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                     24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.6 Release:</font></h2>
                     25: <p>
                     26: To be released: November 1, 2004<br>
                     27: Copyright 1997-2004, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-4-7</font>
                     29: <p>
                     30:
1.2     ! miod       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/3.6/</font> directory on
        !            44:     one of the mirror sites.
        !            45: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
        !            46: <!--
        !            47: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.6 Errata page</a> for a list
        !            48:     of bugs and workarounds.
        !            49:  -->
        !            50: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
        !            51:     3.5 and 3.6 releases.
        !            52: </ul>
        !            53: </font></h3>
        !            54: <br clear=all>
        !            55:
        !            56: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
        !            57: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
        !            58: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
        !            59: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
        !            60: the CDROM because of lack of space.
        !            61: <p>
        !            62:
        !            63: <a name="new"></a>
        !            64: <hr>
        !            65: <p>
        !            66: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
        !            67: <p>
        !            68: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.6.
        !            69: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
        !            70: to 3.6.
        !            71: <p>
        !            72:
        !            73: <ul>
        !            74:
        !            75: <li> New platform:
        !            76: <ul>
        !            77: <li><a href="luna88k.html">OpenBSD/luna88k</a><br>
        !            78: Expanding the mvme88k porting effort by supporting Omron's line of
        !            79: 88100-based workstations.
        !            80: </ul>
        !            81: <p>
        !            82:
        !            83: <li> SMP support on <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> and <a
        !            84: href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a> platforms.
        !            85: <p>
        !            86:
        !            87: <li> New functionality:
        !            88: <ul>
        !            89: <li>A new dhcp
        !            90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">server</a>
        !            91: and
        !            92: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&amp;sektion=8">client</a>
        !            93: implementation, featuring privilege separation and safe defaults.
        !            94: <li>A clean
        !            95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&amp;sektion=8">ntp
        !            96: daemon</a> which ought to fit the needs of most ntp users.
        !            97: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&amp;sektion=8">pfctl</a>
        !            98: now provides a <i>rules optimizer</i>, to help improving filtering speed.
        !            99: </ul>
        !           100: <p>
        !           101:
        !           102: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
        !           103: <ul>
        !           104: <li>Sangoma T1 and E1 cards
        !           105: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=san&amp;sektion=4">san</a>)
        !           106: <li>Jumbo frames are now working reliably on
        !           107: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&amp;sektion=4">em</a>,
        !           108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sk&amp;sektion=4">sk</a>
        !           109: and
        !           110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&amp;sektion=4">ti</a>
        !           111: adapters.
        !           112: <li>USB 2.0
        !           113: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&amp;sektion=4">ehci</a>)
        !           114: controllers.
        !           115: <li>AIC79xx-based Ultra320 SCSI adapters, such as the Adaptec 29320 and
        !           116: 39320
        !           117: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahd&amp;sektion=4">ahd</a>)
        !           118: </ul>
        !           119: <p>
        !           120:
        !           121: <li> Improved NFS performance and reliability.
        !           122:
        !           123: <li> Shared libraries on the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a> port.
        !           124:
        !           125: <li> Over 2700 ports, 2500 pre-built packages.
        !           126: <p>
        !           127:
        !           128: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
        !           129: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
        !           130: <p>
        !           131:
        !           132: <li>As ususal, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
        !           133: <p>
        !           134:
        !           135: <li>Gcc 3.3.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
        !           136: <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
        !           137: <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/cats</a>,
        !           138: <a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a> and
        !           139: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
        !           140: platforms.
        !           141: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
        !           142: <p>
        !           143: <li>OpenSSH 3.9:
        !           144: <ul>
        !           145: <li>sshd now re-executes itself on accepting a new connection. This security
        !           146: measure ensures that all execute-time randomisations are reapplied for each
        !           147: connection rather than once, for the master process' lifetime. This includes
        !           148: mmap and malloc mappings, shared library addressing, shared library mapping
        !           149: order, ProPolice and StackGhost cookies on architectures that support
        !           150: such things.
        !           151: <li>Selected environment variables can now be passed between the
        !           152: client and the server.
        !           153: <li>Session multiplexing: a single ssh connection can now carry
        !           154: multiple login/command/file transfer sessions.
