 david 83: <p>
84:
1.20 deraadt 85: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld.so">ld.so(1)</a>
86: on ELF platforms now loads libraries in a random order for
1.14 deraadt 87: greater resistance to attacks. The i386 architecture also maps libraries
88: somewhat randomized addresses. Together with W^X and ProPolice, these
89: changes increase the difficulty of successfully exploiting an application
90: error, such as a buffer overflow.
1.1 david 91: <p>
92:
93: <li>A static bounds checker has been added to the compiler to perform basic
1.4 avsm 94: checks on functions which accept buffers and sizes. The checker aims to
1.8 david 95: find common mistakes in the use of library functions such as
1.4 avsm 96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strlcpy">strlcpy(3)</a>
97: or <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sscanf">sscanf(3)</a>
98: without emitting any false positives. Running it over the source and ports
99: trees revealed over a hundred real bugs, which were fixed and submitted back
100: to the original authors where possible.
1.1 david 101: <p>
102:
1.20 deraadt 103: <li>Privilege separation has been implemented for the
104: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd">syslogd(8)</a>
1.21 david 105: daemon, making it much more robust against future errors. The child which
106: listens to network traffic now runs as a normal user and chroots itself,
107: while the parent process tracks the state of the child and performs
108: privileged operations on its behalf.
1.1 david 109: <p>
110:
111: <li>Many unsafe string functions have been removed from the kernel and userland
1.6 tedu 112: utilities. This audit is one of the most comprehensive OpenBSD has ever
113: done, with thousands of occurrences of
1.12 deraadt 114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strcpy">strcpy(3)</a>,
115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strcat">strcat(3)</a>,
116: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sprintf">sprintf(3)</a>,
1.8 david 117: and
1.12 deraadt 118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vsprintf">vsprintf(3)</a>
1.4 avsm 119: being replaced with safer, bounded alternatives such as
1.12 deraadt 120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strlcpy">strlcpy(3)</a>,
121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strlcat">strlcat(3)</a>,
122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snprintf">snprintf(3)</a>,
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vsnprintf">vsnprintf(3)</a>,
124: and
125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=asprintf">asprintf(3)</a>.
1.1 david 126: <p>
127:
1.13 david 128: <li><a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/">
129: ProPolice</a> stack protection has been enabled in the kernel as well.
1.1 david 130: <p>
131:
1.18 avsm 132: <li>Privilege separation has been implemented in the X server. The privileged
1.15 david 133: child process is responsible for the operations that can't be done after the
134: main process has switched to a non-privileged user. This greatly reduces the
135: potential damage that could be caused by malicious X clients, in case of
136: bugs in the X server.
137: <p>
138:
1.20 deraadt 139: <li>Emulation support for binary compatibility is now controlled via
1.24 avsm 140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl(8)</a>.
1.19 tedu 141: Emulation is now disabled by default to limit exposure to malicious
142: binaries, and can be enabled in
143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl.conf">
144: sysctl.conf(5)</a>.
1.16 tedu 145: <p>
146:
1.1 david 147: <li>Manual pages have been greatly cleaned up and improved.
148: <p>
149:
1.8 david 150: <li>The ports tree now supports building programs under
151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace">
152: systrace(1)</a>, preventing the possibility of applications harming the
153: system at compile-time via trojaned configuration scripts or otherwise.
1.1 david 154: <p>
155:
1.25 ! avsm 156: <li>Symbol caching in
! 157: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld.so">ld.so(1)</a>
! 158: reduces the startup time of large applications.
1.23 tedu 159: <p>
160:
1.25 ! avsm 161: <li>More license fixes, including the removal of the advertising clause
1.6 tedu 162: for large parts of the source tree.
163: <p>
164:
1.20 deraadt 165: <li>Replacement of GNU
1.22 deraadt 166: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diff">diff(1)</a>,
167: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=diff3">diff3(1)</a>,
168: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grep">grep(1)</a>,
169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=egrep">egrep(1)</a>,
170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fgrep">fgrep(1)</a>,
171: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zgrep">zgrep(1)</a>,
172: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zegrep">zegrep(1)</a>,
173: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zfgrep">zfgrep(1)</a>,
174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gzip">gzip(1)</a>,
175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zcat">zcat(1)</a>,
176: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gunzip">gunzip(1)</a>,
177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gzcat">gzcat(1)</a>,
178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zcmp">zcmp(1)</a>,
179: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zmore">zmore(1)</a>,
180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zdiff">zdiff(1)</a>,
181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zforce">zforce(1)</a>,
182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gzexe">gzexe(1)</a>,
1.20 deraadt 183: and
1.22 deraadt 184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=znew">znew(1)</a>
1.20 deraadt 185: commands with BSD licensed equivalents.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li>Addition of read-only support for
189: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_ntfs">NTFS</a>
190: file systems.
