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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>Improved hardware support, including:
177: <ul>
178: <li>the <a href="/hppa.html">hppa</a> architecture gets support for many
179: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci">PCI</a>
180: based machines.
181: <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
182: <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
183: <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
184: <li>lots of improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>
185: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> supports USB-based adapters now
186: </ul>
1.20 otto 187: <p>
188:
1.18 sturm 189: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
190: <p>
191:
1.7 todd 192: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
193: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
194: <p>
195:
1.19 otto 196: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
197: <p>
198:
1.28 henning 199: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1
200: <p>
201:
202: <li> gcc 3.2.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
203: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
205: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
206: platforms.
207: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
208: <p>
209:
210: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
211: <ul>
212: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
213: providing support for all chipsets)
214: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.2.2 (+ patches)
215: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
216: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
217: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
218: <li>Groff 1.15
219: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
220: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
221: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
222: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
223: <li>Ncurses 5.2
224: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
225: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
226: <li>Arla-current
227: </ul>
228: <p>
1.1 deraadt 229:
230: </ul>
231:
232: <a name="install"></a>
233: <hr>
234: <p>
235: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
236: <p>
237: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
238: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
239: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
240: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
241: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
242: purchased a CDROM instead.
243: <p>
244:
245: <hr>
246: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
247: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
248: <p>
249: <ul>
250: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 251: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 252: <p>
1.2 deraadt 253: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 254: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
255: <p>
256: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
257: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
258: <p>
259: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 260: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 261: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
262: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
263: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
264: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 265: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 266: </ul>
267: <hr>
268:
269: <p>
270: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
271: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
272: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
273: <p>
274:
275: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
276: <ul>
277: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
278: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
279: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 280: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 281:
282: <p>
1.2 deraadt 283: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
284: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 285:
286: <p>
287: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
288: read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
289:
290: <p>
291: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
292: at <i>CD:/3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
293: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
294: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
296: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
297: "rfd0a".
298:
299: <ul><pre>
300: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
301: </pre></ul>
302:
303: <p>
304: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
305: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
306: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
307: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
308: </ul>
309:
310: <p>
311: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
312: <ul>
313: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
314: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
315:
316: <p>
317: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
318: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
319: </ul>
320:
321: <p>
1.2 deraadt 322: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
323: <ul>
324: [write a chunk here]
325: </ul>
326:
327: <p>
1.1 deraadt 328: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
329: <ul>
330: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
331: </ul>
332:
333: <p>
334: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
335: <ul>
336: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
337: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
338: ROM.
339:
340: <ul><pre>
341: > <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
342: or
343: > <strong>boot sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
344: </pre></ul>
345:
346: <p>
347: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.2 deraadt 348: To do so you need to write "CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs" to a floppy.
1.1 deraadt 349: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
350: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
351: your ROM.
352:
353: <ul><pre>
354: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
355: or
356: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
357: </pre></ul>
358:
359: <p>
360: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
361: will most likely fail.
362:
363: <p>
364: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
365: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
366: INSTALL.sparc file.
367: </ul>
368:
369: <p>
370: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
371: <ul>
372: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
373:
374: <p>
375: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 376: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 377: floppy</i>.<br>
378: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
379: will most likely fail.
380:
381: <p>
1.2 deraadt 382: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 383: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
384:
385: <p>
386: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
387: </ul>
388:
389: <p>
390: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
391: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 392: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
393: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 394: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
395:
396: <p>
397: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
398: will most likely fail.
399:
400: </ul>
401:
402: <p>
403: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
404: <ul>
405: <p>
406: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
407: </ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
411: <ul>
412: <p>
413: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
414: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
419: <ul>
420: <p>
421: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
422: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
423: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
424: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
425: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
426: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
427: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
428: </ul>
429:
430: <p>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: <p>
434: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
435: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
436: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
437: for more details.
438: </ul>
439:
440: <p>
1.2 deraadt 441: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
442: <ul>
443: <p>
444: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
445: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
446: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
447: for more details.
448: </ul>
449:
450: <p>
1.1 deraadt 451: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
452: <ul>
453: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
454: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
455: in a separate archive. To extract:
456: <p>
457: <ul><pre>
458: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
459: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
460: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
461: </pre></ul>
462: <p>
463: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
464: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
465: To extract:
466: <p>
467: <ul><pre>
468: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
469: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
470: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
471: </pre></ul>
472: <p>
473: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
474: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
475: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
476: Using these files
477: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
478: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
479: <p>
480: </ul>
481: <a name="ports"></a>
482: <hr>
483: <p>
484: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
485: <p>
486: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
487: <p>
488: <ul><pre>
489: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
490: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
491: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
492: </pre></ul>
493: <p>
494: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
495: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
496: if you know nothing about ports
497: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
498: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
499: OpenBSD ports system.
500: <p>
501: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
502: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
503: cvs(1)</a> if
504: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
505: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
506: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
507: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
508: like:
509: <p>
510: <ul><pre>
1.2 deraadt 511: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 512: </pre></ul>
513: <p>
514: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
515: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
516: server.]
517: <p>
518: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
519: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
520: <p>
521: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
522: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
523: place to know.
524: <p>
525:
526: <hr>
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