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3.7

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Released May 19, 2005<br>

<br>

3.7 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#37">"The Wizard of OS"</a>

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<ul>

<li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for

a list of mirror machines.

<li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.7/</font> directory on

<li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/3.7/</code> directory on

one of the mirror sites.

<li>Have a look at <a href="errata37.html">The 3.7 Errata page</a> for a list

of bugs and workarounds.

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All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,

sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the

files fetched via ports.tar.gz.

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This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.7.

For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus37.html">changelog</a> leading

to 3.7.

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<li>Improved hardware support, including:

<ul>

driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.

driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.

driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.

driver for Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.

and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ural&sektion=4&arch=i386">ural(4)</a> [USB]

and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/ural.4">ural(4)</a> [USB]

drivers for Ralink Technology RT25x0 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.

driver for Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.

<li>Added support to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4&arch=i386">re(4)</a>

<li>Added support to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/re.4">re(4)</a>

driver for Realtek 8169 CardBus Ethernet adapters.

driver for Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet adapters.

driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=piixpm&sektion=4&arch=i386">piixpm(4)</a>

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/piixpm.4">piixpm(4)</a>

driver for the Intel PIIX Power Management controller.

driver for USB Bluetooth adapters.

</ul>

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<ul>

<li>Switch to a bsd.rd-based install.

<li>Improved interrupt system.

<li>Create partitions with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pdisk&sektion=8&arch=mac68k">pdisk(8)</a>.

<li>Create partitions with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mac68k/pdisk.8">pdisk(8)</a>.

support and enhance

support.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New tools:

<ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd">ospfd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd">ospfd(8)</a>,

implementing the <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2328.txt">OSPFv2</a>

routing protocol.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getcap&sektion=1&arch=i386">getcap(1)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/getcap.1">getcap(1)</a>,

providing easy access to the capability database.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality:

<ul>

<li>Repaired mirroring mode in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ccd&sektion=4&arch=i386">ccd(4)</a>.

<li>Repaired mirroring mode in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/ccd.4">ccd(4)</a>.

<li>Privilege separation for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftpd&sektion=8&arch=i386">ftpd(8)</a>.

<li>Privilege separation for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/ftpd.8">ftpd(8)</a>.

<li>Bash-style prompt expansion and POSIX hex and octal constants in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ksh&sektion=1&arch=i386">ksh(1)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/ksh.1">ksh(1)</a>.

<li>Improved TCP send performance.

<li>Reentrant

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getprotobyname_r&sektion=3&arch=i386">getproto*_r(3)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/getprotobyname_r.3">getproto*_r(3)</a>

and

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getservbyname_r&sektion=3&arch=i386">getserv*_r(3)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/getservbyname_r.3">getserv*_r(3)</a>

functions.

<li>In-kernel <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pppoe&sektion=4&arch=i386">pppoe(4)</a>

<li>In-kernel <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/pppoe.4">pppoe(4)</a>

support.

(Protocol Independent Multicast) support added.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ntpd&sektion=8&amp">ntpd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ntpd.8">ntpd(8)</a>,

the Network Time Protocol Daemon:

<ul>

<li>ntpd can now set the time immediately on startup itself, eliminating

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</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8&amp">bgpd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>,

the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:

<ul>

<li>Allow sessions to depend on a CARP interface's master/backup state,

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</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4&amp">pf(4)</a>, the packet filter:

<li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4">pf(4)</a>, the packet filter:

<ul>

<li>Improved <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp&sektion=4&amp">carp(4)</a>, new <i>carpdev</i> mode for IP-less interfaces.

<li>Improved <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp(4)</a>, new <i>carpdev</i> mode for IP-less interfaces.

<li>Support limiting TCP connections by establishment rate, automatically

adding flooding IP addresses to tables and flushing states

(<i>max-src-conn-rate</i>, <i>overload <table></i>,

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<i>pfctl -si</i>).

<li>New keyword <i>set skip on</i> to skip filtering on arbitrary interfaces,

like loopback.

<li>Filtering on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=route&sektion=8&amp">route(8)</a> labels.

<li>Filtering on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/route.8">route(8)</a> labels.

<li>Several bugfixes improving stability.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&amp">isakmpd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a>,

the Internet Security Association and Key Management Daemon:

<ul>

<li>Allow the Address, Network, or Netmask values of the "IPsec-ID"

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</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamd&sektion=8&amp">spamd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/spamd.8">spamd(8)</a>,

the Spamd Spam Deferral Daemon

<ul>

<li> Allow the addition of spamtrap addresses to the spamd database

using <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamdb&sektion=8&amp">spamdb(8)</a>.

using <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/spamdb.8">spamdb(8)</a>.