191: <p>
192:
193: <li>Reliability improvements to layered file systems, enabling
194: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_null">NULLFS</a>
195: to work again.
1.6 tedu 196: <p>
197:
1.19 tedu 198: <li>Improvements to the Linux emulator enabling more applications to run.
1.6 tedu 199: <p>
200:
1.16 tedu 201: <li>Significant improvements to the pthread library.
202: <p>
203:
1.20 deraadt 204: <li>Replace many static fd_set uses, to instead use
205: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll">poll(2)</a>
206: or dynamic allocation.
1.16 tedu 207: <p>
208:
1.13 david 209: <li>Legacy KerberosIV support has been removed, and the remaining KerberosV
210: codebase has been restructured for easier management.
1.3 jason 211: <p>
212:
1.13 david 213: <li>Over 2400 ports, 2200 pre-built packages.
1.1 david 214: <p>
215:
216: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
1.20 deraadt 217: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf">pf(4)</a>
1.1 david 218: including:
219: <ul>
1.20 deraadt 220: <li>packet tagging (e.g. filter on tags added by bridge based on MAC address)
1.10 frantzen 221: <li>stateful TCP normalization (prevent uptime calculation and NAT detection)
1.9 dhartmei 222: <li>passive OS detection (filter or redirect connections based on source OS)
223: <li>SYN proxy (protect servers against SYN flood attacks)
224: <li>adaptive state timeouts (prevent state table overflows under attack)
1.1 david 225: </ul>
226: <p>
227:
1.16 tedu 228: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
229: <ul>
230: <li>Kauai ATA controllers (Apple ATA100 wdc) enabling support for
231: Powerbook 12" and 17" models.
232: <li>Support for controlling LongRun registers on Transmeta CPUs.
1.19 tedu 233: <li>Many fixes to
234: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aac">aac(4)</a>,
235: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc">ahc(4)</a>,
236: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=osiop">osiop(4)</a>,
237: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop">siop(4)</a>
238: SCSI drivers.
239: <li>New
240: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it">it(4)</a>,
241: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lm">lm(4)</a>,
242: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viaenv">viaenv(4)</a>
243: hardware monitor drivers.
244: <li>New
245: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=safe">safe(4)</a>
246: driver for SafeNet crypto acclerators.
247: <li>New
248: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mtd">mtd(4)</a>
249: driver for Myson Technologies network cards.
250: <li>More ethernet cards supported by
251: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp">fxp(4)</a>
1.21 david 252: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc(4)</a>.
1.19 tedu 253: <li>Massive overhaul and sync with NetBSD of the entire
1.21 david 254: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">usb(4)</a>
1.19 tedu 255: support system.
256: <li>New and better support for various controllers in
257: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide">pciide(4)</a>,
258: including experimental support for Serial ATA.
1.16 tedu 259: </ul>
260: <p>
261:
1.1 david 262: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
263: <ul>
1.7 david 264: <li>XFree86 4.3.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
265: providing support for all chipsets)
1.1 david 266: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
267: <li>Perl 5.8.0 (+ patches)
268: <li>Apache 1.3.28, mod_ssl 2.8.15, DSO support (+ patches)
269: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7beta3 (+ patches)
270: <li>Groff 1.15
271: <li>Sendmail 8.12.9
272: <li>Bind 9.2.2 (+ patches)
1.5 avsm 273: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.1 david 274: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
275: <li>Ncurses 5.2
276: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
277: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
278: <li>Arla-current
1.17 david 279: <li>OpenSSH 3.7 (now with GSSAPI support)
1.1 david 280: </ul>
281: <p>
282:
283: <p>
284: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
285: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
286: <p>
287: <li> and much more.
288:
289: </ul>
290:
291: <a name="install"></a>
292: <hr>
293: <p>
294: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
295: <p>
296: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
297: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
298: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
299: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
300: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
301: purchased a CDROM instead.
