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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.5 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: Released May 1, 2004<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2004, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-1-9</font>
29: <p>
30:
31: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
32: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
33: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
34: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
35:
36: <p>
37: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
38: To get the files for this release:
39: <ul>
40: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
41: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
42: a list of mirror machines.
43: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.5/</font> directory on
44: one of the mirror sites.
45: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
46: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.5 Errata page</a> for a list
47: of bugs and workarounds.
48: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
49: 3.4 and 3.5 releases.
50: </ul>
51: </font></h3>
52: <br clear=all>
53:
54: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
55: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
56: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
57: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
58: the CDROM because of lack of space.
59: <p>
60:
61: <a name="new"></a>
62: <hr>
63: <p>
64: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
65: <p>
66: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.2 deraadt 67: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 68: to 3.5.
69: <p>
70:
71: <ul>
72:
1.14 deraadt 73: <li> New platforms:
74: <ul>
75: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>
76: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a>
77: </ul>
78: <p>
79:
1.1 deraadt 80: <li>Replacement of GNU
1.12 otto 81: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bc">bc(1)</a>,
82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc">dc(1)</a>,
1.4 deraadt 83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nm">nm(1)</a> and
84: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=size">size(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 85: commands with BSD licensed equivalents.
86: <p>
87:
1.5 mcbride 88: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
89: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf">pf(4)</a>
90: including:
91: <ul>
1.19 otto 92: <li>Atomic commits of ruleset changes (reduce the chance of ending up in an
93: inconsistent state).
94: <li>A 30 percent reduction in the size of state table entries.
95: <li>Source-tracking (limit number of clients and states per client).
96: <li>Sticky-address (the flexibility of round-robin with the benefits of
97: source-hash).
98: <li>Invert the specific/general socket match order when redirecting to
1.5 mcbride 99: localhost (Prevents the potential security problem of remote connections
1.19 otto 100: being identified as local).
1.5 mcbride 101: <li>Significant improvements to interface handling.
102: </ul>
103: <p>
104:
105: <li>New tools for high availability and load balancing:
106: <ul>
107: <li>CARP (the Common Address Redundancy Protocol)
108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp">carp(4)</a>
109: allows multiple machines to share responsibility for a given IP address or
110: addresses. If the owner of the address fails, another member of the group
111: will take over for it. A discussion of the history of CARP can be found
112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html">here</a>.
113: <li>Additions to the
114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync">pfsync(4)</a>
115: interface allow it to synchronise state table entries between two or more
116: firewalls which are operating in parallel, allowing stateful connections
117: to cross any of the firewalls regardless of where the state was initially
118: created.
119: </ul>
120: <p>
121:
1.6 todd 122: <li> New functionality:
123: <ul>
124: <li>New ptm device (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a>)
125: that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty. No more setuid(root)
126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xterm&sektion=1">xterm(1)</a>!
1.17 otto 127: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=closefrom&sektion=2">closefrom(2)</a>
128: system call has been added.
1.6 todd 129: <li>TCP MD5 signatures (used by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a>
1.17 otto 130: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>).
1.26 tom 131: <li>i386 and amd64 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxeboot&sektion=8&arch=i386">pxeboot(8)</a>.
1.19 otto 132: <li>The i386 8GB boot loader limitation has been removed.
1.6 todd 133: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a>
1.16 todd 134: gains <a href="http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/">greylisting</a> support.
1.6 todd 135: <li>Interface 'cloning,' accessed by
136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.19 otto 137: commands <em>create</em> and <em>destroy</em>. E.g. `ifconfig vlan100 create'.
1.17 otto 138: <li>The MAKEDEV(8) manual pages are now generated.
1.18 sturm 139: <li>Complete rewrite of package tools in perl.
1.21 djm 140: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
141: now supports logging to memory buffers, to be read using
142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogc&sektion=8">syslogc(8)</a>.
143: This is useful for diskless devices.
1.23 henning 144: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a> ESP in UDP encapsulation
1.6 todd 145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
1.19 otto 148: <li> New Privilege Separation Functionality:
1.6 todd 149: <ul>
150: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>
151: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>
1.13 todd 152: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a>
1.6 todd 153: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
154: </ul>
155: <p>
156:
157: <li> New tools:
158: <ul>
1.24 henning 159: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>, monitoring hardware sensors
160: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=procmap&sektion=1">procmap(1)</a>, examine a process' memory map
1.30 ! claudio 161: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, implementing the <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1771.txt">BGP-4</a> routing protocol
1.10 deraadt 162: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkill&sektion=1">pkill(1)</a> and
1.24 henning 163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pgrep&sektion=1">pgrep(1)</a>, finding or signalling processes by name
1.6 todd 164: </ul>
165: <p>
166:
1.23 henning 167: <li> Performance improvements:
168: <ul>
169: <li>improved connection/socket lookup - about 100 times faster at 10000 sockets than 3.4
170: <li>TCP SYN cache
171: <li>OpenSSL speedup on i386, up to 100% improvement for md5, sha1, blowfish,
172: des, 3des, rsa, dsa and bn
173: </ul>
174: <p>
175:
1.29 henning 176: <li>The HPPA architecture gets support for many
177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci">PCI</a>
178: based machines.
179: <p>
180:
181: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
182: <ul>
183: <li>the <a href="/hppa.html">hppa</a> architecture gets support for many
184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci">PCI</a>
185: based machines.
