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                     26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.7 Release:</font></h2>
                     27: <p>
1.13    ! henning    28: Released May 19, 2005<br>
1.1       henning    29: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     30: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-5-5</font>
                     31: <p>
                     32:
                     33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
                     34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
                     35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
                     36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
                     37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
                     38:
                     39: <p>
                     40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                     41: To get the files for this release:
                     42: <ul>
                     43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     45:     a list of mirror machines.
                     46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.7/</font> directory on
                     47:     one of the mirror sites.
                     48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
                     49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.7 Errata page</a> for a list
                     50:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     51: <li>See a <a href="plus37.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     52:     3.6 and 3.7 releases.
                     53: </ul>
                     54: </font></h3>
                     55: <br clear=all>
                     56:
                     57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
                     58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
                     60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
                     61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     62: <p>
                     63:
                     64: <a name="new"></a>
                     65: <hr>
                     66: <p>
                     67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     68: <p>
                     69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.7.
                     70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus37.html">changelog</a> leading
                     71: to 3.7.
                     72: <p>
                     73:
                     74: <ul>
                     75:
                     76: <li>New platforms:
                     77: <ul>
                     78: <li><a href="zaurus.html">OpenBSD/zaurus</a><br>
                     79: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a><br>
                     80: </ul>
                     81: <p>
                     82:
                     83: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     84: <ul>
1.9       pvalchev   85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">ath(4)</a>
                     86: driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
                     87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">iwi(4)</a>
                     88: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
                     89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">ipw(4)</a>
                     90: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
                     91: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">atu(4)</a>
                     92: driver for Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
                     93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">ral(4)</a>
                     94: driver for Ralink Technology RT25x0 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
                     95: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">rtw(4)</a>
                     96: driver for Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
                     97: <li>Added support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">re(4)</a>
                     98: driver for Realtek 8169 CardBus Ethernet adapters.
                     99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vge&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">vge(4)</a>
                    100: driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters.
1.1       henning   101: </ul>
                    102: <p>
                    103:
1.12      mickey    104: <li>Support for a number of much faster 64bit machines in the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>
                    105: port.
                    106: <p>
                    107:
1.11      henning   108: <li>New functionality:
                    109: <ul>
1.12      mickey    110: <li>Repaired mirroring mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ccd&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">ccd(4)</a>
1.11      henning   111: </ul>
                    112: <p>
                    113:
1.10      henning   114: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&amp;sektion=8&amp">ntpd(8)</a>,
                    115: the Network Time Protocol Daemon:
                    116: <ul>
                    117: <li>ntpd can now set the time hard on startup itself, eleminating the need to
                    118:     run rdate -n beforehands
                    119: <li>use median instead of average when collapsing all the peers' offsets
                    120:     into one, greatly improving resistance against falsetickers
                    121: <li>handle NTPv3 and earlier clients better
                    122: <li>calculate rootdelay, stratum and precision properly; include these in
                    123:     replies sent out in server mode
                    124: <li>set the IP ToS field to &quot;lowdelay&quot;
                    125: <li>many logging improvements, ntpd is now almost completely silent in normal
                    126:     operation (unless in debug mode, of course)
                    127: </ul>
                    128: <p>
                    129:
1.7       henning   130: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&amp;sektion=8&amp">bgpd(8)</a>,
                    131: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
                    132: <ul>
                    133: <li>Allow sessions to depend on a CARP interface's master/backup state,
                    134:     reducing failover times in redundant setups
                    135: <li>While preference was given to older (more stable) routes previously,
                    136:     it is now also possible to go for a deterministic decision process,
                    137:     ignoring the route age.
                    138: <li>Allow for more than one community to be set per filter rule
                    139: <li>Lower latency for requests from other peers or bgpctl while under heavy
                    140:     load, e. g. initial table transfer when a session comes up
                    141: <li>Allow for the peer descriptions to be used in bgpctl commands where
                    142:     previously only their IPs where allowed
                    143: <li>Allow bgpd to not prepend its own AS number and to not modify the nexthop
                    144:     on updates sent out
                    145: <li>Show associated interfaces and their state on &quot;show nexthop&quot;,
                    146:     to help pointing out why nexthops are invalid
                    147: <li>Allow for relative metrics modification, i. e.
                    148:     &quot;set localpref +20&quot;
                    149: </ul>
                    150: <p>
                    151:
1.8       pvalchev  152: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages.
1.1       henning   153: <p>
                    154:
1.3       henning   155: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability.
1.1       henning   156: <p>
                    157:
                    158: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    159: <p>
                    160:
                    161: <li>OpenSSH 4.1:
                    162: <ul>
                    163: </ul>
                    164: <p>
                    165:
                    166: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    167: <ul>
1.6       matthieu  168: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
                    169: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
1.1       henning   170: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    171: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2       henning   172: and 3.3.5
1.1       henning   173: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2       henning   174: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
1.1       henning   175: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    176: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
                    177: <li>Groff 1.15
1.2       henning   178: <li>Sendmail 8.13.3, with libmilter
                    179: <li>Bind 9.3.0 (+ patches)
1.1       henning   180: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.2       henning   181: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p6
1.1       henning   182: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    183: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    184: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
                    185: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.2       henning   186: <li>Binutils 2.15
                    187: <li>Gdb 6.3
1.1       henning   188: </ul>
                    189: <p>
                    190:
                    191: </ul>
                    192:
                    193: <a name="install"></a>
                    194: <hr>
                    195: <p>
                    196: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    197: <p>
                    198: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    199: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    200: form of install.  The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
                    201: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    202: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    203: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    204: <p>
                    205:
                    206: <hr>
                    207: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
                    208: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.7 on your machine:
                    209: <p>
                    210: <ul>
                    211: <li>CD1:3.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    212: <li>CD1:3.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    213: <p>
                    214: <li>CD2:3.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    215: <li>CD2:3.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    216: <p>
                    217: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    218: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    219: <p>
                    220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    230: </ul>
                    231: <hr>
                    232:
                    233: <p>
                    234: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    235: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    236: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    237: <p>
                    238:
                    239: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    240: <ul>
                    241: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    242: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    243: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    244: <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    245:
                    246: <p>
                    247: Use <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
                    248: support, or <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    249:
                    250: <p>
                    251: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    252: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    253: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    254:
                    255: <p>
                    256: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    257: read INSTALL.i386.
