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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.
1.32 ! otto 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><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> supports USB-based adapters and software WEP now.
1.29 henning 185: </ul>
1.20 otto 186: <p>
187:
1.18 sturm 188: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
189: <p>
190:
1.7 todd 191: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
192: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
193: <p>
194:
1.19 otto 195: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
196: <p>
197:
1.28 henning 198: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1
199: <p>
200:
201: <li> gcc 3.2.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
202: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
203: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
205: platforms.
206: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
210: <ul>
211: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
212: providing support for all chipsets)
213: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.2.2 (+ patches)
214: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
215: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
216: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
217: <li>Groff 1.15
218: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
219: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
220: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
221: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
222: <li>Ncurses 5.2
223: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
224: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
225: <li>Arla-current
226: </ul>
227: <p>
1.1 deraadt 228:
229: </ul>
230:
231: <a name="install"></a>
232: <hr>
233: <p>
234: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
235: <p>
236: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
237: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
238: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
239: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
240: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
241: purchased a CDROM instead.
242: <p>
243:
244: <hr>
245: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
246: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
247: <p>
248: <ul>
249: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 250: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 251: <p>
1.2 deraadt 252: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 253: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
254: <p>
255: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
256: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
257: <p>
258: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 259: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 260: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
261: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
262: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
263: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 264: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 265: </ul>
266: <hr>
267:
268: <p>
269: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
270: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
271: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
272: <p>
273:
274: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
275: <ul>
276: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
277: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
278: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 279: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 280:
281: <p>
1.2 deraadt 282: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
283: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 284:
285: <p>
286: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
287: read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
288:
289: <p>
290: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
291: at <i>CD:/3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
292: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
293: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
295: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
296: "rfd0a".
297:
298: <ul><pre>
299: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
300: </pre></ul>
301:
302: <p>
303: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
304: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
305: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
306: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
307: </ul>
308:
309: <p>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
311: <ul>
312: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
313: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
314:
315: <p>
316: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
317: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
318: </ul>
319:
320: <p>
1.2 deraadt 321: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
322: <ul>
323: [write a chunk here]
324: </ul>
325:
326: <p>
1.1 deraadt 327: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
328: <ul>
329: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
330: </ul>
331:
332: <p>
333: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
334: <ul>
335: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
336: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
337: ROM.
338:
339: <ul><pre>
340: > <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
341: or
342: > <strong>boot sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
343: </pre></ul>
344:
345: <p>
346: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.2 deraadt 347: To do so you need to write "CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs" to a floppy.
1.1 deraadt 348: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
349: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
350: your ROM.
351:
352: <ul><pre>
353: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
354: or
355: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
356: </pre></ul>
357:
358: <p>
359: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
360: will most likely fail.
361:
362: <p>
363: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
364: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
365: INSTALL.sparc file.
366: </ul>
367:
368: <p>
369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
372:
373: <p>
374: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 375: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 376: floppy</i>.<br>
377: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
378: will most likely fail.
379:
380: <p>
1.2 deraadt 381: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 382: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
383:
384: <p>
385: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
386: </ul>
387:
388: <p>
389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
390: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 391: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
392: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 393: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
394:
395: <p>
396: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
397: will most likely fail.
398:
399: </ul>
400:
401: <p>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
403: <ul>
404: <p>
405: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
406: </ul>
407:
408: <p>
409: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
410: <ul>
411: <p>
412: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
413: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
414: </ul>
415:
416: <p>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
418: <ul>
419: <p>
420: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
421: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
422: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
423: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
424: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
425: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
426: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
427: </ul>
428:
429: <p>
430: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
431: <ul>
432: <p>
433: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
434: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
435: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
436: for more details.
437: </ul>
438:
439: <p>
1.2 deraadt 440: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
441: <ul>
442: <p>
443: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
444: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
445: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
446: for more details.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
1.1 deraadt 450: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
453: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
454: in a separate archive. To extract:
455: <p>
456: <ul><pre>
457: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
458: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
459: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
460: </pre></ul>
461: <p>
462: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
463: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
464: To extract:
465: <p>
466: <ul><pre>
467: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
468: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
469: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
470: </pre></ul>
471: <p>
472: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
473: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
474: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
475: Using these files
476: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
477: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
478: <p>
479: </ul>
480: <a name="ports"></a>
481: <hr>
482: <p>
483: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
484: <p>
485: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
486: <p>
487: <ul><pre>
488: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
489: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
490: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
491: </pre></ul>
492: <p>
493: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
494: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
495: if you know nothing about ports
496: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
497: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
498: OpenBSD ports system.
499: <p>
500: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
501: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
502: cvs(1)</a> if
503: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
504: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
505: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
506: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
507: like:
508: <p>
509: <ul><pre>
1.2 deraadt 510: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 511: </pre></ul>
512: <p>
513: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
514: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
515: server.]
516: <p>
517: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
518: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
519: <p>
520: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
521: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
522: place to know.
523: <p>
524:
525: <hr>
526: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
527: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
528: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
529: <br><small>
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