186: <li>big improvements to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a>, bringing support for many new models
187: <li>new <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bce&sektion=4">bce(4)</a> driver, supporting the Broadcom BCM4401 FastEthernet chipset
188: <li>new <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpt&sektion=4">mpt(4)</a> driver for LSI Fusion-MPT SCSI and FibreChannel host adapters
189: <li>lots of improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>
190: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> supports USB-based adapters now
191: </ul>
1.20 otto 192: <p>
193:
1.18 sturm 194: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
195: <p>
196:
1.7 todd 197: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
198: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
199: <p>
200:
1.19 otto 201: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
202: <p>
203:
1.28 henning 204: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1
205: <p>
206:
207: <li> gcc 3.2.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
208: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
209: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
210: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
211: platforms.
212: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
213: <p>
214:
215: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
216: <ul>
217: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
218: providing support for all chipsets)
219: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.2.2 (+ patches)
220: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
221: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
222: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
223: <li>Groff 1.15
224: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
225: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
226: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
227: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
228: <li>Ncurses 5.2
229: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
230: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
231: <li>Arla-current
232: </ul>
233: <p>
1.1 deraadt 234:
235: </ul>
236:
237: <a name="install"></a>
238: <hr>
239: <p>
240: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
241: <p>
242: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
243: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
244: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
245: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
246: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
247: purchased a CDROM instead.
248: <p>
249:
250: <hr>
251: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
252: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
253: <p>
254: <ul>
255: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 256: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 257: <p>
1.2 deraadt 258: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 259: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
260: <p>
261: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
262: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
263: <p>
264: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 265: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 266: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
267: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
268: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
269: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 270: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 271: </ul>
272: <hr>
273:
274: <p>
275: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
276: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
277: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
278: <p>
279:
280: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
281: <ul>
282: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
283: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
284: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 285: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 286:
287: <p>
1.2 deraadt 288: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
289: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 290:
291: <p>
292: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
293: read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
294:
295: <p>
296: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
297: at <i>CD:/3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
298: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
299: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
300: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
301: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
302: "rfd0a".
303:
304: <ul><pre>
305: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
306: </pre></ul>
307:
308: <p>
309: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
310: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
311: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
312: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
313: </ul>
314:
315: <p>
316: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
317: <ul>
318: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
319: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
320:
321: <p>
322: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
323: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
324: </ul>
325:
326: <p>
1.2 deraadt 327: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
328: <ul>
329: [write a chunk here]
330: </ul>
331:
332: <p>
1.1 deraadt 333: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
334: <ul>
335: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
336: </ul>
337:
338: <p>
339: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
340: <ul>
341: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
342: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
343: ROM.
344:
345: <ul><pre>
346: > <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
347: or
348: > <strong>boot sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
349: </pre></ul>
350:
351: <p>
352: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.2 deraadt 353: To do so you need to write "CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs" to a floppy.
1.1 deraadt 354: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
355: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
356: your ROM.
357:
358: <ul><pre>
359: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
360: or
361: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
362: </pre></ul>
363:
364: <p>
365: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
366: will most likely fail.
367:
368: <p>
369: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
370: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
371: INSTALL.sparc file.
372: </ul>
373:
374: <p>
375: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
376: <ul>
377: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
378:
379: <p>
380: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 381: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 382: floppy</i>.<br>
383: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
384: will most likely fail.
385:
386: <p>
1.2 deraadt 387: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 388: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
389:
390: <p>
391: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 397: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
398: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 399: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
400:
401: <p>
402: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
403: will most likely fail.
404:
405: </ul>
406:
407: <p>
408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
409: <ul>
410: <p>
411: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
419: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
420: </ul>
421:
422: <p>
423: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
424: <ul>
425: <p>
426: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
427: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
428: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
429: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
430: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
431: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
432: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
433: </ul>
434:
435: <p>
436: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
437: <ul>
438: <p>
439: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
440: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
441: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
442: for more details.
443: </ul>
444:
445: <p>
1.2 deraadt 446: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
447: <ul>
448: <p>
449: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
450: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
451: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
452: for more details.
453: </ul>
454:
455: <p>
1.1 deraadt 456: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
457: <ul>
458: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
459: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
460: in a separate archive. To extract:
461: <p>
462: <ul><pre>
463: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
464: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
465: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
466: </pre></ul>
467: <p>
468: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
469: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
470: To extract:
471: <p>
472: <ul><pre>
473: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
474: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
475: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
476: </pre></ul>
477: <p>
478: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
479: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
480: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
481: Using these files
482: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
483: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
484: <p>
485: </ul>
486: <a name="ports"></a>
487: <hr>
488: <p>
489: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
490: <p>
491: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
492: <p>
493: <ul><pre>
494: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
495: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
496: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
497: </pre></ul>
498: <p>
499: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
500: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
501: if you know nothing about ports
502: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
503: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
504: OpenBSD ports system.
505: <p>
506: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
507: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
508: cvs(1)</a> if
509: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
510: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
511: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
512: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
513: like:
514: <p>
515: <ul><pre>
1.2 deraadt 516: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 517: </pre></ul>
518: <p>
519: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
520: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
521: server.]
522: <p>
523: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
524: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
525: <p>
526: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
527: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
528: place to know.
529: <p>
530:
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