                    258:
                    259: <p>
                    260: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    261: at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    262: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
                    263: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
                    264: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)
                    265: </a>, where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    266: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    267:
                    268: <ul><pre>
                    269: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    270: </pre></ul>
                    271:
                    272: <p>
                    273: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    274: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    275: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    276: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
                    277: </ul>
                    278:
                    279: <p>
                    280: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    281: <ul>
                    282: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    283: </ul>
                    284:
                    285: <p>
                    286: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    287: <ul>
                    288: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    289: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    290: your BIOS options first.
                    291: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    292: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.7/amd64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    293: boot from the floppy drive.
                    294:
                    295: <p>
                    296: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    297: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    298: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    299:
                    300: <p>
                    301: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    302: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    303: </ul>
                    304:
                    305: <p>
                    306: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    307: <ul>
                    308: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    309: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    310:
                    311: <p>
                    312: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    313: /3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    314: </ul>
                    315:
                    316: <p>
                    317: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    318: <ul>
                    319: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    320: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    321: ROM.
                    322:
                    323: <ul><pre>
                    324: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    325: or
                    326: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    327: </pre></ul>
                    328:
                    329: <p>
                    330: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    331: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    332: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
                    333: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
                    334: your ROM.
                    335:
                    336: <ul><pre>
                    337: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    338: or
                    339: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    340: </pre></ul>
                    341:
                    342: <p>
                    343: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    344: will most likely fail.
                    345:
                    346: <p>
                    347: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    348: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    349: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    350: </ul>
                    351:
                    352: <p>
                    353: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    354: <ul>
                    355: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    356:
                    357: <p>
                    358: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    359: <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    360: floppy</i>.<br>
                    361: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    362: will most likely fail.
                    363:
                    364: <p>
                    365: You can also write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/miniroot37.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    366: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    367:
                    368: <p>
                    369: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
                    370: </ul>
                    371:
                    372: <p>
                    373: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    374: <ul>
                    375: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or
                    376: <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    377: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    378:
                    379: <p>
                    380: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    381: will most likely fail.
                    382:
                    383: </ul>
                    384:
                    385: <p>
                    386: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    387: <ul>
                    388: <p>
                    389: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    390: <i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    391: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    392: </ul>
                    393:
                    394: <p>
                    395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    396: <ul>
                    397: </ul>
                    398:
                    399: <p>
                    400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    401: <ul>
                    402: <p>
                    403: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <p>
                    407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    408: <ul>
                    409: <p>
                    410: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    411: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
                    412: </ul>
                    413:
                    414: <p>
                    415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    416: <ul>
                    417: <p>
                    418: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    419: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    420: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    421: </ul>
                    422:
                    423: <p>
                    424: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    425: <ul>
                    426: <p>
                    427: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
                    428: configurations.  Then, extract the Macside utilities from
                    429: <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Run Mkfs to create your
                    430: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made.  Then, use the
                    431: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/</i> onto your
                    432: partitions.  Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    433: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
                    434: </ul>
                    435:
                    436: <p>
                    437: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    438: <ul>
                    439: <p>
                    440: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    441: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    442: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    443: for more details.
                    444: </ul>
                    445:
                    446: <p>
                    447: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    448: <ul>
                    449: <p>
                    450: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    451: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    452: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    453: for more details.
                    454: </ul>
                    455:
                    456: <p>
                    457: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    458: <ul>
                    459: </ul>
                    460:
                    461: <p>
                    462: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    463: <ul>
                    464: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    465: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    466: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    467: <p>
                    468: <ul><pre>
                    469: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    470: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    471: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    472: </pre></ul>
                    473: <p>
                    474: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    475: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    476: To extract:
                    477: <p>
                    478: <ul><pre>
                    479: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    480: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    481: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    482: </pre></ul>
                    483: <p>
                    484: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    485: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    486: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    487: Using these files
                    488: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    489: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    490: <p>
                    491: </ul>
                    492:
                    493: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    494: <hr>
                    495: <p>
                    496: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    497: <p>
1.4       henning   498: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1       henning   499: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    500: <a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    501:
                    502: <a name="ports"></a>
                    503: <hr>
                    504: <p>
                    505: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    506: <p>
                    507: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    508: <p>
                    509: <ul><pre>
                    510: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    511: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    512: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    513: </pre></ul>
                    514: <p>
                    515: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    516: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    517: if you know nothing about ports
                    518: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    519: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    520: OpenBSD ports system.
                    521: <p>
                    522: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    523: <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">
                    524: cvs(1)</a> if
                    525: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    526: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    527: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    528: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    529: like:
                    530: <p>
                    531: <ul><pre>
1.5       henning   532: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>
1.1       henning   533: </pre></ul>
                    534: <p>
                    535: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    536: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    537: server.]
                    538: <p>
                    539: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
                    540: packages for the 3.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    541: <p>
                    542: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    543: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    544: place to know.
                    545: <p>
                    546:
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