        !           155: </ul>
        !           156: <p>
        !           157:
        !           158: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
        !           159: <ul>
        !           160: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
        !           161:     providing support for all chipsets)
        !           162: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
        !           163: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
        !           164: and 3.3.2
        !           165: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
        !           166: <li>Perl 5.8.5 (+ patches)
        !           167: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
        !           168: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
        !           169: <li>Groff 1.15
        !           170: <li>Sendmail 8.13.0, with libmilter
        !           171: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
        !           172: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
        !           173: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
        !           174: <li>Ncurses 5.2
        !           175: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
        !           176: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
        !           177: <li>Arla 0.35.7
        !           178: <li>Gdb 6.1
        !           179: </ul>
        !           180: <p>
        !           181:
        !           182: </ul>
        !           183:
        !           184: <a name="install"></a>
        !           185: <hr>
        !           186: <p>
        !           187: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
        !           188: <p>
        !           189: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
        !           190: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
        !           191: form of install.  The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
        !           192: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
        !           193: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
        !           194: purchased a CDROM instead.
        !           195: <p>
        !           196:
        !           197: <hr>
        !           198: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
        !           199: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.6 on your machine:
        !           200: <p>
        !           201: <ul>
        !           202: <li>CD1:3.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
        !           203: <li>CD1:3.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
        !           204: <p>
        !           205: <li>CD2:3.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
        !           206: <li>CD2:3.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
        !           207: <p>
        !           208: <li>CD3:3.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
        !           209: <li>CD3:3.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
        !           210: <p>
        !           211: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
        !           212: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/cats/INSTALL.cats
        !           213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
        !           214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
        !           215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
        !           216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
        !           217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
        !           218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
        !           219: </ul>
        !           220: <hr>
        !           221:
        !           222: <p>
        !           223: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
        !           224: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
        !           225: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
        !           226: <p>
        !           227:
        !           228: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
        !           229: <ul>
        !           230: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
        !           231: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
        !           232: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
        !           233: <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
        !           234:
        !           235: <p>
        !           236: Use <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppyB36.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
        !           237: support, or <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppyC36.fs</i> for better laptop support.
        !           238:
        !           239: <p>
        !           240: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
        !           241: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
        !           242: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
        !           243:
        !           244: <p>
        !           245: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
        !           246: read INSTALL.i386.
        !           247:
        !           248: <p>
        !           249: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
        !           250: at <i>CD1:3.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
        !           251: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
        !           252: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
        !           253: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)
        !           254: </a>, where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
        !           255: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
        !           256:
        !           257: <ul><pre>
        !           258: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
        !           259: </pre></ul>
        !           260:
        !           261: <p>
        !           262: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
        !           263: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
        !           264: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
        !           265: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
        !           266: </ul>
        !           267:
        !           268: <p>
        !           269: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
        !           270: <ul>
        !           271: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
        !           272: </ul>
        !           273:
        !           274: <p>
        !           275: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
        !           276: <ul>
        !           277: The 3.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
        !           278: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
        !           279: your BIOS options first.
        !           280: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
        !           281: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.6/amd64/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy, then
        !           282: boot from the floppy drive.
        !           283:
        !           284: <p>
        !           285: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
        !           286: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
        !           287: INSTALL.amd64 document.
        !           288:
        !           289: <p>
        !           290: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
        !           291: read INSTALL.amd64.
        !           292: </ul>
        !           293:
        !           294: <p>
        !           295: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
        !           296: <ul>
        !           297: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
        !           298: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
        !           299:
        !           300: <p>
        !           301: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
        !           302: /3.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
        !           303: </ul>
        !           304:
        !           305: <p>
        !           306: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
        !           307: <ul>
        !           308: The 3.6 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
        !           309: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
        !           310: ROM.
        !           311:
        !           312: <ul><pre>
        !           313: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
        !           314: or
        !           315: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
        !           316: </pre></ul>
        !           317:
        !           318: <p>
        !           319: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
        !           320: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.6/sparc/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy.
        !           321: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
        !           322: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
        !           323: your ROM.
        !           324:
        !           325: <ul><pre>
        !           326: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
        !           327: or
        !           328: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
        !           329: </pre></ul>
        !           330:
        !           331: <p>
        !           332: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           333: will most likely fail.