Spamd will automatically blacklist hosts that attempt to deliver mail to a

spamtrap address while greylisted.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality and many improvements for the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pkg_add&sektion=1&amp">package tools</a>:

<li>New functionality and many improvements for the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pkg_add.1">package tools</a>:

<ul>

<li>Major overhaul of the package format, simplifying common tasks like user

creation.

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<li>Many improvements for security and reliability.

Cleaner source code for

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ksh&sektion=1&amp">ksh(1)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ksh.1">ksh(1)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=httpd&sektion=8&amp">httpd(8)</a>, and many more programs.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/httpd.8">httpd(8)</a>, and many more programs.

<p>

<li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.

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<ul>

<li>Local, remote and dynamic port forwards may be configured to listen on

specific IP addresses.

sshd_config(5)</a> now understands

"GatewayPorts clientspecified" to allow client-specified

listen addresses in remote port forwards. The existing

behaviour for "yes" and "no" is maintained.

<li>known_hosts files may be hashed to provide privacy if they are later

disclosed.

ssh-keygen(1)</a> has additional modes to generate and manage hashed

known_hosts files.

<li>Users will be warned of impending password and account expiry.

<li>Corrupt keys in authorized_keys are now handled gracefully.

sftp(1)</a> has speed improvements for "ls" and now uses

libedit for command line editing and history.

sshd(8)</a> will now log the source of connections denied by AllowUsers,

DenyUsers, AllowGroups and DenyGroups.

<li>AddressFamily option in

sshd_config(5)</a> now has an AddressFamily option to provide global

control of IPv4 and IPv6 usage by

sshd(8)</a>.

ssh(1)</a>'s multiplex (ControlMaster) mode has been improved and now

provides additional capabilities such as checking if the master is alive,

obtaining its process ID and requesting that it shut down.

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<li><a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> and

<a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> now use

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">gcc 3.3.5</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">gcc 3.3.5</a>.

<p>

<li><a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,

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<li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers

(+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)

<li>Gcc 2.95.3

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)

and 3.3.5

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)

<li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)

<li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)

<li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)

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<p>

</ul>

</section>

<hr>

<h3>How to install</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>

<p>

Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of

paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate

form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style

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</ul>

<hr>

<p>

Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the

use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when

installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>

<h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>

<ul>

<p>

Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386

release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need

to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write

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<p>

To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located

at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,

use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=

use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>

dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of

utility. The following is an example usage of

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,

where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or

"rfd0a".

# <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>

# <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or

your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot

floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to

<a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>

<ul>

Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>

<ul>

The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.

Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust

your BIOS options first.

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<p>

If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to

read INSTALL.amd64.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the

<i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.

<p>

Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot

/3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>

<ul>

The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you

can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your

ROM.

ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>

ok <kbd>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>

> <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>

> <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>

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<p>

If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.

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To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,

depending on the version of your ROM.

ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>

ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>

> <strong>boot fd()</strong>

> <kbd>boot fd()</kbd>

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<p>

Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

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If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either

setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the

INSTALL.sparc file.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.

<p>

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<p>

If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>

Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or

<ul>

<p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or

<i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and

enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.

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Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

will most likely fail.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/cats:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot

<i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM

or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the

<a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.

Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to

the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from

<i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k

Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>

The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>

and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k

for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>

The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>

and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k

for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the

openbsd37_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus

for a few important details.

</ul>

</section>

<h3>Notes about the source code:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>

<ul>

src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file

contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are

in a separate archive. To extract:

# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>

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<p>

# <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>

</pre></ul>

<p>

sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.

This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.

To extract:

# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>

# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>

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<p>

# <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>

# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>

</pre></ul>

<p>

Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it

is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as

described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.

Using these files

results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from

a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.

<p>

</ul>

</section>

<hr>

<h3>How to upgrade</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>

<p>

If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,

upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the

<a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.

</section>

<hr>

<h3>Ports Tree</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>

<p>

A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:

<p>

# <strong>cd /usr</strong>

# <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>

# <strong>cd ports</strong>

# <kbd>cd ports</kbd>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go

read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page

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OpenBSD ports system.

<p>

The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for

cvs(1)</a> if

you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete

source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in

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available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command

like:

<p>

# <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>

# <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</kbd>

</pre></ul>

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<p>

[Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here

with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs

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If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just

would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good

place to know.

<p>

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