302: <p>
303:
304: <hr>
305: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
306: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.4 on your machine:
307: <p>
308: <ul>
1.8 david 309: <li>CD1:3.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.1 david 310: <p>
1.8 david 311: <li>CD2:3.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
312: <li>CD2:3.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 david 313: <p>
1.8 david 314: <li>CD3:3.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
315: <li>CD3:3.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
1.1 david 316: <p>
1.8 david 317: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
318: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
319: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
320: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
321: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.1 david 322: </ul>
323: <hr>
324:
325: <p>
326: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
327: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
328: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
329: <p>
330:
331: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
332: <ul>
333: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
334: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
335: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
336: <i>CD1:3.4/i386/floppy34.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
337:
338: <p>
339: Use <i>CD1:3.4/i386/floppyB34.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
340: support, or <i>CD1:3.4/i386/floppyC34.fs</i> for better laptop support.
341:
342: <p>
1.2 david 343: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
344: read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
1.1 david 345:
346: <p>
347: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
1.2 david 348: at <i>CD:/3.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
349: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
350: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
351: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
352: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
353: "rfd0a".
1.1 david 354:
355: <ul><pre>
356: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
357: </pre></ul>
358:
359: <p>
1.2 david 360: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
361: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
362: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
363: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
1.1 david 364: </ul>
365:
366: <p>
367: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
368: <ul>
369: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
370: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
371:
372: <p>
373: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
374: /3.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
375: </ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
379: <ul>
380: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
381: </ul>
382:
383: <p>
384: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
385: <ul>
1.2 david 386: The 3.4 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
387: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
388: ROM.
1.1 david 389:
390: <ul><pre>
1.8 david 391: > <strong>boot cdrom 3.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 david 392: or
1.8 david 393: > <strong>boot sd(0,6,0)3.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 david 394: </pre></ul>
395:
396: <p>
397: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.2 david 398: To do so you need to write "CD3:3.4/sparc/floppy34.fs" to a floppy.
399: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
400: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
401: your ROM.
1.1 david 402:
403: <ul><pre>
1.8 david 404: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
1.1 david 405: or
1.8 david 406: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
1.1 david 407: </pre></ul>
408:
409: <p>
1.2 david 410: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
411: will most likely fail.
1.1 david 412:
413: <p>
414: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
415: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
416: INSTALL.sparc file.
417: </ul>
418:
419: <p>
420: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
421: <ul>
422: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
423:
424: <p>
425: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
426: <i>CD3:3.4/sparc64/floppy34.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
427: floppy</i>.<br>
1.2 david 428: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
429: will most likely fail.
1.1 david 430:
431: <p>
432: You can also write <i>CD3:3.4/sparc64/miniroot34.fs</i> to the swap partition on
433: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
434:
435: <p>
436: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
437: </ul>
438:
439: <p>
440: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
441: <ul>
442: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.4/alpha/floppy34.fs</i> or
443: <i>FTP:3.4/alpha/floppyB34.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
444: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
445:
446: <p>
1.2 david 447: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
448: will most likely fail.
1.1 david 449:
450: </ul>
451:
452: <p>
453: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
454: <ul>
455: <p>
456: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
457: </ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
461: <ul>
462: <p>
463: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
464: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
465: </ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
469: <ul>
470: <p>
471: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
472: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
473: <i>FTP:3.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
474: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
475: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.4/mac68k/</i> onto your
476: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
477: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
478: </ul>
479:
480: <p>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
482: <ul>
483: <p>
484: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
485: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
486: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
487: for more details.
488: </ul>
489:
490: <p>
491: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
492: <ul>
493: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
494: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
495: in a separate archive. To extract:
496: <p>
497: <ul><pre>
498: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
499: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
500: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
501: </pre></ul>
502: <p>
503: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
504: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
505: To extract:
506: <p>
507: <ul><pre>
508: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
509: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
510: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
511: </pre></ul>
512: <p>
513: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
514: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
515: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
516: Using these files
517: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
518: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
519: <p>
520: </ul>
521: <a name="ports"></a>
522: <hr>
523: <p>
524: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
525: <p>
526: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
527: <p>
528: <ul><pre>
529: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
530: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
531: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
532: </pre></ul>
533: <p>
534: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
535: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
536: if you know nothing about ports
537: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
538: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
539: OpenBSD ports system.
540: <p>
541: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
542: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
543: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
544: on most architectures (over 2400 packages build on i386, for instance).
545: <p>
546: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
547: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
548: cvs(1)</a> if
549: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
550: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
551: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
552: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
553: like:
554: <p>
555: <ul><pre>
556: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_4</strong>
557: </pre></ul>
558: <p>
559: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
560: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
561: server.]
562: <p>
563: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
564: packages for the 3.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
565: <p>
566: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
567: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
568: place to know.
569: <p>
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