        !           334:
        !           335: <p>
        !           336: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
        !           337: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
        !           338: INSTALL.sparc file.
        !           339: </ul>
        !           340:
        !           341: <p>
        !           342: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
        !           343: <ul>
        !           344: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
        !           345:
        !           346: <p>
        !           347: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
        !           348: <i>CD3:3.6/sparc64/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
        !           349: floppy</i>.<br>
        !           350: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           351: will most likely fail.
        !           352:
        !           353: <p>
        !           354: You can also write <i>CD3:3.6/sparc64/miniroot36.fs</i> to the swap partition on
        !           355: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
        !           356:
        !           357: <p>
        !           358: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
        !           359: </ul>
        !           360:
        !           361: <p>
        !           362: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
        !           363: <ul>
        !           364: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.6/alpha/floppy36.fs</i> or
        !           365: <i>FTP:3.6/alpha/floppyB36.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
        !           366: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
        !           367:
        !           368: <p>
        !           369: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           370: will most likely fail.
        !           371:
        !           372: </ul>
        !           373:
        !           374: <p>
        !           375: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
        !           376: <ul>
        !           377: <p>
        !           378: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
        !           379: <i>FTP:3.6/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
        !           380: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
        !           381: </ul>
        !           382:
        !           383: <p>
        !           384: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
        !           385: <ul>
        !           386: <p>
        !           387: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
        !           388: </ul>
        !           389:
        !           390: <p>
        !           391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
        !           392: <ul>
        !           393: <p>
        !           394: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
        !           395: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
        !           396: </ul>
        !           397:
        !           398: <p>
        !           399: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
        !           400: <ul>
        !           401: <p>
        !           402: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
        !           403: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
        !           404: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
        !           405: </ul>
        !           406:
        !           407: <p>
        !           408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
        !           409: <ul>
        !           410: <p>
        !           411: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
        !           412: configurations.  Then, extract the Macside utilities from
        !           413: <i>FTP:3.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Run Mkfs to create your
        !           414: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made.  Then, use the
        !           415: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.6/mac68k/</i> onto your
        !           416: partitions.  Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
        !           417: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
        !           418: </ul>
        !           419:
        !           420: <p>
        !           421: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
        !           422: <ul>
        !           423: <p>
        !           424: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
        !           425: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
        !           426: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
        !           427: for more details.
        !           428: </ul>
        !           429:
        !           430: <p>
        !           431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</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 MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
        !           436: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
        !           437: for more details.
        !           438: </ul>
        !           439:
        !           440: <p>
        !           441: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
        !           442: <ul>
        !           443: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
        !           444: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
        !           445: in a separate archive.  To extract:
        !           446: <p>
        !           447: <ul><pre>
        !           448: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
        !           449: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
        !           450: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
        !           451: </pre></ul>
        !           452: <p>
        !           453: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
        !           454: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
        !           455: To extract:
        !           456: <p>
        !           457: <ul><pre>
        !           458: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
        !           459: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
        !           460: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
        !           461: </pre></ul>
        !           462: <p>
        !           463: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
        !           464: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
        !           465: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
        !           466: Using these files
        !           467: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
        !           468: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
        !           469: <p>
        !           470: </ul>
        !           471: <a name="ports"></a>
        !           472: <hr>
        !           473: <p>
        !           474: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
        !           475: <p>
        !           476: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
        !           477: <p>
        !           478: <ul><pre>
        !           479: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
        !           480: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
        !           481: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
        !           482: </pre></ul>
        !           483: <p>
        !           484: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
        !           485: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
        !           486: if you know nothing about ports
        !           487: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
        !           488: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
        !           489: OpenBSD ports system.
        !           490: <p>
        !           491: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
        !           492: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=1&amp;manpath=OpenBSD+Current&amp;arch=i386&amp;format=html">
        !           493: cvs(1)</a> if
        !           494: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
        !           495: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
        !           496: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
        !           497: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
        !           498: like:
        !           499: <p>
        !           500: <ul><pre>
        !           501: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_6</strong>
        !           502: </pre></ul>
        !           503: <p>
        !           504: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
        !           505: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
        !           506: server.]
        !           507: <p>
        !           508: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
        !           509: packages for the 3.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
        !           510: <p>
        !           511: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
        !           512: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
        !           513: place to know.
        !           514: <p>
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